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DATE=12/16/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243095
TITLE=TERROR INDICTMENTS (L ONLY) 
BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  U-S AUTHORITIES CHARGED FIVE MORE SUSPECTS WEDNESDAY WITH
PARTICIPATING IN THE BOMBING OF THE U-S EMBASSY IN TANZANIA FOUR 
MONTHS AGO.  V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON REPORTS FROM NEW
YORK: 
TEXT:  THE LATEST INDICTMENT LINKS THE FIVE SUSPECTS SPECIFICALLY
WITH THE AUGUST SEVENTH EXPLOSION AT THE U-S EMBASSY IN TANZANIA,
WHICH KILLED 11 AFRICANS.  IT ACCUSES THE MEN OF BUYING A TRUCK 
THAT CARRIED THE BOMB TO THE U-S COMPOUND IN DAR ES SALAAM AND 
SAYS THREE OF THE FIVE HELPED PLAN THAT ATTACK.
THE SUSPECTS ARE FUGITIVES.  BUT U-S ATTORNEY MARY JO WHITE SAYS 
A CONCERTED EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO FIND EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH 
THE BOMBINGS OF THE U-S EMBASSIES IN TANZANIA AND KENYA:
                        /// WHITE ACT ///
         TODAY'S CHARGES REAFFIRM THE MUTUAL AND UNRELENTING 
         RESOLVE OF THE TANZANIAN, KENYAN AND AMERICAN 
         AUTHORITIES TO FIND, APPREHEND AND PROSECUTE EVERY 
         SINGLE PERSON THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE MURDEROUS, 
         TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN EAST AFRICA.  ALL WHO ARE 
         RESPONSIBLE MUST AND WILL BE FOUND AND BROUGHT TO 
         JUSTICE TO VINDICATE THE COWARDLY KILLINGS OF SO MANY 
         INNOCENT CITIZENS.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT HAS OFFERED A FIVE-MILLION-DOLLAR REWARD
FOR THEIR ARREST AND/OR CONVICTION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
// UN-VOICED OPT //  THE SUSPECTS NAMED WEDNESDAY ARE MUSTAFA 
MOHAMED FADHIL, KHALFAN KHAMIS MOHAMED, AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI, 
FAHID MOHAMMED ALI-MSALAM AND SHEIKH AHMED SALIM SWEDAN.  // END 
OPT //
EIGHT OTHERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN INDICTED -- INCLUDING SAUDI 
MILLIONAIRE OSAMA BIN LADEN, WHO IS CHARGED WITH MASTER-MINDING 
THE EAST AFRICAN BOMBINGS.  MR. BIN LADEN IS BELIEVED TO BE 
LIVING IN AFGHANISTAN.  THE U-S GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO OFFERED FIVE 
MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIS CAPTURE.
THREE OF THE 13 DEFENDANTS WHO HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY CHARGED ARE IN 
CUSTODY IN NEW YORK.   (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/EJ/LSF
16-Dec-98 5:08 PM EST (2208 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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