(30 May 2001)

Nairobi, May 30
1. Wide shot of bomb site
2. Saidoli walking with stick and helper
3. Close up of Saidoli's feet and stick
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Douglas Saidoli, bomb survivor blinded by blast "Justice should not only be done on the perpetrators, justice should be done on the victims. So we are afraid that our trial for us victims has only just begun."
5. Wide shot of plaza building
6. US Embassy Public Affairs section plaque
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) W Thomas Hart, US Embassy spokesman "This is a popular verdict here in Nairobi. We lost 12 American colleagues in the embassy and 34 of our Kenyan co-workers. And don't forget that over 200 Kenyans died in the blast and over 5000 were injured. The families of these people have suffered the most. We are not going to forget the sacrifice that their loved ones made but we think that this guilty verdict will bring them some measure of peace."
8. People walking in street

Nairobi, May 29
9. Newspaper sellers by side of road
10. Close up of headline "Embassy bombing: four found guilty"
11."But personally, I feel sad for the way the Americans are treating everybody in the world. I know they are going and making everybody, when you disagree with them they brand you everything, terrorists."
10. VOXPOP (English)
"We are happy and we would like them to be punished and even their boss to be arrested and punished because of what they, they killed our people in our country."
11. Various of street vendors selling papers
12. Sign saying 'Embassy of the USA'
13. Exterior of embassy with American flag hanging
14. Upsound security personnel
15. Sign saying 'No Photos'
16. Pan cars at embassy to drivers being questioned
17 Security letting car out the gate

STORYLINE:

Kenyan victims of the U-S embassy bombing say they're glad four of the conspirators have been convicted, but say they fear more attacks.

More than 200 people were killed in the 1998 blast in the capital Nairobi.

On Tuesday a jury in New York convicted four men of being connected to the bomb attack.

The American embassy in Nairobi said it hoped the verdict would give the families of the victims some peace.

Another bomb went off in the US embassy in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania almost simultaneously and together the bombs killed 224 people, all but 12 of them Africans.

The jury in New York found four men guilty of conspiring to kill Americans in the bombings.

They are 24 year old Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali of Saudi Arabia; 27 year old Khalfan Khamis Mohamed of Tanzania; 40 year old Wadih El-Hage, a Lebanese-born U.S. citizen and 36 yea old Mohamed Sadeek Odeh of Jordan.

Six other defendants charged in the conspiracy remain in custody.

A dozen others - including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who the United States accuses of masterminding the blast - are being sought.

Security has been heightened at Nairobi's newly built US embassy after warnings from the State Department that US citizens and embassies around the world should be extra vigilant in the wake of the verdicts.

The US government offered humanitarian assistance to help rebuild buildings and treat immediate injuries but the programme is wrapping up this year without any long-term care for bombing victims.

The US government has supplied 37 point eight (M) million in aid, but victims say much more is needed.

They have filed a lawsuit against the United States, claiming the government did not heed warnings of an attack and did not take reasonable precautions to prevent the bombing.

The case is being heard in US District Court in Washington.



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