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Report: Arafat linked to terrorists
JERUSALEM -Captured Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has told Israeli interrogators that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat personally approved weapons funding for attacks against Israelis, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office said Thursday.
Palestinian officials contacted by The Associated Press refused to comment on the report. In the past, they have consistently denied that Arafat approved attacks against Israelis, citing his denunciations of attacks against civilians on both sides.
Barghouti, 41, captured in the West Bank town of Ramallah on April 15, is the highest ranking Palestinian leader to be taken into custody during Israel's recent sweep through the West Bank.
Since then, he has complained that he has been permitted only short periods of sleep and has been questioned around the clock for days at a time.
Israel has charged that Arafat is responsible for Palestinian violence during 19 months of conflict, by encouraging militants and failing to crack down on extremists. The Israelis also say that in recent months, most of the attacks against Israelis have come from groups affiliated with Arafat's Fatah.
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FBI: PIPE-BOMB SUSPECT CONFESSED
RENO, Nev. –– The FBI said Wednesday that 21-year-old college student Luke Helder had confessed to planting 18 pipe bombs in rural mailboxes in five states. Six people were injured in the spree.Using a map, Helder pointed to towns where he placed eight bombs in Illinois and Iowa on Friday, FBI agent Mark Heavrin said in an affidavit.Helder also described placing other bombs in Nebraska, Colorado and Texas during the weekend and admitted he made 16 more bombs in a room at a Nebraska motel near Omaha, Heavrin said.The suspect's own father and an alert motorist led to the arrest Tuesday of Helder, of Pine Island, Minn., who majored in art at a university in Wisconsin and sang in a punk band called Apathy.He was arrested after a high-speed chase along a desert highway and a cell phone conversation with an FBI negotiator and his parents.Authorities put out an alert for Helder after his father, Cameron, called police late Monday about a letter from his son that contained reference to the bombings, authorities said.When authorities pulled him over, Helder dropped a gun out his car window and was arrested without incident. At least one other gun was found in the car, and bomb squads were called to the scene along Interstate 80 some 50 miles east of Reno to dismantle five pipe bombs found in the car, said Highway Patrol Maj. Rick Bradley.Four letter carriers and two residents were injured Friday by bombs left in mailboxes in Illinois and Iowa. The 12 other bombs found later in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Texas did not explode.Early Wednesday, a handcuffed Helder was led into the Washoe County Jail by four federal agents. Wearing a black Kurt Cobain T-shirt and long, baggy tan shorts, his hair mussed, Helder was quiet, answering "No" when asked by a reporter if he had anything to say.The capture came eight hours after the FBI issued an all-points bulletin for Helder and said it wanted to question him.
According to a federal complaint filed Wednesday in Iowa, the letter received by Helder's father Monday contained references to death and dying, anti-government comments and the phrase "Mailboxes are exploding." That same phrase was in the notes found with the bombs.Helder's father also told authorities his son's roommate called and told him about possible bomb-making materials found under his bed.Authorities had asked residents in several states to leave their roadside mailboxes open to give nervous letter carriers a clear look inside. That request was lifted Wednesday morning, authorities said, because they believe Helder acted alone.
"We have no indication of any more bombs out there, and we haven't found any," FBI Agent Pete Sakaris in Omaha said Wednesday Still, he urged the public to be cautious.Federal prosecutors in Iowa charged Helder with using an explosive to maliciously destroy property affecting interstate commerce and with using a destructive device to commit a crime of violence. The charges carry penalties of up to life in prison and fines of ,000. In addition, he was booked on a federal firearms charge.U.S. Attorney Charles W. Larson said Helder was responsible for cuts and shrapnel wounds suffered Friday by Delores Werling, 70, of Tipton, Iowa.Federal charges were filed Wednesday in Illinois – the same two charges as in Iowa; and in Nebraska – where he was charged with interstate transportation of explosives. He was expected to be taken to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to face those charges first, authorities said.Helder left the Washoe County Jail on Wednesday morning for a trip to the federal court building in downtown Reno, smiling at the cameras as he walked by. An attorney would be named to represent him in an afternoon appearance before U.S. Magistrate Robert A. McQuaid Jr., McQuaid's clerk said.Beety said the only law enforcement record he was aware of involving Helder was a city citation for possession of marijuana in October.As the search for Helder intensified, his father was at the family's home about 60 miles southeast of Minneapolis and read a statement urging his son to call.
"I really want you to know that Luke is not a dangerous person," Cameron Helder said. "I think he's just trying to make a statement about the way our government is run. I think Luke wants people to listen to his ideas, and not enough people are hearing him, and he thinks this may help."Helder was a junior majoring in art and industrial design at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, in Menomonie. Former classmates said Helder loved the grunge band Nirvana and was preoccupied with Cobain, its lead singer, whs since at least April 24, a school official said. He played guitar and sang in a punk-rock band called Apathy.FBI agents searched Helder's apartment in a two-story building near campus, and some nearby residences were evacuated for several hours as a precaution.After Helder's license plate and car description were broadcast nationwide Tuesday, a motorist on Interstate 80 spotted his vehicle and tipped off authorities. He was pulled over after a 40-mile chase that reached 100 mph.
"The FBI contacted him on his cell phone and started negotiations with him and asked us to back off," said Bradley. "Then he slowed down."
Authorities said Helder phoned his parents during the chase and was patched through to an FBI negotiator, then pulled over east of Fernley and volunteered to surrender if he was not harmed.
"He requested not to be tackled," Trooper Alan Davidson said. "He surrendered the gun and was taken into custody without incident."
Below:A picture of Luke John Helder, the suspected pipe bomber in the Midwest.
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Powers, Larrison ready for June Primary '02 freeholder race
Freeholder Director Harry Larrison Jr., 76, of Ocean Grove, the longest serving county freeholder in New Jersey history, and Thomas J. Powers, 67, of Wall Township, will seek the Republican nomination for two open three-year seats on the board in the June 4 primary election.
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