DATE=8/21/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237464
TITLE=BOMBINGS / F-B-I (L)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE DIRECTOR OF THE U-S FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
HAS CUT SHORT HIS VISIT TO THE EMBASSY BOMBING SITE IN NAIROBI
AND IS RETURNING TO WASHINGTON -- FOLLOWING THE U-S RAIDS IN
SUDAN AND AFGHANISTAN. CAROL PINEAU REPORTS FROM THE KENYAN
CAPITAL.
TEXT: BEFORE LEAVING FOR WASHINGTON, F-B-I DIRECTOR LOUIS FREEH
TOLD REPORTERS IN NAIROBI THAT FINDING THE EMBASSY BOMBERS WILL
TAKE TIME BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THE CASE.
/// FREEH ACT ///
THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE VERY DYNAMIC. WE HAVE SOME
DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FURTHERING,
BUT THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION OF A COMPLEX CASE WHICH HAS
IMPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL INVESTIGATION IN MORE
THAN ONE COUNTRY, AND WE WILL NEED MORE TIME TO ANALYSE
BOTH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND THE INFORMATION
THAT WE DEVELOP.
/// OPT /// WE WILL HAVE A UNITED LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY, AND SPARE NO EFFORT, AND (WILL) NOT BE
CONCERNED ABOUT ANY TIME FRAME WITH RESPECT TO
COMPLETING AND FINISHING OUR INVESTIGATION. /// END
OPT ///
/// END ACT ///
MR. FREEH SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS PROCEEDING ALONG MANY FRONTS.
AND HE SAYS AGENTS ARE BEGINNING TO SEE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE
BOMBING IN NAIROBI AND ONE AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME IN DAR ES
SALAAM, TANZANIA.
/// SECOND FREEH ACT ///
WE ARE BEGINNING, ON A PRELIMINARY BASIS, TO SEE
FORENSIC SIMILARITIES AT THE CRIME SCENES, BOTH HERE AND
IN DAR, AND OF COURSE THOSE CONCLUSIONS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT WITH RESPECT TO OUR ANALYSIS AND ULTIMATE
CONCLUSIONS
/// END ACT ///
THE F-B-I DIRECTOR EARLIER TOURED THE BOMB SITE IN NAIROBI AND
MET WITH INVESTIGATORS IN THE CASE. HE TOLD REPORTERS HE IS
SATISFIED WITH THE INVESTIGATION, CALLING IT A TEXTBOOK CASE IN
COOPERATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
/// THIRD FREEH ACT ///
IT IS THE KIND OF MODEL WE HOPE TO USE WHENEVER WE HAVE
A CASE OF THIS DIMENSION, WHICH HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED
ON AN INTERNATIONAL VENUE. I CANNOT THINK OF A CASE
WHERE THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THREE COUNTRIES AND THREE
POLICE FORCES HAS BEEN AS OUTSTANDING AS IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE.
/// END ACT ///
MR. FREEH SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE CONTINUING TO QUESTION SUSPECT
MOHAMMED SADIQ ODEH (PRON: HWAY'-DAH), BUT DECLINED TO COMMENT
FURTHER. HE SAYS AGENTS DO NOT YET KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE
INVOLVED, BUT THAT THE EXECUTION OF THE TWO BOMBINGS INDICATES
SEVERAL PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES WERE INVOLVED.
/// REST OPT ///
MR. FREEH DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE U-S RAIDS IN SUDAN AND
AFGHANISTAN OR ON INFORMATION LINKING SAUDI DISSIDENT OSAMA BIN
LADEN WITH THE BOMBINGS.
U-S OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED THAT THE RAIDS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY
PROVOKE FURTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS. MR. FREEH SAYS EVERYONE MUST
REMAIN VIGILANT.
/// FOURTH FREEH ACT ///
THE THREAT, NOT JUST AGAINST U-S EMBASSIES, BUT
AGAINST MANY, MANY GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD REMAINS
HIGH. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHUT DOWN THE
GOVERNMENTS OF DEMOCRACY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
INTIMIDATED BY TERRORISTS.
/// END ACT ///
THE F-B-I DIRECTOR RETURNS TO WASHINGTON WHERE HE WILL BRIEF U-S
ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO. (SIGNED)
NEB/CP/JWH/KL
21-Aug-98 11:27 AM EDT (1527 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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