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2 Thursday, September 13, 2001 D.C. Crash Meant for White House The Associated Press The White House and Air Force One, two potent symbols of the American pres idency, were targets of Tuesday’s suicide bombers, government officials said Wednesday. Sketching a scenario that is normally the stuff of Hollywood thrillers, White House press secretary An Fleischer cited “real and credible information” that the hijacked airplane that slammed into the Pentagon was originally intend ed to hit the White House. Air Force One, which was with Bush in Florida at the time of the attacks, also was in the terrorists’ sights, Fleischer said Wednesday. He refused to say what kind of attack might have been aimed at the presidential jet. Asked if evidence pointed to an assassination plot that went awry, Fleischer said he would tell reporters only what he knew about the prospec tive targets, “and I think you can draw your own conclusions.” Federal authorities have identified more than a dozen hijackers of Middle Eastern descent in Tuesday’s bombings and gathered evidence linking them to PHI SIGMA PI CO-ED HONOR FRATERNITY Come to our information nights to see what we’re all about. September 11th 7:3opm Greenlaw 431 September 12th 7:3opm Union 224 September 13th 7:3opm Hamilton 100 FREE FOOD Questions? Please contact: Heather: crider@unc.edu or Shelley: srdougla@unc.edu i | | V’-r CfjJ Franklin Educational I | SERVICES' < j \ Quality Test Prep that you can afford... | l 1 i LSAT ~ GRE ~ GMAT ~MCAT ~ SAT I ( j \ Call today to learn about our guarantee | 919.489.8419 ! < i 2203 Snowcrest Trail Suite 100. 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The identities of more than a dozen of the men who hijacked four planes with knives and threats of bombs has been ascertained, the officials said. Several hijackers had pilot’s licenses. Authorities detained at least a half dozen people in Massachusetts and Rorida on unrelated local warrants and immigration charges and were ques tioning them about their possible ties to the hijackers. No charges related to the attacks, though, had been filed. Search warrants were executed in Rorida, New Jersey and Massachusetts. “We’re attempting to recreate the travels of each of the hijackers on the planes - either the hijackers themselves or their associates," FBI Director Robert Mueller said. For some of the suspected accom plices, “we have information as to involvement with individual terrorist groups,” Mueller added. Officials said authorities were gather ing evidence that the terrorist cells may have had prior involvement in earlier plots against the United States, and may have been involved with bin Laden. That includes the USS Cole bombing in Yemen and the foiled attack on U.S. soil during the millennium celebrations. Officials said some of the hijackers may have crossed the border from Canada en route to Boston. Authorities in Maine and Nova Scotia searched vehicles for possible ties to the suspects. A third car found at the airport in Boston, where one flight was hijacked, also was searched and an Arabic-language flight manual was dis covered, officials said. “This could have been the result of several terrorist kingpins working together. We’re investigating that possibility,” one law enforcement official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said the briefing he received Wednesday from law enforce Campus Calendar Today 10 a m. - Donate blood, time and money to the victims of the terrorist attacks. Centers for International and Area Studies Open Hou ss and Information Fair Thursday, September 13 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 223 East Franklin Street (across from Morehead Planetarium) Refreshments and Music Hk mmrA Information: |g 7 * 919-962-3094 fyL jU U NC Student's Pizza Headquarters f7*7(Z fI-(F Lunch, Dinner, Late Night SJt Large l-Topping Pizza Medium l-Topping Pizza & i Coke 2-Topping Pizza & l Coke 10 Wings, Breadstix & l Coke ,>! Cheesybread & Cinnastix's & 1 Coke Cheesybread O' 10 Wings pmaLl Cheese Pizza & Cheesybread w Roommate's Special Bbw 3 Medium x Topping Pizzas n| r Sun-Thurm nam-iam • Fri & Sat uam-sam We accept Master Card, Visa, American Express and UNC One Card News ment left him with the same impression. “Most of it today points to bin Laden but the speculation at the end of the road is that he and his network were very much involved with Hezbollah, Fatah and other” terrorist organizations, Grassley said. The FBI in Miami issued a national bulletin for law enforcement agencies to look out for two cars. Attorney General John Ashcroft said numerous promising leads were being followed up. “The Department ofjustice has undertaken perhaps the most mas sive and intensive investigation ever conducted in this country,” he said. Ashcroft said between three and six hijackers, armed with knives and box cut ters, seized control of the four commercial jets. Two hit New York’s World Trade Center, a third smashed into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania. Some 4,000 special agents and 3,000 support personnel are assisting in the investigation, and 400 FBI laboratory specialists are at the crime scenes in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Law enforcement officials said that the FBI on Wednesday afternoon searched two hotel rooms in the Boston area believed to have been used by the hijackers. The officials found information linked to a name on the manifest of one of the hijacked flights. They declined to identify the man. Come by the Pit for information on blood drives and volunteer efforts. 