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Opens with: An investigator closely sifts through debris for possible clues at bomb site
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Marlene Zur Post - 9March 1993 Approved For Release 2003/01/17 : CIA-ROPE REUTER An investigator closely sifts through debris for possible clues at bomb site under the World Trade Center in New York. More Warrants May Be Issued in Blast FBI Reportedly Has Identified Several Associates of Jailed Suspect Associated Press NEW YORK, March 8-More search warrants, and possibly more arrest warrants, could be issued this week in the World Trade Cen- ter bombing investigation, an FBI spokesman said today. A federal law enforcement source said investigators also have identified several associates of Mo- hammed A. Salameh, 25, being held without bail on charges that he helped to bomb the trade center Feb. 26. "We hope these people will be able to provide us with information on Salameh and perhaps lead us to oth- ers as well," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. James Fox, assistant director in charge of the New York FBI office, said he expected more search war- rants and possibly more arrest war- rants to be issued. But he would not elaborate. APRES Ynfore than 1,000 and closed ed For the twin 110-story towers for at 1 - --- - -. .... 1. SAYYID A. NOSAIR ... documents seized from prison cell In other developments: FBI agents, in a weekend raid, The bombing killed five porgo1/19porCARDP 96 00789R003900250008.5 denied reports that he is the Attica state prison cell of Sayyid A. Nosair, held on charges connected : . Kahane. They were seeking corre- spondence between Nosair and Sala- meh, the Buffalo News reported. Nosair is a cousin of Ibraham El- gabrowny, arrested for allegedly assaulting two FBI agents when they raided his Brooklyn apartment. Salameh listed Elgabrowny's ad- dress on a rental application for a van thought to have been used in the bombing. « Workers beneath the trade cen- ter continued to inch into the five- story-deep blast crater. But it will be at least 25 days be- fore workers remove 2,500 tons of debris and reach the bottom of the crater, said Gene Fasullo, an engi- neer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the trade center. · Militant Muslim cleric Omar Ab- dul Rahman of Jersey City, N.J., reiterated that he emphatically con- demned the bombing. Salameh's a follower of Abdul Rahman, ac- quitted three times of terrorism-re-