Even if authorities do ultimately arrest the suspects in custody, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to bring to justice everyone responsible for the bombing. "A professional terrorist operation is usually compartmentalized," explains TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. "Many of those involved have no idea of the identity of the people on either side of them in the chain, let alone of the author of the attack."
Africa Bombing: Suspects in Name Only
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NAIROBI: Don't set too much store by reports that "suspects" have been held
in connection with last week's embassy bombing. "They've made a broad sweep
of people deemed 'suspicious' -- often simply because of their Arab origins
-- but none of them have actually been arrested," says TIME reporter Clive
Mutiso. "They are, in official parlance, simply 'assisting the police with
inquiries.' If the authorities had evidence linking them directly to the
bombing, they would be likely to have arrested them by now." Mutiso reports
that while investigators are making progress, solving the crime remains
some way off.