[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 35 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Page 1660]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Arrest of Mohammad Rashid for the Terrorist Attack on 
the United States Embassy in Kenya

August 27, 1998

    Late last night, American law enforcement authorities brought to the 
United States Mohammad Rashid, a suspect in the bombing attack on the 
United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. The suspect's involvement in 
the bombing was established as the result of a joint investigation by 
the Kenyan police and an FBI team. He is associated with Usama bin 
Ladin, the pre-eminent organizer and financier of international 
terrorism whose network we struck in Afghanistan and Sudan last week.
    This arrest does not close this case. We will continue to pursue all 
those who helped plan, finance, and carry out the attacks on our 
Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which took the lives of 12 Americans 
and hundreds of Africans.
    Let me express my gratitude to our law enforcement and intelligence 
agencies for a job very well done and to the Kenyan and Tanzanian 
authorities for their hard work and close cooperation with the FBI.
    This is an important step forward in our struggle against terrorism, 
but there is a long road ahead. The enemies of peace and freedom 
undoubtedly will strike again. Our resolve must be for the long run. We 
have and we will continue to use all the tools at our disposal--law 
enforcement, diplomacy, and when necessary, America's military might. No 
matter what it takes, how long it takes, or where it takes us, we will 
bring to justice those responsible for the murder and maiming of 
American citizens. We will defend our interests, our people, and our 
values.