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By JERRY SCHWARTZThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — In a horrific sequence ofdestruction, terrorists hijacked two airlinersand crashed them into the World Trade Centerin coordinated attacks Tuesday morning thatbrought down the twin 110-story towers.

An aircraft also crashed at the Pentagon,raising fears that the seat of government itselfwas under attack.

‘‘I have a sense it’s a horrendous number oflives lost,’’ New York Mayor Rudolph Giulianisaid. ‘‘Right now we have to focus on saving asmany lives as possible.’’

Authorities had been trying to evacuate thosewho work in the twin towers, but many werethought to have been trapped.

About 50,000 people work at the Trade Cen-ter. American Airlines said its two aircraft werecarrying a total of 156 people.

‘Audacious’terrorist actsleave U.S.shocked

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With one of the twin towers at the World Trade Center already damaged by an airplane crash, another airliner approaches the second tower Tuesday. About 50,000 peoplework at the World Trade Center, and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said he feared “a horrendous number of lives lost.”

Crashes level Trade Center; Pentagon rocked


With the World Trade Center collapsing,people flee from the smoke and debris.

Explosions in D.C. spread chaos

By RON FOURNIERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Pentagontook a direct, devastating hit from anaircraft and the enduring symbols ofAmerican power were evacuated

today as an apparent ter-rorist attack quickly spreadfear and chaos in thenation’s capital.

President Bush, in Flor-ida at the time of theattack, canceled plans toreturn to Washington andwas flown aboard Air ForceOne to the safety of a mili-tary installation at Barks-dale Air Force Base inLouisiana.

The nerve center of thenation’s military burst into flamesand a portion of one side of the

five-sided structure col-lapsed when the planestruck in midmorning.Secondary explosionswere reported in the after-math of the attack andgreat billows of smokedrifted skyward toward thePotomac River and thecity beyond.

Authorities immediatelybegan deploying troops,including a regiment oflight infantry.

‘‘Terrorism against our nation willnot stand,’’ vowed President Bush, in

Florida on a morning when not onlyWashington was struck, but the twintowers of the World Trade Center inNew York were hit by planes andlater collapsed.

There was no attempt to minimizethe impact.

‘‘This is the second Pearl Harbor. Idon’t think that I overstate it,’’ saidSen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., referringto the attack 60 years ago that sur-prised the nation and propelled it into

● An aircraft crashes intothe Pentagon and otherblasts go off in anapparently coordinatedassault on the capital.

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Smoke pours from the Pentagon in Virginia, across the Potomac Riverfrom Washington, after an aircraft crashed into it Tuesday morning.

President Bush:“Terrorism . . .will not stand.”

I N S I D E● It was the scene of a

nightmare in New York City. 2A.● Two United Airlines jetliners

go down. 4A● Security is stepped up across

Maine and airline flights arehalted. 5A

● President Bush is calm as heannounces the news in Florida,then departs for Washington. 6A

From staff reports

WASHINGTON — The terroristattacks that targeted symbols of free-dom in New York and Washington“changed us forever,” U.S. Sen.

Olympia Snowe said Tuesdaymorning.

In Augusta, meanwhile, Gov.Angus King shut down the state’scenter of government Tuesday morn-ing. The state capitol building closedshortly after the attacks.

Members of Maine’s congressionaldelegation could not be reached bytelephone in the hours immediatelyafter the explosions, but one kept intouch with his staff through e-mail.

U.S. Rep. Tom Allen wrote that

“this is the most terrible tragedy ofour time on U.S. soil and all Ameri-cans need to find the courage anddetermination to help this countryrecover and to care for those whohave lost their loved ones. This deedwill not go unpunished.”

Allen, a Democrat who representsMaine’s 1st Congressional District,also let his staff know that he was

● The governor closesstate government asmembers of Congressrespond in Washington.

Maine’s leaders condemn tragedy

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Sen. Snowe:Terror “changedus forever.”

Gov. King: “Oneof the mosttragic days.”

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FBI: Inadequate securityleft jets open to hijacking

By RICHARD A. SERRANOand DAVID WILLMANLos Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — The air at-tacks Tuesday morning in NewYork and Washington and a jetlinercrash in Pennsylvania were thework of a carefully orchestratedconspiracy that deftly skirted abeleaguered U.S. airport securitysystem and placed terrorists onfour separate planes, senior FBIofficials believe.

Authorities suspect that the ter-rorists had help from airportground crews, that they chosecross-country flights because theplanes would be heavily loaded with

fuel and their ranks included hijack-ers who could fly planes.

But what investigators foundmost surprising was the timing.They marveled at how teams ofhijackers working in at least threedifferent cities simultaneously over-powered commercial planes in theair before federal authorities couldshut down all flights across thecountry.

In doing so, the terrorists pene-trated an airport security net thatmany had warned previously isinadequate.

Lewis Schiliro, who as head ofthe FBI office in New York helpedoversee investigations into theexplosion aboard TWA Flight 800and an earlier bombing at theWorld Trade Center, was left inutter disbelief by what he sawunfold Tuesday morning.

‘‘I’ve been chilled by a lot of

● Investigators wonderhow terrorists in differentcities could take over thejets simultaneously.

