1. 1  a prefix meaning ânot,â freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment). 1  Compare un-2 .
On August 7, 1998, at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time, two Embassies of the United States of America, located in the East African cities of Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were attacked in coordinated truck bombings, later determined to have occurred approximately four minutes apart.
Their work is important, and I respect the panelâs mission. The history of such panels â including those that examined the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kenya and the bombing of the USS Cole â suggests, however, that their effort will take months if not years.