DATE=8/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237209
TITLE=NAIROBI - SUSPECT (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  IN EAST AFRICA, THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THOSE WHO PLACED
BOMBS OUTSIDE U-S EMBASSY BUILDINGS IN NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM.
KENYAN AND AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS MEANWHILE CONFIRMED MONDAY THAT
THEY ARE HOLDING A SUSPECT EXTRADITED TO NAIROBI FROM PAKISTAN.  
DETAILS FROM CAROL PINEAU IN NAIROBI.

TEXT:  KENYA'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, OR C-I-D, AND THE
U-S FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARE QUESTIONING THE SUSPECT, 
THOUGH THEY SAY HE HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NEARLY 
SIMULTANEOUS EXPLOSIONS AUGUST SEVENTH IN KENYA AND TANZANIA. 

A JOINT C-I-D AND F-B-I STATEMENT SAYS THE SUSPECT, MOHAMMED 
SADIQ ODEH (HWAY-DAH) -- ALSO KNOWN AS ABDULL BAST AWADH -- 
ARRIVED IN KENYA LAST FRIDAY EVENING AFTER BEING EXTRADITED BY 
PAKISTAN. 

THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN PAKISTAN SAID ON SUNDAY THE SUSPECT WAS 
ARRESTED SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE BOMBING.  AUTHORITIES STOPPED 
MR. ODEH AT KARACHI AIRPORT AFTER HE ARRIVED ON A FLIGHT FROM 
NAIROBI. 

THE PAKISTANI ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY "THE NEWS" REPORTED MR. ODEH
WAS ON HIS WAY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE PAPER SAYS AUTHORITIES 
SUSPECTED HIM OF TRAVELLING ON FORGED DOCUMENTS. THE PAPER ADDED 
THAT SINCE BEING ARRESTED, MR. ODEH HAD IDENTIFIED OTHER SUSPECTS
WHO HAD ARRIVED IN PAKISTAN BEFORE THE BOMBING AND WHO HAD 
ALREADY GONE ON TO AFGHANISTAN.

BUT MONDAY'S JOINT C-I-D AND F-B-I STATEMENT SAID MR. ODEH HAD 
NOT IMPLICATED ANYONE ELSE IN THE BOMBINGS.  THERE WAS  NO  
MENTION OF ANY AFGHANISTAN CONNECTION.

AFGHANISTAN IS REPORTED TO BE THE CURRENT HOME OF SAUDI MILITANT,
OSAMA BIN LADEN -- A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THE BOMBINGS.  THE SAUDI
DISSIDENT WARNED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ALL AMERICANS -- BOTH 
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN -- WERE POTENTIAL TARGETS OF GUERRILLA 
ATTACKS. 

//REST OPT// MEANWHILE KENYANS CONTINUE TO MAKE FUNERAL 
ARRANGEMENTS FOR VICTIMS OF THE EXPLOSION WHICH LEFT 247 DEAD AND
MORE THAN FIVE-THOUSAND INJURED.  (SIGNED)

NEB/CP/PCF/KL

17-Aug-98 12:58 PM EDT (1658 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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