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With the two 110-story towers reduced to rubble, firefighters look for bodies or survivors Tuesday after attacks on theWorld Trade Center in New York City. In photos at top left, television footage shows a hijacked plane approaching andstriking one of the towers. At bottom, workers and pedestrians on the streets below flee the smoke and ash billowing fromthe crumbling buildings. ‘‘The number of casualties will be more than most of us can bear,’’ said Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Nation’s worst terrorist attacks kill thousands

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Worshipers at First Baptist Church in Portland,including David Murphy of Old Orchard Beach,front, pray Tuesday evening. Story, 2B

Across America, shock and fear coalesce into adesire for revenge. 5A

Reporter Bart Jansen finds disbelief, sorrow andanger in Washington. 5A

The Taliban denies that Osama bin Laden hadanything to do with Tuesday’s events. 7A

Television and newspapers scramble to tell the storyas unbelievable events unfold. 8ARescue crews prepare for the painful task ofrecovering bodies, including their friends. 9A

Shortly before a plane crashes into the Pentagon,Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld predictsterrorism against America. 10A

Millions of New Yorkers are stranded astransportation shuts down. Others flee the city onfoot or by boat. 10A

Members of Maine’s congressional delegation areconfident that justice will prevail. 10A

Air travelers in Maine scramble to find alternatetransportation. 11A

Incredulous Mainers express fear at the scale ofTuesday’s terrorist attacks. 1B

Maine’s generosity is evident as residents flock to

donate blood to attack victims. Bill Nemitz, 1BGov. King briefs reporters on emergency

preparations in Maine. 3BOil terminals in Portland Harbor are shut down for

security reasons. 6CBusiness activity in Maine nearly grinds to a halt. 6CPro, college and high school sports teams put play

on hold. 1D

American Airlines,hot line with informationfor family members ofpassengers,1-800-245-0999.

United Airlines, hotline with information forfamily members ofpassengers,1-800-932-8555.

The American RedCross is holding a blooddrive from 10 a.m. to 7p.m. today at the ElksClub, 1945 Congress St.Volunteers are neededlocally and also to travelto New York City to help.Call 775-2367 or1-800-GIVELIFE.Additional helpnumbers appear on 6B.

HOT LINES andHELP LINES

Hijackers crash planes into theWorld Trade Center and thePentagon in bold raids on theseats of finance and government.

By JERRY SCHWARTZThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — In the most devastating terroristattacks ever against the United States, knife-wieldinghijackers crashed two airliners into the World TradeCenter on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers.The deadly calamity was witnessed on televisionsacross the world as another plane slammed into thePentagon, and a fourth crashed outside Pittsburgh.

‘‘Today, our nation saw evil,’’ President Bush said inan address to the nation Tuesday night. He said thou-sands of lives were ‘‘suddenlyended by evil, despicable acts ofterror.’’

Said Adm. Robert J. Natter,commander of the U.S. AtlanticFleet: ‘‘We have been attackedlike we haven’t since PearlHarbor.’’

Establishing the U.S. death tollcould take weeks. The four air-liners alone had 266 peopleaboard and there were no known survivors. At thePentagon, about 100 people were believed dead.

In addition, a firefighters union official said he fearedan estimated 200 firefighters had died in rescue effortsat the trade center – where 50,000 people worked – anddozens of police officers were believed missing.

‘‘The number of casualties will be more than most ofus can bear,’’ a visibly distraught Mayor RudolphGiuliani said.

No one took responsibility for the attacks that rockedthe seats of finance and government. But federalauthorities identified Osama bin Laden, who has beengiven asylum by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, as theprime suspect.

Aided by an intercept of communications betweenhis supporters, and harrowing cell phone calls from atleast one flight attendant and two passengers aboardthe jetliners before they crashed, U.S. officials beganassembling a case linking bin Laden to thedevastation.

U.S. intelligence intercepted communicationsbetween bin Laden supporters discussing the attackson the World Trade Center and Pentagon, said UtahSen. Orrin Hatch, the top Republican on the SenateJudiciary Committee.

The people aboard planes who managed to makecell phone calls each described similar circumstances:They indicated the hijackers were armed with knives,in some cases stabbing flight attendants. The hijackersthen took control of the planes.

At the World Trade Center, the dead and thedoomed plummeted from the skyscrapers, amongthem a man and woman holding hands.

Shortly after 7 p.m., crews began heading intoground zero of the attack to search for survivors andrecover bodies. All that remained of the twin towers bythen was a pile of rubble and twisted steel that stoodbarely two stories high, leaving a huge gap in the New

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Firefighters on Wednesday hose down the remains of the 47-story Seven World Trade Center building, which collapsed lateTuesday after catching fire in the attack on the adjacent twin towers. A nearby 54-story building partially collapsed Wednesday.

Air travelforeverchangedin Portland● Improving jetport securitycomes with a price: moreinconvenience for passengers.

From staff reports

Flying to and from Portland will neverbe the same following the disastrous ter-rorist attack Tuesday that officialsbelieve originated, for two suspects, atthe local airport.

“This is unlike anything we have everseen before,” said Jeff Monroe, Port-land’s transportation director, after a 45-minute meeting with Federal AviationAdministration officials Wednesday. “It’sgoing to be extremely tight. The policepresence will be extensive, surveillancewill increase dramatically. It’s going toimpact every part of travel.”

Stringent new rules will slow passen-ger screening and make air travel lessconvenient. While the rules will affect allAmerican airports, the changes will bemost evident at places that have tradi-tionally been relatively relaxed, easy-to-use airports, such as the Portland Inter-national Jetport.

The changes reflect a grim realityrevealed to the nation Tuesday: Airport

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Officials sayAir Force Oneamong targets● At least four Mainers are among thethousands of dead and missing in themassive attack on the United States.

By MARTIN MERZERKnight Ridder Newspapers

Already repulsed by the cata-strophic terrorist attacks on twosymbols of American commerceand power, the nation copedWednesday with a chilling new reve-lation: The targets might haveincluded Air Force One and theWhite House.

