t,,Ig tti One hundred four years of editorial freedom V4l -V o 4AnAbr ihgn-Tedy oebr2,19 19 h ih al BLASTIN' AWAY NATO planes hit Serbian air base Clinton calls bombing 'entirely appropriate' Police composite of molester Search for molester produces new clues By FRANK C. LEE Daily Staff Reporter A ski mask used by a suspected serial molester has been found by the Ann Arbor police and is being exam- ined for clues. The police tracking dog, Homer, discovered the mask in a search of the surrounding area. The department also has dismissed the possibility that the man suspected four attacks on women dating back April 1990 was responsible for a June 1994 sexual assault. In the incident, a woman in her North State Street home was strangled and threatened with rape. "I don't think it's related now," said Det. Dave Burke of the Major Crimes Section of the police depart- ment. "As a matter of fact, I know now that it isn't. The Ann Arbor News Ond of jumped the gun on that." This is not the serial rapist who is believed to have attacked 12 women in the Ann Arbor area over the past four years, brutally raping four of his victims - and killing another in the process. Police found the blue mask be- lieved to have been worn during the abduction of an University student who was kidnapped at gunpoint from Ann Arbor church where she was volunteering Oct. 23. The woman was handcuffed but persuaded her assailant not to follow through on his threats to rape her. The mask was found the day of the kidnapping on Newport Road, where the serial molester is believed to have ties. Four of the attacks occurred in the area bordered by Miller, North (aple and Newport roads. "We found it about a mile away See MOLESTER, Page 2 From Staff and Wire Reports WASHINGTON -Western war- planes launched a limited attack on a Serb nationalist air base and on mis- sile and anti-aircraft artillery sites in south central Croatia yesterday, de- stroying the air defenses and making the runways and taxiways unusable, U.S. and allied officials said. The attack, carried out by North Atlantic Treaty Organization war- planes in retaliation for this month's three sorties by Serb nationalists near the Bosnian city of Bihac, marked the most extensive strike that the alliance has launched in its one-year effort to protect United Nations-sanctioned safe areas in Bosnia. About 40 NATO aircraft - in- cluding 30 combat planes, two-thirds of which were U.S. F-16Cs, F-15Es and F/A- I8Ds - took part in the attack, launched at 6:30 a.m. from five separate NATO bases in Italy. Officials said that all the aircraft re- turned to their bases undamaged. Pentagon officials said that the strikes knocked out one Serb-con- trolled SA-6 surface-to-air missile battery and some anti-aircraft artil- lery pieces and left five large craters in the airfield runway, blocking the use of the accompanying taxiways as well. As in previous NATO air strikes, the raid was carefully limited to mini- mize the risk that it would spur either Serb nationalists or Croatians to widen the war. U.S. military experts said that the airfield could be repaired easily. Nevertheless, allied officials said, the strike succeeded in "sending a message" that the U.N. and NATO allies "will not tolerate the use of bases in Croatia for military opera- tions in Bosnia." President Clinton, in a session with reporters, called the NATO strike "a strong and entirely appropriate re- sponse." "We'll just have to see how events develop," he said. "But I strongly support the NATO action." And Secretary of State Warren Christopher warned that if Serb na- tionalists do not stop using their war- planes to bomb Bihac, NATO fight- ers "will not hesitate" to return with orders to do substantially more dam- age than they did yesterday. Political Science Prof. J. David Singer applauded the air strike, but questioned whether the bombing rep- resented a permanent shift in U.S. policy. "It's about time. If the U.N. and NATO had moved more decisively and earlier some of these disasters might not have occurred. "I believe NATO will continue with its uncertain role. In a sense, NATO is a white man's arrangement to keep first the Russians and now Muslims at bay. NATO does not want to see a successful Muslim state, but at the same time they cannot let the Serbians repeatedly get away with murder," Singer said. History Prof. John Fine said he did See ATTACK, Page 2 I Area o Airbaso".I detail Bombings CROATIA Dihac ~SERBIA 1BOSNIA.- Tuzla HERZ Srebrenica Zepa Gorazde AdrukiF t- Serb held Croatia Sed L7iBosnian Serb WMuslim-Croat 50 miles federation SU.N. designated 50 km "safe zones" [\JALBANIA 0 Udbina: Monday, NATO warplanes bombed an airbase in Serb-held Croatia used by Serb planes to attack the Bosnian "safe-area" of Bihac. Q Northwestem Bosnia: Serbs, backed by renegade Muslim forces, attacked government troops. U.N. peacekeepers were targeted in three separate assaults. El Sarajevo: One missile hit the roof of the Bosnian presidency and another struck the city government building nearby. Three people were injured in the attacks. Sniper fire also increased. 