2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 16, 2002 NATION/WORLD Police find evidence in sniper case NEWS iN BRIEF' HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD / t Fe >#-._.( 3 1 i ,. r'' t s" FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - An FBI analyst who assessed terrorist threats was identified yester- day as the ninth person killed by the Washington-area sniper, shot in the head in an attack investigators say has yielded the most detailed clues yet. For the first time, witnesses were able to give infor- mation about license plates on vehicles seen fleeing the scene, including a light-colored Chevrolet Astro van with a burned-out rear taillight. A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said another witness gave a description of a dark-skinned, possibly Hispanic or Middle Eastern, man in a white van. Law enforcement sources said there were no indica- tions the sniper targeted 47-year-old Linda Franklin because of her job. She worked for the FBI's Cyber- Crimes Division, created last year to focus on comput- er crimes as well as intellectual property cases. Montgomery County (Md.) Police Chief Charles Moose, the head of the investigation, emphasized that Franklin was not working on the sniper case. Franklin, a 47-year-old mother of two grown chil- dren, was killed Monday night as she and her husband loaded packages into their convertible in the parking lot outside a Home Depot at the Seven Corners Shopping Center. Ballistics evidence yesterday connected the sniper to the slaying. "Linda was a dedicated employee, and she will be missed," said FBI Director Robert Mueller. "All of us are deeply shocked and angry over this tragedy." An FBI chaplain at Franklin's Arlington home said Franklin and her husband were planning to move Fri- day to another home in the area and were at Home Depot to buy supplies for the move and the new house. Robert Young, a Washington construction worker, returned to the shopping center yesterday to talk with police. He said he heard a muffled gunshot and saw a white van. Young said as he backed his truck out of his parking spot, a white Astro van with two men inside tried to turn into his lane. He said the driver appeared very agi- tated to find his way blocked and instead drove by a neighboring Chinese restaurant and out of sight. Young described the driver as a short man of slight build who appeared to be Mideastern. He said, "I got a good look at the guy." The driver "seemed to be excessively irritated because he couldn't pull into my lane," he said. "I thought this fool was going to want to get out of the van and duke or something. But he didn't. He kept on going." if you think you're pregnant... Call us-we isten, we Care. P14BLEM PREGNANCY ELP 975-4357 Any time, any 4ay, 24 hours. ,.l 4Fully confhdentWa. gl- m C -- .W -A TWT TIraq .. Millions expected to vote in Iraq election Stuffimg ballots into boxes by the fistful, citizens in Saddam Hussein's hometown of massive compounds and narrow lanes joined millions of other Iraqis yesterday for a vote choreographed as a show of support for their leader. "All Iraq is for Saddam. He is our leader and our father," said one voter, showing off a ballot stamped "eyes" in a thumbprint of blood. Surface-to-air missile batteries and artillery outside Saddam's hometown, Tikrit, underscored the other message in Iraq's one-candidate presidential referendum: defi- ance of the United States in the face of possible war over Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. "I came to put my paper in the box and to say I don't want America to come here, and to say I hate Bush, because he wants to attack me," Ahmed Jawad, a parasitolo- gist, said in a village outside Tikrit. Iraq projected more than 11 million of Saddam's 22 million people would turn out for the referendum. The vote was a "yes" or "no" on Saddam's staying presi- dent for another seven years and on continuing the coup-installed, three-decade reign of his party. The White House dismissed the one-man race. "Obviously, it's not a very serious day, not a very serious vote and nobody places any credibility on it," press secretary Ari Fleischer said in Washington. JERUSALEM Sharon stands firm against Arafat, visits U.S. In advance of a White House visit, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged Palestinians on Monday to overthrow their leadership, calling it a "despotic regime that is leading you from failure to failure." Sharon's unyielding stance with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has won the broad endorsement of President Bush, who has also called for Arafat to be replaced. But Sharon, making his seventh White House visit in 18 months, could face hard questions from a U.S. administration that has chas- tised him for failing to follow through with pledges to ease blockades and curfews imposed on many Palestinian cities. In the West Bank after nightfall Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, Palestinian security officials said. The officials, speaking on condi- tion of anonymity, said the two were members of the violent Islamic Jihad. