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DATE=8/21/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-237464 TITLE=BOMBINGS / F-B-I (L) BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: 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) NNNN Source: Voice of America .