21.   There was no evidence linking the bombing to the killing of the two Americans.

22.   There was no evidence, however, to link the bombing to these attacks.

23.   Those bombings have been linked to an Islamic militant leader, Osama Bin Laden, based in Afghanistan.

24.   U.S. officials believe the two bombings were linked, although few details from the investigation into the second blast have been made public.

25.   His statement clearly linked the bombings to the civil war in Algeria, though he did not elaborate.

26.   Britain and Argentina have linked the bombings to Iran, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and other Moslem fundamentalist organisations.

27.   Zalfa, however, refused to name the suspect or identify any motive for the attack but insisted that the bombing was not linked to any political campaign.

28.   It was not clear whether the two bombings were linked.

29.   Police in General Santos, however, could not say if the bombing was linked to the earlier incidents of violence.

30.   President Carlos Menem conceded Thursday that there was no evidence to link the bombing to Iran.