DATE=9/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-238840
TITLE=EMBASSY BOMBINGS (S&L)
BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   U-S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THURSDAY RELEASED THE NAME
OF A NEW SUSPECT IN THE AMERICAN EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN TANZANIA AND
KENYA LAST MONTH.  VOA CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON REPORTS FROM
NEW YORK:    

TEXT:  THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS CHARGED HAROUN FAZIL WITH 
THE MURDER OF 12 AMERICANS IN THE EMBASSY BOMBING IN NAIROBI.  
THE AUGUST SEVENTH ATTACK KILLED 263 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE 12 
AMERICANS.

U-S ATTORNEY MARY JO WHITE SAYS HAROUN FAZIL -- IN HIS 
MID-TWENTIES AND A NATIVE OF THE COMOROS ISLANDS -- IS A KNOWN 
TERRORIST AND A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE NAIROBI BOMBING: 

                          //WHITE ACT//

         HAROUN IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE KENYAN CELL OF 
         AL-QAIDA -- THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION 
         HEADED BY OSAMA BIN LADEN.

                           //END ACT//

FAZIL IS A FUGITIVE.  THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS OFFERED A REWARD 
OF UP TO TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIS CAPTURE.

TWO OTHER SUSPECTS IN THE BOMBINGS WERE CHARGED LAST MONTH.  THEY
ARE BEING HELD IN NEW YORK UNDER TIGHT SECURITY.

                          //REST OPT//

FAZIL IS SAID TO BE GOOD WITH COMPUTERS AND EXPLOSIVES.  HE 
APPARENTLY WAS TRAINED IN EXPLOSIVES USE IN AFGHANISTAN.  THE U-S
COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT BETWEEN MAY AND AUGUST THE SUSPECT RENTED 
A VILLA OUTSIDE NAIROBI, WHERE IT IS BELIEVED THE BOMB WAS 
CONSTRUCTED AND LATER DRIVEN INTO THE EMBASSY BY FAZIL'S 
OPERATIVES.

U-S AUTHORITIES SAY THERE CAN BE NO SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS AND
THEY ARE DETERMINED TO BRING FAZIL TO JUSTICE.  A CONVICTION 
COULD CARRY A DEATH SENTENCE. (SIGNED)

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17-Sep-98 5:10 PM EDT (2110 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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