The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 24, 2000-- 7 Details emerge regarding alleged bomber's routine ADEN, Yemen (AP) - A man sought in the bombing of the USS Cole regularly visited a tiny hilltop apartment with an excellent view of the harbor where the U.S. warship stopped to refuel, security officials said yesterday. A pair of binoculars was found at the apartment. The bearded and bespectacled man and a colleague also spent a lot of time with local fishermen, questioning them in detail about the comings and goings of ships in the harbor and asking how far fishing boats are allowed to go into its waters. Those details from witnesses and investigators helped fill in gaps about the men's activities before the Oct. 12 bomb- ing that killed 17 U.S. sailors and injured 39, but investiga- tors appeared no closer to determining their identities. U.S. officials believe the blast was a suicide attack. Two men were seen standing on a rubber boat seconds before the explosion. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said a 12-year-old boy told investigators a bearded man in glasses gave him change to watch his car near the port on the day of the bombing. The boy, according to Saleh, said the man went to sea in a small boat taken from the roof of his car and did not return. A senior U.S. official government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said yesterday in Aden that the probe continued to expand. The official said it was too early A pair of binoculars were found near the suspected bomber's hilltop view of the harbor. to reach a conclusion, although it was clear the act was something that had been planned irqadvance. Authorities have been searching at least five houses and other locations they believe the attackers used. At least 68 people, including members of the army and police, have been rounded up by Yemeni authorities in connection with the blast. Yemeni officials said the hilltop apartment in the Tawahi neighborhood was used as a reconnaissance base. Along with the binoculars, they said Islamic publications were found in the apartment in a two-story brown building over- looking the sea. The lease was in the name of Abdullah Ahmed Khaled al-Musawah, said the officials, who also spoke on condition they not be named. A fake ID card in that name apparently was issued to one of the two men. vvn a-c UO Q YU'L i'91,K t 1 dl3 i J U VAI :A A . AP PH'OT A protester burns a tire as other hold a banner that reads "Dictatorship No" in Lima yesterday after Peru's feared former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos abandoned Panama and returned home. Fate of Peruvian government uncertain as spy chief returns LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's feared former spy chief Vladimiro Mon- tesinos abandoned Panama and returned home yesterday, deepening a political crisis and further endangering President Alberto Fujimori's already shaky hold on power. First Vice President Francisco Tudela, one of Fujimori's strongest backers, resigned in protest over Mon- tesinos' return and moves to give the military widespread amnesty. "It caus- es me indignation," he said. Tudela said he continued to hold Fujimori in high regard but said the president "is the victim of forces that have overwhelmed him." Calls from the opposition grew for Fujimori to step down immediately and turn over power to a transition government that would force out the military high command, which is loyal Early ord to Montesinos. Fujimori had already announced lie was cutting his third five-year term to one year and stepping down in July 2001. . "There is no longer any doubt that there has been, in reality, a coup d'etat," said independent Congressman Rafael Rey. "The military didn't take control of the palace. But the high command, in conjunction with Mon- tesinos, is trying to run the country, and that merits the rejection of all Peruvians." Riot police used tear gas last night to disperse scores of anti-government protesters, mostly students, who hurled rocks, trash and plants pulled up from the roots in Lima's main plaza in front of the Government Palace. In Washington, State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said the ering for United States regretted Montesinos' decision to return to Peru and said it would complicate efforts to move for- ward on reforms and new elections. Retired army Gen, Daniel Mora warned that if Fujimori failed to take immediate action, either by ordering Montesinos' detention or throwing him out of the country, "the situation could spin out of his control." "The president is a hostage of Mon- tesinos and the military high com- mand,"file said. After an emergency Cabinet meet- ing yesterday, Fujimori traveled in a six-vehicle convoy to half a dozen mil- itary installations. Photographers and cameramen were allowed to film and photograph him from barricades as he talked with army officers at the build- ings that housed the National Intelli- gence Service. the 2002 [l4 Olympic Games ends today SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Today could be the last chance to get front row seats to the 2002 Olympics. Midnight today is the deadline for early ticket purchases, which get preferential treatment for seat assignments. Regular ordering will be open until December 12, but after today, all tickets will be on a first-come, first-served basis. During the first two weeks of ordering, which started Oct. 10, all ticket buyers have an equal chance of getting into the front row. "My advice is, get in early," said Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. ie said the tickets are already going faster than the committee expected. More than S40 million worth of tickets has been sold to U.S. buyers, nearly 60 percent of the overall in-country goal of S68 million, according to the SLOC. More than 20,000 orders had been placed by Friday and an additional 17,000 potential buyers had downloaded the online ticket forms. More than half of the seats for freestyle skiing, figure skating, giant slalom, snowboarding and skeleton, a type of headfirst luge, have been snapped up. Not everything has been rosy, however. Customers have complained about ticket prices, which run as high as S885 a seat for the opening ceremony, attd large families have struggled with the SLOC's limit of four tickets per order for some events. And the time-consuming ordering process has drawn complaints, as well. Families o eager for c HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)_- Maryse and Pierre Wicker had no trou- ble getting American citizenship when they arrived from France in 1 984. Their autistic son, however, was turned down. disabled immigrants itizenship legislation reciting the oath. disability, or a child, who is unable to "I have this great relief from my understand or communicate an under- shoulders," Maryse Wicker said yester- standing of the meaning of the oath." day. "We just know he is going to be Relatives of the disabled said the cit- able to stay here. We're all going to be izenship law would give them the American citizens." peace of mind of knowing that the