DATE=        07/22/99
TYPE=        EDITORIAL
NUMBER=      0-08381
TITLE=       EDITORIAL:  MORE TERRORIST SUSPECTS ARRESTED

CONTENT=THIS IS THE ONLY EDITORIAL BEING RELEASED FOR BROADCAST 
07/22/99.

ANNCR:
THE VOICE OF AMERICA PRESENTS DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW ON A WIDE 
VARIETY OF ISSUES.  NEXT, AN EDITORIAL EXPRESSING THE POLICIES OF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

VOICE:

    TWO MORE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
BOMBINGS A YEAR AGO AT AMERICAN EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA. 
THIS MONTH, IBRAHIM HUSSEIN EIDAROUS AND ADEL MOHAMMED ABDUL BARY
WERE CHARGED IN A LONDON COURT WITH CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.  
PROSECUTORS SAY THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE MEN, BOTH EGYPTIANS, WERE
FOUND ON A STATEMENT FAXED TO NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THAT TOOK 
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUGUST 7TH, 1998, BOMBINGS.  TWO-HUNDRED 
NINETY-ONE PEOPLE DIED IN THE NAIROBI, KENYA, BOMBING AND ANOTHER
TEN IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA.  SOME FIVE-THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE 
WOUNDED IN THE TWO ATTACKS.

    THE CHARGES AGAINST EIDAROUS AND BARY BRING TO SEVENTEEN THE 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMBASSY BOMBINGS 
OR AS PART OF THE EFFORTS OF THE USAMA BIN LADEN NETWORK, 
AL-QAIDA, TO KILL AMERICANS AROUND THE WORLD.  FIVE ARE BEING 
HELD IN THE UNITED STATES AND THREE IN BRITAIN.  NINE OTHERS 
REMAIN AT LARGE.  AMERICAN OFFICIALS PLAN TO SEEK THE EXTRADITION
OF EIDAROUS AND BARY TO THE U.S.

    TERRORISTS ASSOCIATED WITH AL-QAIDA CONTINUE TO ENJOY SAFE 
HAVEN IN AFGHANISTAN.  THE TALEBAN FACTION, WHICH CONTROLS MOST 
OF AFGHANISTAN, HAS REFUSED TO COOPERATE IN EFFORTS TO BRING THEM
TO JUSTICE.  IN RESPONSE, THE U.S. RECENTLY IMPOSED FINANCIAL AND
COMMERCIAL SANCTIONS ON THE TALEBAN.  AS U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE 
STRESSED, THE SANCTIONS ARE AIMED AT THE TALEBAN, NOT THE AFGHAN 
PEOPLE.  HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN IS NOT AFFECTED.

    THE U.S. HAS ALSO OFFERED A REWARD OF UP TO FIVE-MILLION 
DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE ARREST AND EXTRADITION 
OF USAMA BIN LADEN AND OTHER FUGITIVES WANTED FOR THE EMBASSY 
BOMBINGS AND RELATED ACTS OF TERRORISM.  THE U.S. WILL NOT REST 
UNTIL ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE HEINOUS CRIMES ARE BROUGHT 
TO JUSTICE.

ANNCR:

    THAT WAS AN EDITORIAL EXPRESSING THE POLICIES OF THE U.S. 
GOVERNMENT.  IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE WRITE TO EDITORIALS, 
V-O-A, WASHINGTON, D-C, 20547, U-S-A.  YOU MAY ALSO COMMENT AT 
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619-1043.

21-Jul-99 3:04 PM EDT (1904 UTC)
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