At its bloody core, the airbornesuicide assault could have been anattempted presidential assassina-tion by pilots trained in Florida andelsewhere on the East Coast, saidAttorney General John Ashcroft.

‘‘Our government has credibleevidence that the White House andAir Force One were targets,’’ hesaid. ‘‘A number of the suspectedhijackers were trained as pilots inthe United States.’’

Asked if the president had beenthe target of an assassination plot,White House spokesman Ari Fleis-cher said: ‘‘I think you can drawyour own conclusions.’’

Ashcroft said authorities werepursuing several promising leads inTuesday’s bombardment of theWorld Trade Center and Pentagonby the hijackers of four jetliners car-rying 266 people. Thousands arebelieved dead, including at leastfour Maine residents.

President Bush called the fusil-lade of terror ‘‘an act of war.’’Though the destruction of the twin-towered commercial nerve center inNew York City did not cripple thenation, it substantially curtailedcommerce and undermined thecommunal sense of nationalsecurity.

In essence, nearly the entirecountry was a no-fly zone Wednes-day: Virtually all jetliners remainedgrounded and no one knew whenthey would return to service.

The New York Stock Exchangewill not open until Friday at the ear-liest, the longest closure sinceWorld War II. Asian marketsplunged Wednesday, but tradingstabilized later on Europeanmarkets.

Jittery Americans soughtanswers and explanations, and nei-ther were abundant.

‘‘It’s a nightmare,’’ said MarvinFreed, who lives a block from the

Maine victims

JacquelineNorton

RobertNorton

Stephen Ward

James Roux

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● Military recruitment officessee an increase in applicantsWednesday in response to theterrorist attacks. 4A

● Full air service won’tresume until better securityprocedures are in place. 6A

● Bodies and a few survivorsare pulled from the WorldTrade Center rubble. 7A

● A partial list of victims fromthe hijacked planes. 8A

● The Red Cross has to turnaway Maine blood donors. 2B

● Governments and citizensaround the world expresssorrow and support. 10A

● Why is America so hated byterrorists? Some answers, 18A

● Afghanistan braces for U.S.retaliation. 18A

● A Naples man helps in theManhattan evacuation. 3B

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Kim Shaw of Westbrook, formerly of New York,wipes a tear Wednesday during an interfaithservice on the steps of Portland City Hall. About500 people attended the service to show sympathyfor the victims of Tuesday’s terrorism attacks, andto show support for Maine’s 2,000 Muslimresidents. Story, 1B

Inquiryincludesjetport,local hotel● Two of the terrorists whocrashed jets into the WorldTrade Center may have takena flight from Portland.

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From staff reports

Portland became a focal point in thebiggest criminal investigation in UnitedStates history on Wednesday, after inves-tigators learned that two of the terroristswho crashed jets into the World TradeCenter may have taken a flight fromMaine’s largest city.

Two men left Portland early Tuesdayon a US Airways shuttle flight to LoganInternational Airport in Boston, wherethey connected with American Flight 11.That jet took off at 7:59 a.m. and 46 min-utes later crashed into the north tower ofthe World Trade Center, part of the worstterrorist attack in the nation’s history.

Wednesday evening, federal investiga-tors swarmed over a hotel room at theComfort Inn on Maine Mall Road inSouth Portland, where the men appar-ently spent the night before the suicidemission. Evidence technicians searchedthe men’s rented car, found in the Port-land International Jetport’s parkinggarage, seeking clues about the men andanyone else who might have been withthem.

Authorities had worked through thenight to track the men to Maine andspent Wednesday trying to learn howthey got to Portland, how long they hadbeen here and whether they had any helpfrom others in the city. Canadian authori-ties joined the investigation as officialssought to determine whether the mencrossed into Maine from Canada throughits rural borders or possibly on a ferryfrom Nova Scotia.

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● President Bush, Congress consider anew approach to fighting terrorism. 9A

● Hope dims for the more than 4,700missing in New York City. 12A

● Confusion, tension reign as someairports reopen for service. 13A

● Secretary of State Colin Powell callsOsama bin Laden a key suspect andseeks help from Pakistan. 14A

● Mourners around the world expresstheir sorrow and support. Photos, 22A

● Portland Jetport travelers readilyaccept the inconveniences that comewith better security. 1B

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Jeffrey Fortier and Christine Nadeau gather with fellowPost Office workers Thursday at a flag in front of theirbuilding on Forest Avenue to offer a prayer, the Pledgeof Allegiance and a rendition of “God Bless America.”


Eighteenhijackersidentifiedin attacks● Officials believe that theterrorists acted in concertwith groups linked to one ormore foreign governments.

Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — Investigatorsaround the world intensified theirpursuit Thursday of terroristsresponsible for the airliner attacks onthe World Trade Center and the Pen-tagon. They said they learned theidentities of the 18 hijackers andarrested a suspect in Germany.

American and European officialssaid they believed the terroristsbelonged to isolated cells acting inconcert not only with Osama bin Lad-en, but also with groups linked to oneor more foreign governments.

‘‘In this order,’’ said one top-ranking U.S. law enforcement officialwho specializes in international intel-ligence: ‘‘Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.’’

‘‘We can’t believe it’s just one manor just one organization,’’ saidanother senior federal law enforce-ment official. ‘‘There is no one personresponsible.’’

Secretary of State Colin Powellsaid that bin Laden, a Saudi fugitivealleged to run a terrorist networkfrom Afghanistan, remained a primesuspect.