7 p.m. - UNC’s General Alumni Association will host “Understanding the Attack on America: A Public Forum.” Guests include experts in defense, Family Weekend Still Planned Sans Football Staff Reports Despite Tuesday’s tragic events, UNC’s annual Carolina Family Weekend will continue as planned - almost. In light of terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, ACC officials decided Wednesday to postpone UNC’s home football game against Southern Methodist University, a main feature of Family Weekend. “We’re continuing with Family Weekend with or without the ball game,” said Sheila Hrdlicka, parents’ programs coordinator. Other activities planned include informational seminars for par ents, concerts, a barbecue and a brunch. Hrdlicka said 1,500 tickets have been sold to parents who planned to attend the game, adding that all money for tick ets will be refunded. Although Tuesday’s attacks stopped the game, they have not dampened par ents’ eagerness to take part this week end. Hrdlicka said the Carolina Parents’ Association received 50 registrations between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Sue Kitchen, vice chancellor for student affairs, said families’ desire for closeness was why administrators opted not to cancel the event. “We’re keenly aware that this is a time for families to political science and Middle East stud ies. 7 p.m. - Invited by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Gretchen Engle, the lawyer of death row inmate Robert Bacon, will speak in 209 Manning Hall. Robertson SCHOLARS PROGRAM The Robertson Scholars Cos lla bar at ion F mid Funds are available to UNC and Duke faculty, staff and students. The Robertson Scholars Collaboration Fund has been instituted to support projects that have the potential to initiate or enhance collabora tion between Duke and UNC. Faculty, staff and recognized student organizations on both campuses are eligible to apply. One-year grants of up to SSOOO will be awarded, and a total of $25,000 is available for the fall grant cycle. For further information on the fund and the application process: • visit www.robertsonscholars.org/fund.shtml, or • send e-mail to robertson@unc.edu requesting an application, or • stop by the Robertson Scholars Office in 023 James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence at Graham Memorial, UNC campus, or • call 919-843-5494 All proposals are due on October 15,2001. The James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence Presents M^rsdays on _L Live Music and Food Every Thursday at Noon ' University of North *Carolina Jazz Combo Coming Soon: The Branchettes, Lighter Shade of Blue, Algia Mae Hinton, John Dee Holman, John Covach: Beatles Unplugged! Men’s Glee Club For more information on this and upcom ing events please visit our website at http://www.unc.edu/depts/jcue or call 966-5110 The Johnston Center is located in Graham Memorial Hall, on Franklin Street, next to the Morehead Planetarium 2% Sally (Tar KM want to be together,” Kitchen said. But the Federal Aviation Administration had not yet reopened air ports Wednesday night, meaning some parents might be unable to make it to UNC. “I’m sure some people won’t be able to attend because they can’t get to the campus,” said Melissajessen, chairwoman of the Family Weekend committee. Kitchen encouraged parents to expand their definition of family for the weekend. “I’d like to suggest anew meaning for Family Weekend,” she said. “1 ask you to look around and find that person who is a part of the Carolina family and include them in your activities this weekend.” But some events other than the football game planned for the weekend have been affected by the attacks. The Slavic lan guage department is considering altering its performance scheduled for Saturday night, said Beth Holmgren, chairwoman of the Slavic languages and literature department “Some students are just wor rying about their relatives,” she said. But most of this weekend’s events are still planned. “We’ve registered 750 par ents and families, and they’re not just bringing themselves,” Hrdlicka said. “We’re promoting this not just as parents’ weekend, but Family Weekend.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. utjr Sally (Ear Sppl RO. Box 3257. Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Katie Hunter, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features. Sports, 962-0245 © 2001 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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