Kenya joins US in terror war games

As President Daniel arap Moi discusses the United States-led war on terror with President George Bush in Washington, the two armies hold joint military operations at Manda Bay naval base on the Kenyan coast.

Some 300 marines are taking part in the exercise at Manda Bay naval base, backed up by US ships off the Kenyan coast

They practiced seizing an airfield

The two armies have been working together in Operation Edged Mallet since 1996

Kenyan villagers were surprised to wake up to US marines

The exercises began just two days before Paradise Hotel was blown up near Mombasa

Nine Kenyans were killed, along with three Israelis and the three suicide bombers