Attorney General John Ashcrofttold reporters that 18 hijackers hadseized the planes and that investiga-tors had identified them. The FBIsaid five were on each of two planes,with four each on the other two. TheDepartment of Justice planned torelease their names and photographsThursday night, but decided not to,saying its list was not ready.

The 18 hijackers who died in thesuicide missions were among asmany as 30 who were recruited andwere willing to die, officials said. Atleast 20 additional infiltrators arebelieved to have played supportingroles.

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U.S. looks beyondsingle military strike● Defense officials say a‘multifaceted’ campaignwill be designed toeradicate terrorism.

By ROBERT BURNSThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The UnitedStates will respond to terroristattacks on New York and Washingtonwith a sustained military campaign,Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wol-fowitz said Thursday.

‘‘One thing that is clear is you don’tdo it with just a single military strike,no matter how dramatic,’’ he toldreporters at the Pentagon.

Wolfowitz would not say what U.S.military strikes might target or dis-cuss specific military options.

‘‘We’re going to keep after thesepeople and the people who supportthem until this stops,’’ he said.

Wolfowitz said part of the $20 bil-lion in emergency funds PresidentBush is seeking from Congress would

be used tostrengthen U.S.military readinessfor the fightagainst terrorism.He could notspecify howmuch.

Another portion would pay themounting costs ofcombat air patrols

that have been flying over majorAmerican cities, including Washing-ton, since the Tuesday morningattacks on the World Trade Centerand the Pentagon.

Secretary of State Colin Powellidentified Osama bin Laden, an exiledSaudi hiding in Afghanistan, as aprime suspect in the terrorist attacks.Powell said he would press neighbor-ing Pakistan for information on binLaden’s operations.

Wolfowitz praised Congress foruniting in support of the funding.

Wolfowitz

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Link to Portland growsHijacker may have spent considerable time in city

● The FBI, Portland policeand state police track theMaine movements ofAbdulatif A. Al-Omari andMohamed Atta.

From staff reports

SOUTH PORTLAND — MohamedAtta and Abdulatif A. Al-Omari spentthe night at the Comfort Inn in SouthPortland on Monday and then, at 5:45the next morning, flew from PortlandInternational Jetport to Boston.

From there, officials say, theyhijacked an American Airlines jet andcommenced to horrify the nation.

The Press Herald has learned thatAl-Omari may have spent consider-able time in Portland, over an unde-termined period. Sources said Thurs-day that officials are investigatingreports that the 31-year-old had arelationship with a woman here.

The woman, who may still livehere, contacted authorities after twohijacked jetliners crashed into theWorld Trade Center towers in NewYork City.

Officials earlier said they believedat least one of the terrorists traveledthrough Maine. Thursday’s revela-tion that Al-Omari was here – andspent significant time here – broughtrenewed interest to the investigationin Greater Portland.

Investigators don’t yet knowexactly when Atta and Al-Omariarrived in Maine, but they know thatsomeone, perhaps Atta, recentlyrented a blue Nissan Altima fromAlamo Rent A Car in Boston, and thatthe two drove it to Portland.

Police towed the Nissan from thePortland jetport to the Maine StatePolice crime lab in Augusta onWednesday.

On Thursday, federal investigatorscombed through the car looking forfibers and other trace evidence thatmight advance their investigation.

Atta, 33, whose name has been on alist of people associated with terroristgroups, checked into the Comfort Innon Monday night with another man.

Portland Police Chief Michael Chit-wood said that surveillance videotaken at the Portland jetport clearlyshows Atta’s face. He said police havesix months’ worth of video from theairport’s security cameras, and arelooking for more clues.

Al-Omari’s most recent addresswas Vero Beach, Fla., in a neighbor-hood called Treasure Trails.

Al-Omari told a neighbor,

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Firefighter Bill Fennelly of Baldwin, N.Y., rests for a moment Thursday at the World Trade Center site.


Mohamed Atta is one of twosuspected terrorists traced toPortland before Tuesday’s attack.

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Suspectsstood outduring timein Florida● Mohamed Atta andMarwan Al-Shihhe spentseveral months learning tofly planes in Venice, Fla.

St. Petersburg Times

VENICE, Fla. — Mohamed Attaand Marwan Al-Shihhe wanted toblend into this sleepy little beachcommunity, but it wasn’t easy.

They wore American clothes anddrove a red 1989 Pontiac. But theyalso flashed large wads of cash, com-plained angrily about Israel andspent a lot of time reading news Websites in Arabic.

Even among the large communityof foreigners who flocked here toHuffman Aviation, a pilots’ schoolthat offers training in small planes,Atta and Al-Shihhe stood out.

“They seemed different, moody,”said Richard Nyren, a British studentwho knew both men. Authorities sus-pect they were among the terroristswho crashed commercial airplanesinto the World Trade Center.

“You would never see them smile,”Nyren said.

On their road to what federalagents say was mass murder, Atta,

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Portlandpolice seeklocal cluesto terrorism● Police have been told that aman claiming to be a terroristhad lived in the area recently.

From staff reports

The investigation of the Portland connec-tion to Tuesday’s terrorist assault on theWorld Trade Center took another turn Fri-day when police said they have expandedtheir probe to include a man who claims tobe a terrorist but has no apparent connec-tion to the tragedy.

Police began looking for the man afterinterviewing a local woman about her possi-ble relationship with one of the two terroristswho flew from Portland to Boston beforehijacking a jet that crashed into New York’stallest buildings.

