DATE=8/7/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236696
TITLE=AFRICA BOMB / PENTAGON REACT (L)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE SENDING HELP TO THE U-S 
EMBASSIES HIT BY TERRORIST BOMBS IN NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM.  
AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS IT IS DISPATCHING 
SOME OF ITS PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHO PLANTED THE BOMBS.  V-O-A'S 
JIM RANDLE REPORTS.

TEXT:  PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THE AIR FORCE IS SENDING A LARGE 
TRANSPORT PLANE FROM RAMSTEIN AIR BASE IN GERMANY TO BRING A 
SURGICAL TEAM AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE EMBASSY IN NAIROBI.  A 
SMALLER PLANE, SPECIALLY EQUIPPED AS A FLYING MEDICAL FACILITY, 
WILL BE SENT TO DAR ES SALAM WITH DOCTORS AND OTHERS ON BOARD.

THE PENTAGON IS ALSO SENDING ADDITIONAL MARINES AND SECURITY 
POLICE TO PROTECT WHAT IS LEFT OF THE EMBASSIES.  OFFICIALS SAY 
THE EXTRA GUARDS ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT THE EMBASSIES' STAFF, 
EQUIPMENT AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE  NOT  AWARE OF ANY ALERT OR 
WARNING OF THE ATTACKS. THE F-B-I SAYS IT WILL SOON DISPATCH 
AGENTS AND EXPERTS TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHO PLANTED THE BOMBS AND 
WHY.  WHEN A TERROR BOMB DESTROYED AN AIR FORCE BARRACKS IN SAUDI
ARABIA IN 1996, THE FIRST PLANE TO LEAVE WASHINGTON FOR THE SCENE
WAS FILLED WITH F-B-I PERSONNEL.  (SIGNED)

NEB/JR/KL

07-Aug-98 10:56 AM EDT (1456 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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