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washington Post - 9 March 1993
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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.
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SAYYID A. NOSAIR
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In other developments:
a FBI agents, in a weekend raid,
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the Attica state prison ceni of Sayy
A. Nosair, held on charges connected
to the 1990 killing of Rabhi Meir
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 o:
New York and New Jersey, which
owns the trade center.
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Militant Muslim cleric Omar Ab
dul Rahman of Jersey City, N.J.
reiterated that he emphatically con
demned the bombing. Salameh':
family has denied reports that he i:
a follower of Abdul Rahman, ac
quitted three times of terrorism-re
later crimes in Fount