The interview, police said, revealed thatthe woman did not know the men who com-mandeered the American Airlines plane.The man she knew, police said, recently livedin Greater Portland, called himself a mem-ber of a hated terrorist group, slept with agun under his pillow and was wealthydespite being unemployed.

The man, who claimed to be from Turkey,had not been located Friday night, and policesay there is nothing at present linking him tothe two terrorists who stayed at the ComfortInn in South Portland on 1Monday night.

Still, investigators are looking into whetherthe man’s claims could be true.

“It’s certainly an issue, and it’s somethingI want to clear up,” said Portland Police

A NATION IN PRAYER

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Portland Mayor Cheryl Leeman reaches out to touch the hands of other Portland officials during a noon vigil Friday at City Hall. The vigil was held to honor the victims of Tues-day’s attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon, and those who died when a hijacked jetliner crashed near Pittsburgh.

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Portland Fire Lt. John Brady wipes a tearfrom his eye while honoring the peoplewho died Tuesday.

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A mourning nation unitesin public prayers for victims

By RENE SANCHEZand WILLIAM BOOTHThe Washington Post

WASHINGTON — As bells tolled and rainfell, as the nation’s most prominent politicalleaders both past and present sat shoulder-to-shoulder inside the National Cathedral,the Rev. Billy Graham preached.

‘‘Yes, our nation has been attacked,’’ hetold a hushed crowd of thousands, somefighting to hold back tears. ‘‘But now we

have a choice whether to implode and disin-tegrate emotionally and spiritually as a peo-ple and a nation, or whether we choose tobecome stronger through all of thestruggle.’’

It was the beginning of a day that Presi-dent Bush had urged Americans to set asidefor prayer and remembrance for the dead inthis week’s massive terrorist attacks. It wasa ceremony filled with sermons and hymns,with anguish and resolve, that soon played

out across the country.All day and into the night Friday, in the

nation’s smallest towns and its largest cities,Americans gathered in churches, mosquesand synagogues and rallied in parks andpublic squares to mourn and to seekcomfort.

Often in silent meditation, but also withpatriotic fervor, they came by the thousandsto listen to ministers, light candles, waveflags, even embrace strangers. Some cere-monies were stately and solemn, othersspontaneous and spirited.

In Texas, a city bus driver parked on theside of a road at noon and urged a full load of

● Cities and towns across thecountry hold services that blendspirituality with a suddenlyrediscovered patriotism.

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People across Maine come together in vigilsand gatherings to find comfort and pay theirrespects. 7A

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● Congress unanimouslyapproves a $40 billion recoveryand retaliation package. 8A

● The Pentagon can call50,000 reservists. 8A

● Federal authorities makethe first arrest of a global investigation. 9A

● The FBI identifies 19hijacking suspects. 9A

● Acts of harassment disturbPortland’s Muslims. 1B

Bush encourages rescuersat site of NYC devastation

By DAVID ESPOThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush toured the dev-astated site of the World Trade Center Friday, groundzero in the worst terrorist attack on American soil. Hetold an army of cheering search and rescue workers,‘‘The people who knocked these buildings down willhear all of us soon.’’

‘‘USA, USA, USA,’’ came back the cheers.The visit to New York amid wartime-style security

came hours after Bush approved the call-up of 50,000reservists and Congress voted a $40 billion down pay-ment to begin the rebuilding – and set the stage forthe worldwide war on terrorism the president haspledged.

Earlier, in a somber prayer service in WashingtonNational Cathedral, Bush vowed the nation wouldmeet its ‘‘responsibility to history’’ and ‘‘rid the world

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President Bush greets firefighters amid the rubbleof the World Trade Center on Friday in New YorkCity. Bush toured the disaster site by foot aftergetting a helicopter view of the devastation.

● In Washington and New York, thepresident vows to avenge the deaths ofan estimated 5,000 people.

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Mainers onplane withsuspects● Two men tell the FBI of their‘joined-at-the-hip’ fellowpassengers from Portland.

By AMY CALDERBlethen Maine News Service

WINSLOW — Two central Maine menwere on a flight from Portland to Bostonearly Tuesday with two men suspected ofhijacking a plane hours later and crashing itinto the World Trade Center.

Roger Quirion, 40, of Winslow, and BrianGuerrette, 34, of Oakland, drove to the Port-land International Jetport on Tuesday tocatch US Airways Flight 5930, a 5:30 a.m.flight to Boston.

Quirion and Guerrette were two of onlyabout 10 passengers on the 19-seat Beech1900, which arrived in Boston just before 7a.m., they said Friday night during an inter-view at Quirion’s home. While they did notthink anything of it at the time, they observedtwo men in the waiting area at the Portlandterminal whom they would later describe toFBI agents.

“They were, like, joined at the hip,” Quirionsaid. “They went to the desk together, cameback and sat together. They were talking. Itwas very serious. It looked like they were allbusiness.”

The men, who appeared to be of MiddleEastern descent, were short, clean cut andhad small builds. Each wore casual pantsand a long-sleeve shirt, according to the twolocal men. They said the men appeared to bein their 20s.

FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz,reached in Boston, would not confirm Fridaynight that two of the terrorists traveled on USAirways Flight 5930.

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West Nile virus in Maine: a concern, not a crisis

From staff reports

Until last year, Mary Holman waslike anyone else when it came to mos-quitoes. When one of them buzzedaround her head, she slapped it.

Then, she started trapping andidentifying mosquitoes for the state’ssurveillance program for the WestNile virus. More than 5,000 mosqui-toes later – and after the

announcement last week that thepotentially fatal mosquito-borne viruswas discovered in dead birds in fourMaine towns – she has new respectfor the insects most people just con-sider a nuisance.

