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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 6, 1993                   TAG: 9304060296
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Newsday
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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U.S. DENIES IGNORING BOMB WARNINGS

White House and State Department officials Monday disputed suggestions that U.S. intelligence agencies ignored warnings from the Egyptian government of impending terrorist attacks before the bombing of the World Trade Center.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in a New York Times interview published Monday, was quoted as saying of the bombing: "It could have been prevented if you had listened to our advice."

Mubarak, who conferred Monday with Secretary of State Warren Christopher and who is to meet with President Clinton today, declined to give details of what information his government had passed along, according to the newspaper.

At the White House, communications director George Stephanopoulos said in response to questions that the U.S. government "took appropriate action" after the Egyptian government relayed "general warnings about the possibility of a network in the United States." He added, "There was no specific information on this specific operation at all."

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher also said U.S. officials had received no specific information from Egyptian officials about planned acts of terrorism. He said U.S. Embassy and FBI personnel met with the Egyptian officials in Egypt at various times over the past several months.

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