WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday sought murder and terrorism charges against a suspect in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Tanzania, and will seek the death penalty if the man is convicted.

The charges against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, must be approved by a Pentagon appointee who oversees the war court there.

Ghailani was accused of supplying equipment and other support for the 1998 bombing, which killed 11 and wounded at least 85. A near simultaneous bombing in Kenya killed 213. (Reporting by Kristin Roberts, editing by Todd Eastham)

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