“Last night, I was in a spot where Iwas hanging a trap at about 4:20,”said Holman, a research associate atthe Maine Medical Center ResearchInstitute. “There were mosquitoesbuzzing all around me, and I wasrather nervous about that and got outof there. I think anybody at this pointshould be concerned about avoidingmosquito bites.”

The discovery of the West Nile virusin Maine is a public health issue that

requires a balancing act. Like Hol-man, Mainers can’t afford to ignorethe virus because it can cause seriousillness, even death. Yet, West Nile isnothing to panic about because theodds of a healthy person becomingthat ill from the bite of an infectedmosquito are extraordinarily small.

“West Nile Virus is a drop in thebucket compared to the enormous

amount of death and disability thatheart disease and lung disease causein Maine,” said Dr. Dora Anne Mills,director of the Maine Bureau ofHealth.

The discovery of West Nile virus indead birds – found in Portland, SouthBerwick, Sabattus and New Vineyard– came just a week after theannouncement that another newvirus had been found in the state, arare tick-borne virus called Powassanthat can cause symptoms similar toWest Nile. Both viruses cause flu-likesymptoms in mild cases. But in somepeople, the viruses can develop intopotentially deadly encephalitis, aninflammation of the brain.

“We’re not sheltered from the manymicrobes that circulate on a globalbasis,” said Dr. Kathleen Gensheimer,the state epidemiologist, “and I thinkthat West Nile virus is a wake-up callthat these microbes can and undoubt-edly will make their way here.”

Increased surveillance for WestNile infection in mosquitoes, birds andpeople in the coming weeks will helppublic health officials determine theextent of the disease in Maine and therisk that it poses to human healthhere. Then, they will be able to decidewhat strategies to take next year,including whether to use pesticides to

● After assessing the extentof the mosquito-bornedisease, officials will decideon strategies for next year.

One option to controlinfected mosquitoeswould be pesticides.

BIN LADEN PRIME SUSPECT

By TOM RAUMTh Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush pledged a crusade to‘‘rid the world of evildoers’’ as top administration officials onSunday zeroed in on Saudi exile Osama bin Laden andAfghanistan’s Taliban militia for possible retribution for lastweek’s terrorist attacks.

‘‘No question, he is the prime sus-pect. No question about that,’’ Bushsaid, brushing off a reported denial ofresponsibility by bin Laden.

As Bush sought to rally Americansto get on with their lives and jobs,administration officials asserted onthe Sunday talk shows that nationsthat harbor terrorists would face the‘‘full wrath’’ of the United States.

They emphasized that the battleagainst terrorism would be long andwould include legal, diplomatic andeconomic offensives as well as mili-tary action.

Vice President Dick Cheney dis-closed that after suicide hijackersslammed planes Tuesday morninginto the World Trade Center in NewYork and the Pentagon, Bushordered the military to shoot downany commercial aircraft that dis-obeyed orders to turn away fromWashington’s restricted air space.

Bush, upon returning to the WhiteHouse from Camp David, said: ‘‘Igave our military the orders neces-sary to protect Americans. Of course, that was difficult.’’

Bush, who was in Florida at the time of the attacks, added:‘‘Never did I dream we would be under attack this way.’’

He said the nation and its limping economy were resilient

● The president also urges Americansto start getting back to their lives andjobs to help sustain the economy.


The World Trade Center disaster site, as seen from a Coast Guard helicopter that flew over the area on Saturday. Officials inNew York said only 22,000 tons of the estimated 600,000 tons of debris have been removed so far. More than 100 dumptrailers are taking the wreckage to the 3,000-acre landfill known as Fresh Kills, where it is being analyzed by investigators.

Bush shrugs offhis denial, vowsto get ‘evildoers’


President Bush talkswith reporters afterarriving Sunday atthe White Housefrom Camp David,where he had talkson national security.

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Residentsseek solaceat housesof worship● The yearning forspirituality crosses ethnic,racial and religious lines atservices in the city in thewake of attacks on the U.S.

From staff reports

Diana White of Portland broke intotears last Tuesday morning at thethought that her 7-month-old sonwould have to grow up in a worldwhere terrorists could cause the typeof destruction she had just witnessedon television.

But right after hijackers crashedplanes into the World Trade Centerin New York and the Pentagon,White’s thoughts turned to herRoman Catholic faith and she feltsome hope breaking through her

sorrow.On Sunday,

five days afterthe deadliestattack ever onU.S. soil,White, alongwith millionsof other Amer-icans, went tochurch forsolace in ther e l i g i o u sprayer andsong.

“I don’tknow howpeople thatdon’t havefaith getthrough some-thing likethis,” Whitesaid. “I justsat there andcried becauseI couldn’t

believe I had to raise him (her son) inthis kind of world. But you getthrough. With your faith you getthrough.”

White and her husband, Jonathan,attended a special memorial Mass atSt. Joseph’s Church on Stevens Ave-nue in Portland. The Rev. TheodosiusCorley told his congregation that reli-gious devotion is not just one well-spring of hope in times of crisis. It’sthe only true source of hope, he said.

“We don’t have the answers to thequestions,” he said. “We don’t evenhave the questions, but we do havethe Lord and he holds us in the palmof his hand.”

“He alone can renew us andrefresh our spirit,” Corley said. “Go tothe source. Don’t go to any otherplace because you won’t find it.”

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Worshippers at St.Joseph’s Church onStevens Avenue praySunday for the morethan 5,000 peoplekilled last week inNew York andWashington, D.C.


