Another person arrested in connection with the Nairobi bombing was Mohamed Sadeek Odeh.

Mr. al-'Owhali is one of two men in custody accused of playing a direct role in the Nairobi bombing.

KSM states that they had done so on their own after the suicide of their friend Azzam (Nashiri's cousin) in carrying out the Nairobi bombing.

The first planeloads of evidence from the Nairobi bombing arrived at the F.B.I.'s main crime lab over the weekend.

Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali, 24, will be sentenced on Sept. 12 to life in prison without parole for the 213 deaths in the Nairobi bombing.

A reconstruction of the Nairobi bombing, based on interviews, shows that the embassy was vulnerable to the most rudimentary attack.

Mr. al-'Owhali's lawyers contended he had been coerced into giving an incriminating statement to the F.B.I. about his role in the Nairobi bombing.

Convict him,' " charged a lawyer for Mohammed Saddiq Odeh, a 36-year-old Jordanian who prosecutors say was the technical adviser in the Nairobi bombing.

There have also been reports that the explosive used in the Nairobi bombing was ammonium nitrate.

Prosecutors have said that Mr. Fazil, who remains a fugitive, organized the Nairobi bombing.