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Sharon, who left Israel early yesterday and meets Bush in Washington today, has defended the security measures as essential to prevent, or at least limit, Pales- tinian suicide bombings and shooting attacks. 4 Psychology Concentration Fair Thursday, October 17 Open from 1:OO-4:OOpm East Hall, Psychology (1 St Floor) Atrium Come learn more about the Psychology and Biopsychology Apply Online.-and Cognitive Sciences Concentrations, Student Clubs }edd and several different Student Or Stop By.- 61 Churcht st. 4FSevcsOgnz ri Services Organizations You are cordially invited to the Third Annual Lecture in memory of Tamara Williams (1976-1997), a University of Michigan senior killed by her boyfriend, September 23, 1997, on the grounds of Family Housing on North Campus. a ap am:rsri9s . Ending Dating and Domestic 2T Violence on Campus: . KPrevention, Intervention and Social Support h Speaker: Dr. Oliver Williams Dr. Oliver J. Williams, Executive Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has worked in the field of domestic violence for more than 20 years. He has been a child welfare and delinquency worker, worked in battered women's shelters, and developed and conducted counseling on partner abuse treatment programs. Dr. Williams' research and publications have centered on creating effective service delivery strategies that will reduce the violent behavior among African Americans. Dr. Williams also serves on several national advisory boards focused on the issue of domestic violence. Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 - 8:30 PM East Hall Auditorium Room 1324 Entrance across from Church Street Parking Ramp Sponsored by: * School of Social Work * Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness Center 0 Interdisciplinary Research Program on Violence Across the Life Span * University Housing BALI, Indonesia Indonesian extremist group will disband Indonesia's most violent Muslim extremist group announced yesterday that it was disbanding in what appeared to be the first sign that the government is getting serious about cracking down on Islamic extremism in the wake of the deadly bombing of a Bali nightclub. The announcement by the group, Laskar Jihad, came as Indonesian offi- cials interrogated a security guard and another man about the nightclub bombing, and said traces of C-4 plas- tic explosive were found at the scene. Also, the accused ringleader of a sepa- rate extremist network,-linked to al- Qaida, said he would submit to police questioning. The blast killed nearly 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, and has led to mounting international pressure on Indonesia to crack down on al-Qaida terrorists and local allies blamed for the bombing. NEW YORK ImClone founder says he is guilty of charges ImClone Systems founder Sam Waksal pleaded guilty yesterday to bank fraud and conspiracy in an insider trading scandal that threatens Martha Stewart and her home deco- rating empire. In an unusual. move, prosecutors also said they are investigating a pre- viously undisclosed sale of $30 mil- lion in ImClone stock by a Waksal associate that may result in new insider trading charges. Waksal's guilty plea in U.S. Dis- trict Court was the second in the investigation of insider trading on ImClone stock. An assistant to Stew- art's stock broker pleaded guilty this month to a misdemeanor charge and agreed to testify against people charged in the case. Waksal did not implicate Stewart, and his plea was not part of an agree- ment to cooperate with prosecutors. TALLAHASSEE, Ra. Florida coalition aims to up smoking rules Each year since his mother died of cancer in 1992, Martin Larsen pressed state lawmakers to toughen Florida's anti-smoking laws. Rebuffed repeatedly, he and his allies decided to go straight to the voters, and victo- ry is now within sight. Like anti- smoking activists in three other states, Larsen's coalition tried a previ- ously uncommon strategy this year - launching a petition drive to put a tobacco-related proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot. In each state, activists hope voters will endorse steps that law- makers declined to take. Larsen is chairman of the campaign supporting Amendment 6, which would ban smoking in virtually all workplaces, including restaurants. His coalition col- lected more than a half-million signatures to make the ballot; a recent poll showed the measure with 2-to-1 support. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. The Department Of Philosophy The University Of Michigan announces 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. Subscrip- tions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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