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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (5614)	11/29/2002 8:44:17 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Nov. 29, 2002 - Police holding 12 people in connection with attacks in Kenya (UPDATE) By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOMBASA, Kenya Police said Friday they are holding 12 people for questioning in connection with twin attacks on Israeli tourists that killed 16 people. At least two of the 12 were using American passports and gave addresses in Florida, said Ben Wafula, the manager of the hotel in which they were staying when police picked them up. He refused to give their names. Police detained the man and woman as they were checking out of the Le Soleil Beach Club, 1 1/2 hours after a suicide car bomb attack on the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel at 8:35 a.m. Thursday, Wafula said. Le Soleil is 15 kilometers south of the Paradise Hotel. U.S. Embassy spokesman Peter Claussen said the embassy had "indications from its own information that this maybe correct," when asked about the American passport holders. "We are checking it out, but I'm not ready to confirm it," Claussen said. Wafula said the man was of mixed race and the woman was a white and blond. He said they appeared to be in their early 20s. Employees at Le Soleil called police after receiving a distress call from the Paradise Hotel shortly after the bomb blast. Police then told the callers at Le Soleil to alert them if anyone tried to check out of the hotel. The man and woman were the only ones who attempted to leave the hotel shortly after the attack, Wafula said. Police Commissioner Philemon Abong'o said police are questioning another 10 people in connection with the hotel blast, which killed 10 Kenyans, three Israelis and the bombers, as well as a simultaneous missile attack on the Israeli-owned charter airline. He said the 10 were picked up in the Mombasa area Friday but refused to give details about any of those being questioned. About five minutes before the car bomb exploded at the Paradise Hotel, two missiles streaked past a Boeing 757 Israeli charter aircraft owned by Arkia Airlines as it left the Mombasa airport bound for Tel Aviv, Israel. Police said witnesses told them the missiles were fired from a four-wheel drive vehicle 1.6 kilometers from the airport, police said. The plane with 261 passengers and 10 crewmembers landed safely in Tel Aviv with no casualties. Israeli and U.S. security officials are assisting Kenyan authorities with the investigation. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has put the Mossad spy agency in charge of investigating the twin attacks. Previous article Next article