10 Tuzla: Government-held Tuzla was shelled Monday by Bosnian Serb forces on an hourly basis in retaliation for government troops surrounding their platoon nearby. AP Jessie Lemons, of Geostrip Systems, Inc., blasts Angell Hall with Arm & Hammer Baking Soda yesterday. New phone By ZACHARY M. RAIMI phone. Daily Staff Reporter "We t After a busy day, Julie Peak did convenie not want to stand in line at CRISP to Lynn Ad register for classes late last week. So, Abou she picked up the telephone and di- dents use aled in. tone CR "It seemed a lot more convenient yesterday to call-in instead of walking over to registerin Angell (Hall)," Peak, a Rackham Senio graduate student, said. and the li This is the first semester that the to previot University is allowing students to reg- that abou ister for classes via a touch-tone tele- uled to ( t It CRISP prompts reduction in lines 17 Angell Hall instead of calling in. Kessler said there were no major phone lines are open 7 days a week ried to make it more or less "It seems to be going along quite problems to report. "It seems to be from 7 a.m. to midnight. nt for the students," said well," said Pete Kessler, an academic going along quite well." Official directions and phon elman, an assistant registrar. service clerk. There has been "a no- Other students went to CRISP numbers are in the University's time 50 percent of graduate stu- ticeable reduction" in the lines, he because they felt more comfortable. schedule. Registration and schedul d the University's new touch- said. "I'm used to doing it this way and I adjustments can be done over th k, te ke [e ie ISP system, Adelman said y. Graduate students began ig Wednesday. rs began CRISP yesterday ines were shorter compared us years. Adelman estimated ut half of the seniors sched- CRISP yesterday trekked to Many seniors in line yesterday were skeptical about the touch-tone system. "I just think the phone is going to screw (my schedule) up," LSA senior Kathryn Herrick said. "I'd rather have it in my hand. I just think I might push a wrong num- ber," she added. like to have the sheet in my hand to make sure I have everything correct," said LSA senior Frank Trinh. There are 128 phone lines to ac- commodate students, Adelman said. A student can call in at the time as- signed on the Student Verification Form, or any time thereafter. The Arafat followers march in support Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM - In a massive show of force, an estimated 10,000 supporters of PLO leader Yasser Arafat marched in Gaza City yester- day, firing their guns in the air and chanting slogans against the Islamic opposition just days after Arafat's security forces and Islamic militants 'gaged in bloody street battles. "Here is the weapon, here are the Fatah Hawks, at the hands of our leader, Yasser Arafat, ready to heed your call," roared thousands of young men armed with automatic weapons. "Whoever wrongs Fatah, Fatah will open his head." Fatah is the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization and was founded in the 1960s by Arafat, *airman of the PLO and head of the self-governing Palestinian Authority. The march marked a change of tactics for Arafat from the concilia- tory stance he took after his police force opened fire on Islamic demon- strators Friday. The two sides quickly phone until Jan. 25, the drop/add dead- line. If a class is closed when the stu- dent calls in, the recording will in- form the student and give him or her the opportunity to select a different class. See CRISP, Page 2 GATT is early post- election GOP issue WASHINGTON (AP) - Dry as toast, a global trade accord emerged yesterday as a potent test between President Clinton and Senate GOP Leader Bob Dole, whose demand for a capital gains tax cut escalated the issue sharply. No sooner had Dole suggested linking the two over the weekend than White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta shot down the suggestion. "I don't think he's going to get a com- mitment from us that we're going to suddenly support a capital gains tax cut, particularly as part of' the trade accord, Panetta said. Asked about the rebuff, Dole said yesterday: "He only took one shot at it. He can fire again." On political grounds, many con- gressional Democrats oppose a cut in See GATT, Page 7 MICHAEL FITZHUGH/Daily decades in exile. After negotiations with the Islamic militants began to falter Sunday night, Arafat requested the rally, according to Palestinian sources. Patrick Flaherty, left, and Jeff Wallbaum dined yesterday during "Queers at Amer's." ublic meeti a A C