● Bin Laden has united manyterrorist groups with his vision ofdislodging the U.S. from theMiddle East. 6A

● Mideast Islamic groups warnagainst alliance with the U.S. 7A

● Officials on alert for possibilityof more terrorist attacks. 8A

● Investors anxious as Wall Streetmarkets reopen today. 9A

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AIRPORTS: Security lapses still occurring ... 8A NEW YORK: Scant hope for the missing ... 16A


With buildings once dwarfed by the World Trade Center’s twin towers behind them, investigators and workers pause as a crane untanglesthe wreckage Tuesday in New York. At 8:48 a.m., one week after the devastating attack began, the city observed a moment of silence.

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Deering High graduate survivesnightmare, but remains hauntedBy GISELLE GOODMANStaff Writer

When Joshua Messier closes his eyes, he can’t helpseeing the faces of firefighters passing him on the stairsof the north tower of the World Trade Center, telling himeverything was under control.

Those faces haunt him.“They knew they were in for a serious issue. They had

the most grim look when they were going up the stairs,”he said. “But they kept us calm enough to get out.”

When Messier, 23, opens his eyes and comes back fromthe nightmare of Sept. 11, he sees the Portland home hegrew up in, the familiar comforts there, his loving par-ents, Betsi and Ray Messier.

And he couldn’t be happier to be home.“I’ve never ever wanted to come home so much in my

entire life and just give my parents a hug,” he said.Messier, a Deering High School graduate, is one of the

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Joshua Messier, who was on the 38th floor of theWorld Trade Center’s north tower when it was hit,relaxes at his parents’ home in Portland on Tuesday.


• Investigators track movements ofFlight 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta. 9A

• The nation’s airlines can expectbillions in federal aid to help themdeal with mounting losses. 11A

• The ability of Mainers to supportboth local charities and nationaldisaster efforts is in question. 1B

• Tougher-than-normal restrictionswill continue in Portland Harbor. 3B


Second waveof violencewas planned● The massive investigationpoints to Sept. 22 as a key datefor potential terror collaborators.

By JOHN SOLOMONThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The FBI has meticu-lously pieced together a broad terrorist plot,securing evidence the hijackers trained formonths or years without raising suspicions inthe United States, received financial and logis-tical support from others and identified addi-tional targets for destruction.

Law enforcement and other officials famil-iar with the evidence said the FBI is investi-gating whether the terrorist network behindlast week’s attacks targeted more flights forhijacking beyond the four that crashed.

Authorities have grown increasingly certain– from intelligence intercepts, witness inter-views and evidence gathered in hijackers’ carsand homes – that a second wave of violencewas planned by collaborators.

Credit-card purchases link a San Antoniophysician detained by federal authorities toother people being investigated in connectionwith last week’s terrorist strikes, three federalauthorities said Tuesday.

Law enforcement officials also are examin-ing airline bookings that Dr. Albader Alhazmiand two other men with the same surnamehad for flights this Saturday, Sept. 22, from SanAntonio to San Diego by way of Denver.

Plot took years to develop

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Attacks raiseurgency overborder safety● Support appears likely for a billto add federal staffing at points ofentry between Maine and Canada.

From staff reports

The federal government is likely toincrease security along Maine’s vast, mostlywilderness border with Canada, in the after-math of last week’s terrorist attacks on theWorld Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Even before the Sept. 11 attacks, somemembers of the Maine congressional delega-tion had requested additional funding for bor-der security with America’s northern neigh-bor. The attacks are sure to magnify politicalsupport and the sense of urgency for a billthat would increase the number of federalofficials manning Maine’s 12 bordercrossings.

“Maine’s border points of entry have beendangerously understaffed,” said U.S. Sen.Susan Collins, R-Maine. “We have a numberof crossings that are staffed at less than halfof what they should be.”

Officials began to refocus on that situationlast week when police learned that two of themen who carried out the suicide bombings –

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Strategyfor U.S.:Stop, lookand listen● Experts say Americamust be calculating,accurate and patient if ithopes to combat terrorism.

By CAROL J. WILLIAMSLos Angeles Times

BERLIN — As Americans calcu-late how to respond to last week’s ter-ror attacks, defense strategistsaround the world are offering time-tested advice for going after theperpetrators and deterring securitybroadsides in the future: Stop. Look.Listen.

Stop and make sure the targets tobe destroyed are both appropriateand reachable with minimal‘‘collateral damage,’’ the killing ofinnocent civilians that would incense

the Islamicworld.

Look forallies to

show the breadth and depth of theworld’s condemnation of fanatic mur-der, especially in unlikely places suchas Russia, Libya and Iran.

And listen, not just to the blood lustinfused by personal loss, shakensecurity and wounded pride, but tothe voices urging soulful examinationof how U.S. values have come to pro-voke hatred.

With the moment of U.S. retaliationapproaching, many security analystsagree on which options would bemost effective.

Sea-launched cruise missiles couldtake out terrorist training campsidentified by satellite surveillance.Precision airstrikes on remote hide-outs could send the prime suspectsrunning. With the help of sympatheticlocal forces, such as Afghanistan’sNorthern Alliance, elite commandounits could swoop down on the plot-ters and their Taliban hosts in a lim-ited ground action, as long as thoseback home understand there will belosses.

‘‘They will go for cosmetic strikesto start with,’’ predicted Charles Hey-man, editor of Jane’s World Armies.But he cautioned that ground deploy-ments needed to seek and destroythe masterminds of fundamentalistterror require a three- to five-yeartroop commitment.

