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DATE=8/27/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-237785 TITLE=BOMBING SUSPECT/ ARRAIGNMENT (S&L) BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU DATELINE=NEW YORK CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A KEY SUSPECT IN THE BOMBING OF THE U-S EMBASSY IN NAIROBI, KENYA, WAS ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT IN NEW YORK TODAY (THURSDAY). V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT BARBARA SCHOETZAU REPORTS. TEXT: MOHAMED RASHED DAOUD AL-OWHALI (OH HAH' LEE) HAS BEEN CHARGED ON 14 COUNTS INVOLVING THE BOMBING OF THE U-S EMBASSY IN NAIROBI WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE. TWELVE OF THE COUNTS ACCUSE MR. AL-OWHALI OF DELIBERATLY MURDERING THE 12 AMERICANS WHO DIED IN THE AUGUST SEVENTH BLAST. HE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH THROWING A HAND GRENADE IN THE DIRECTION OF AN EMBASSY GUARD AND THREATENING TO USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AGAINST U-S PROPERTY. ON ALL COUNTS, MR. AL-OWHALI IS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING "TOGETHER WITH OTHERS KNOW AND UNKNOWN." JUDGE SHARON GRUBIN SET SEPTEMBER 28TH AS THE DATE FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR MR. AL-OWHALI, WHO WAS REPRESENTED BY A PUBLIC DEFENDER. /// REST OPT FOR LONG /// MR. AL-OWHALI -- ALSO KNOWN AS KHALID SALIM SALEH BIN RASHED -- WAS FLOWN TO THE UNITED STATES OVERNIGHT FROM KENYA. THE AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST MR. AL-OWHALI BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS KENYAN OFFICIALS FIRST APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT TWO DAYS AFTER THE EXPLOSION. AT THAT TIME, ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, MR. AL-OWHALI APPEARED TO HAVE SUFFERED SEVERAL INJURIES, INCLUDING A LARGE BACK WOUND AND NUMEROUS CUTS AND ABRASIONS. HE WAS SUSEQUENTLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY KENYAN OFFICIALS. ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY MR. AL-OWHALI, HE TRAINED IN TERRORIST CAMPS IN AFGHANISTAN DEDICATED TO OPPOSING NON-ISLAMIC GOVERNMENTS WITH FORCE AND VIOLENCE. SEVERAL OF THE CAMPS ARE LED BY OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE SAUDI MILLIONAIRE WHO IS THOUGHT TO BE THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE AUGUST SEVENTH BOMBINGS OF U-S EMBASSIES IN NAIROBI AND TANZANIA. THE F-B-I COMPLAINT SAYS MR. AL-OWHALI TOLD THE F-B-I THE EMBASSY BOMBING WAS A MARTYRDOM OPERATION WHICH HE DID NOT EXPECT TO SURVIVE. WHEN ASKED BY JUDGE GRUBIN IF EVERYTHING IN THE AFFIDAVIT HE HAD SIGNED WAS TRUE, MR. AL-OWHALI NODDED "YES." (SIGNED) NEB/NY/BJS/LSF/PT 27-Aug-98 5:00 PM EDT (2100 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .