DATE=7/12/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251666
TITLE=BOMBING ARRESTS (L)
BYLINE=LAURIE KASSMAN
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: TWO EGYPTIANS HAVE APPEARED IN A LONDON COURT ON CHARGES
OF CONSPIRACY TO MURDER. AS CORRESPONDENT LAURIE KASSMAN REPORTS
FROM LONDON, A U-S WARRANT FOR EXTRADITION OF THE TWO MEN ACCUSES
THEM OF BOMBING TWO AMERICAN EMBASSIES LAST YEAR IN AFRICA.
TEXT: THE TWO MEN APPEARED IN A LONDON COURT TO START THE
EXTRADITION CASE AGAINST THEM. BRITISH AUTHORITIES HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE MEN AS IBRAHIM HUSSEIN ABDEL HADI EIDAROUS AND
ABEL MOHAMMED ABDUL ALMAGID BARY. THEY WERE ARRESTED SUNDAY
AFTER THE U-S GOVERNMENT ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THEIR
EXTRADITION.
U-S AUTHORITIES ARE LINKING THE TWO MEN TO THE 1998 BOMBINGS OF
THE U-S EMBASSIES IN NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM. MORE THAN
220-PEOPLE DIED IN THE TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS, MORE THAN
FIVE-THOUSAND WERE INJURED.
LAWYERS FOR THE U-S GOVERNMENT TOLD THE COURT THEY HAVE EVIDENCE
THE TWO MEN WERE INVOLVED IN THE 1998 EMBASSY BOMBINGS. BOTH MEN
HAVE DENIED THE CHARGES.
THE MEN ARE BEING CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING WITH A SAUDI ISLAMIC
MILITANT, OSAMA BIN LADEN, TO MURDER AMERICANS.
A SAUDI CITIZEN, WHO ALSO IS LINKED TO OSAMA BIN LADEN, WAS
ARRESTED IN LONDON LAST SEPTEMBER AND ALSO FACES EXTRADITION TO
THE UNITED STATES ON SIMILAR CHARGES.
U-S AUTHORITIES ACCUSE OSAMA BIN LADEN OF FINANCING AND
MASTERMINDING THE ATTACKS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA. THE U-S
GOVERNMENT ALSO HAS ACCUSED THE ALLEGED TERRORIST OF ATTACKS
AGAINST U-S PERSONNEL IN SAUDI ARABIA AND SOMALIA.
THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS PUT OSAMA BIN LADEN ON
ITS LIST OF THE 10 MOST WANTED CRIMINALS. A FIVE-MILLION DOLLAR
REWARD HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR HIS CAPTURE.
OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN BASED IN AFGHANISTAN AND ALLEGEDLY RUNS
A NETWORK OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
(SIGNED)
NEB/LMK/JWH/RAE
12-Jul-99 9:44 AM EDT (1344 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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