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Kenyan Authorities Still Holding 12 Individuals
Aired November 29, 2002 - 13:01 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: On another note, before we go to Mombasa, in the wake of the attacks, the State Department is expected to update its guidance on travel to Kenya. We are told the newest caution will not advise Americans to leave the country.
And now we turn to CNN's Ben Wedeman. He's in Mombasa as the scene of yesterday's bomb attack. What can you tell us, Ben?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, as you mentioned, the Kenyan authorities are still holding 12 individuals that they believe may be able to help them in their investigations. And one of them is an American woman married to a Spaniard, who has a green card or an alien resident card.
We're hearing from U.S. diplomats, however, that they expect the American woman and her husband to be released shortly.
Now, among the others -- the Kenyan officials are saying that of the 12 they are currently holding for questioning, 11 of them are non- Kenyans. They include Pakistanis and Somalis who, it appears, entered the country illegally.
Now, that's not necessarily that unusual. This is a part of Africa where you've traditionally had a lot of people sort of circulating around the basin of the Indian Ocean, coming from India, the Indian subcontinent, as well as the Arabian peninsula and elsewhere.
So at this point, it doesn't appear that the Kenyan authorities have any suspects that they believe were actually involved in the bombing of the Paradise Hotel. That is the hotel you see behind me. This is the entrance through which the -- apparently a green four- wheel drive vehicle drove through with three occupants, blew itself up after driving into the lobby.
Now, today Israeli officials were up early combing through the ruins, looking for some sort of clues. We've heard from Jerusalem that the Mossad -- that's Israel's intelligence organization -- has been given the task of finding out who was behind the bombing.
Now, there have been claims of responsibility, including one received in Beirut from an organization never heard of before called "The Army of Palestine," but many people still believe that this act, the bombing of the hotel, as well as the incident in which two shoulder-held missiles were fired on an Israeli charter, many believe it was the work of Al Qaeda -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Live from Mombasa, Ben Wedeman, thank you.
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Aired November 29, 2002 - 13:01 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: On another note, before we go to Mombasa, in the wake of the attacks, the State Department is expected to update its guidance on travel to Kenya. We are told the newest caution will not advise Americans to leave the country.
And now we turn to CNN's Ben Wedeman. He's in Mombasa as the scene of yesterday's bomb attack. What can you tell us, Ben?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, as you mentioned, the Kenyan authorities are still holding 12 individuals that they believe may be able to help them in their investigations. And one of them is an American woman married to a Spaniard, who has a green card or an alien resident card.
We're hearing from U.S. diplomats, however, that they expect the American woman and her husband to be released shortly.
Now, among the others -- the Kenyan officials are saying that of the 12 they are currently holding for questioning, 11 of them are non- Kenyans. They include Pakistanis and Somalis who, it appears, entered the country illegally.
Now, that's not necessarily that unusual. This is a part of Africa where you've traditionally had a lot of people sort of circulating around the basin of the Indian Ocean, coming from India, the Indian subcontinent, as well as the Arabian peninsula and elsewhere.
So at this point, it doesn't appear that the Kenyan authorities have any suspects that they believe were actually involved in the bombing of the Paradise Hotel. That is the hotel you see behind me. This is the entrance through which the -- apparently a green four- wheel drive vehicle drove through with three occupants, blew itself up after driving into the lobby.
Now, today Israeli officials were up early combing through the ruins, looking for some sort of clues. We've heard from Jerusalem that the Mossad -- that's Israel's intelligence organization -- has been given the task of finding out who was behind the bombing.
Now, there have been claims of responsibility, including one received in Beirut from an organization never heard of before called "The Army of Palestine," but many people still believe that this act, the bombing of the hotel, as well as the incident in which two shoulder-held missiles were fired on an Israeli charter, many believe it was the work of Al Qaeda -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Live from Mombasa, Ben Wedeman, thank you.
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