DATE=8/21/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237464
TITLE=BOMBINGS / F-B-I (L)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
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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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