0 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 10, 2002 NATION/WORLD Tarot card linked to D.C. sniper NEWS IN BRIEF ): .r,, -L~" _ f i BALTIMORE (AP) - A tarot card with the taunt- ing words "Dear policeman, I am God" and a shell casing emerged yesterday as potential clues in the' hunt for the sniper terrorizing Washington's suburbs. The card and casing were found near a middle school in Bowie, where a 13-year-old boy was criti- cally wounded by the gunman Monday, a source familiar with the investigation said on condition of anonymity. Authorities said the shell was .223-caliber, the same kind of bullet used to kill six people and wound another in Washington and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs in the last week. The casing is believed to be the first one recovered since the slayings began. Michael Bouchard, an agent with the Bureau of Alco- hol, Tobacco and Firearms, would not say whether authorities had linked the casing to the attacks. Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose also wouldn't comment when asked about the tarot card, and angrily suggested unapproved information had been leaked. "I need to make sure I don't do anything to hinder our ability to:bring this person or these people into custody," Moose said. The message left on the tarot card called the Death card was first reported by WUSA-TV and then by The Washington Post. Police sources told the news- paper the items were found 150 yards from the school in a wooded area on matted grass, suggesting the gunman had lain in wait. Tarot cards, used mainly for fortunetelling, are believed to have been introduced into western Europe by Gypsies in the 15th century. THE ORIGINAL' (in exile since 1999) Downtown's Best Everyday Prices Just Got Better $1.00 off our regular prices with this coupon SOM ETHING WRONG.WITH A ST*RY. WE'RE NOT PERFECT. SEND CORRECTIONS FOR ANY SECTIN. TO CORRECTIONS@UMICH.EDU. WASHUINGTON Bush, Chirac disagree over war on Iraq President Bush gained important new Democratic support for his war resolu- tion yesterday, bolstering his expected margin of victory in Congress for broad authority to use force against Iraq. But the administration was having less success on the international front. A 25-minute phone call between Bush and French President Jacques Chirac failed to produce a breakthrough over wording of a new U.N. Security Council resolution to disarm Saddam Hussein. "This is intricate diplomacy and we are continuing our consultations," said White House spokesman Sean McCormack. He cited a "mutual desire" to find common ground. Both the Republican-led House and the Democratic-ruled Senate forged ahead with debate on a resolution giving Bush authority to use U.S. force against Iraq - with or without U.N. participation. The White House cited a new CIA assessment - suggesting Saddam might launch terrorist attacks if he concluded a U.S. military attack was inevitable - as further justification for strengthening the president's hand. Opponents used the same document to argue against a US. first strike. But more Democrats closed ranks with the president and leaders of both parties were predicting passage by wide margins by week's end. JERUSALEM Israel prepares for spill-over from war in Iraq Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians in a clash in the Gaza Strip yesterday, and in the West Bank soldiers started dismantling illegal Jewish settlement outposts. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned, meanwhile, that "clouds of war" were gathering over the region, a reference to a possible U.S. attack on Iraq. The Gaza clash developed in a place where there are daily confrontations - the Gaza-Egypt border, which is patrolled by Israel under the largely ignored interim peace accords. Palestinian witnesses said soldiers in tanks opened fire with machine guns at Palestinians throwing rocks at them from the Rafah refugee camp, killing two and wounding 17. The Israeli military said soldiers returned fire after gunmen shot at them. Sharon visited an Israeli army base in the south of Israel and praised soldiers for defending "against the Palestinian and Arab terror." In a reference to the growing likelihood that the United States will attack Iraq, Sharon said, "There are clouds of war that are casting a shadow over our region." Reading from a prepared text, he said, "I hope they won't reach us. But we have to know that if Israel is attacked, it-will protect its citizens." I I - E Beck The Flaming Lips I I Co *f !-j co Sea Change Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots gold b..d :.v QUALITY DRY CLEANING & SHIRT SERVICE 332 Maynard (Across from Nickels Arcade) 668-6335 Mon-Fri. 10-9, Sat. 10-6, Home Football Games 10-9, Sun. 12-5 332 S. 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A pro-Musharraf candidate even pulled out of the race to support the extremist leader, who is running as an independent and whose group, Sipah-e- Sahaba, is blamed for killing hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims in bombings, shootings and grenade attacks. WASHINGTON Terror attacks may be planned by local cells The small-scale nature of Tuesday's shootout in Kuwait and last week's bombing in the Philippines - both sus- pected of links to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network - support the idea that al-Qaida has decentralized, leaving the plotting of attacks to local operatives, U.S. counterterrorism officials say. Both attacks are still being investigated for connections to al-Qaida, officials said. Neither was particularly sophisticat- ed, with the attack in Kuwait amounting to a drive-by shooting and the Philip- pines strike using a nail-packed bomb mounted on a motorcycle. Al-Qaida's calling card is spectacu- lar attacks, using lots of explosives, often against multiple targets simulta- neously. Although both attacks killed U.S. military personnel, there's no evidence they are connected, said a U.S. coun- terterrorism official. MOSCOW Russia begins first post-Soviet census Russia launched its first post-Soviet census yesterday, and President Vladimir Putin told a nervous censis- taker that he works in the "service" sec- tor and speaks Russian fluently. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose answers also were tele- vised, proudly said "18th century" when asked when his home was built. But Patriarch Alexy II didn't know if his stove was gas or electric. The television appearances were aimed at encouraging a wary popula- tion to open its doors and be counted as the government tries to gather sta- tistics to help it understand the dra- matic economic and social transformations that have swept the sprawlirg country since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The weeklong door-to-door survey will quantify the dramatic shifts in Russia. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. A th [tI rn' aIl I Wa- The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $105. Winter term (January through April) is $110, yearlong (September through April) is $190, University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. 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