Prospects for a quagmire fromwhich neither victory nor retreat isan option have evoked comparisonswith Vietnam, the disastrous British

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“Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.”

‘Justice will be done’


President Bush addresses a joint session of Congress Thursday night. Sitting behind Bush are Sen. Robert Byrd, right, president pro tempore of theSenate, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The president urged Americans to stay calm, “even in the face of a continuing threat.” Please see BUSH, Page 10A

● President Bushdemands that the Taliban,without negotiation, turnover Osama bin Laden.

By SANDRA SOBIERAJThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bushsummoned all nations to wage waron terrorism Thursday night andvowed ‘‘justice will be done’’ to thosewho killed thousands in last week’sattacks.

The president cautioned shakenAmericans that there are ‘‘strugglesahead and dangers to face’’ in thefight against global terrorism. And heannounced a new Cabinet-level officeto fortify homeland defenses.

Addressing a joint session of Con-gress nine days after suicide hijack-ers killed more than 6,000 people atthe Pentagon and World Trade Cen-ter, Bush clasped the badge of a slainpoliceman in his fist.

‘‘I will not forget this wound to ourcountry, or those who inflicted it. Iwill not yield. I will not rest,’’ he said.

The Sept. 11 attacks had put theUnited States on notice that theworld’s only superpower was notimmune to attacks, Bush said. Tohelp try to prevent them, he namedPennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge tohead the new Office of HomelandSecurity.

Using forceful terms, Bush deliv-ered a verbal indictment againstOsama bin Laden and demandedthat Afghanistan’s ruling Talibanmilitia surrender the suspected ter-rorist, release imprisoned Americansand give the United States full accessto terrorist training camps.

These demands are not open to

– President Bush

Senses numbed by tragedyare revived at Union SquareN EW YORK — At first, Jennifer Stewart worried

that people might get the wrong idea. In normaltimes, her living impersonation of the Statue of

Liberty evokes smiles, laughter, bemusement that thiswoman covered head to toe in tarnish green could look somuch like the real thing out in New York Harbor.

But these are anything but normal times. And now, asStewart holds her torch high intothe evening sky and mugs for thecameras at the entrance to UnionSquare, her heavy makeup cannotmask her relief.

“People understand,” she saysas dollar bill after dollar bill flut-ters into her collection box, ear-marked for the Red Cross. “I thinkfor people to see the Statue of Lib-erty reminds them that we are stillstrong.”

Two miles away at GroundZero, the smoke-and-dust cloud still hovers over the armyof rescue workers who spend night and day still search-ing, at least officially, for survivors from last week’s attackon the twin towers of the World Trade Center. As thegrim work goes on, passersby on Broadway peer in at themountainous wreckage from the side streets. More thana week after terrorist hijackers brought the towers downand slaughtered more than 6,300 people, most walk byslowly, unable to believe what they see.

But if Ground Zero numbs the senses, Union Squareawakens them.

It began, in the hours after the attack, as an open-airclearinghouse for relatives, friends and co-workers franti-cally looking for victims. Photocopied posters – a fathersurrounded by his four young children, two sisters stand-ing back-to-back and smiling, a firefighter in full turn-outgear – sprouted first on the lampposts and trees, then onhastily erected panels and finally, when there was noplace left to tape them, among the flowers blanketing theground.

The candles soon followed, hundreds and then thou-sands burning simultaneously until their melted wax con-geals, perfume sweet and several inches thick, on theasphalt sidewalks. At night, if the wind blows the flamesout, students from nearby New York University silentlytiptoe here and there, relighting them.

More than anything else on this night, however, UnionSquare is awash in people.

They stand in a large circle around the Nazarene Gos-pel Singers from Queens, tapping their feet and clappingto “When the Saints Go Marching In” while a blue-and-white police bus, siren blaring, drives by on East 14thStreet with a fresh load of rescue workers.

They sit silently on the park benches, some quietly cry-

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• FBI agents in Maine aretrying to trace themovements of suspectedterrorists in the final daysbefore the attack. 11A

• Aid proposals worthbillions of dollars for theairline industry move aheadin the House. 10A

• The New York deathtoll rises to 6,333, with theaddition of victims fromother countries. 7A

• U.S. military firepoweris pouring into the PersianGulf area. 9A

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U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe bows herhead at a press conference in NewYork on Thursday. “It’s like the devilincarnate descended on America onSeptember 11,” Snowe said. Story, 9A

• The Dow fallsbelow 8,400 points forthe first time sinceOctober 1998. 1C

Muslim clerics urge bin Laden to leave● U.S. officials say the statement by the Taliban’sadvisers ‘does not meet America’s requirements.’

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By AMIR SHAHThe Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan— Islamicclerics urged Osama bin Laden onThursday to leave Afghanistan volun-tarily, but set no deadline for the sus-pected terrorist mastermind todecide.

The clerics said they were pre-pared to call for a jihad, or holy war,against the United States if U.S.troops attack Afghanistan in anattempt to capture bin Laden and his

fighters, many of whom are fromArab countries and Pakistan.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, whocalled the meeting of the clerics, arelikely to follow its direction. The cler-ics’ statement appeared to be a com-promise between hard-line clericsready to go to war to protect binLaden and those who wanted to ridthe country of a devastating threat.

‘‘We wanted to find a solution thatwould save our country and solve theproblem of our guest,’’ cleric Moham-med Naseer told The Associated

Press.In Washington, White House Press

Secretary Ari Fleischer said the pro-posal ‘‘does not meet America’srequirements.’’

‘‘This is about much more than anyone man being allowed to leave – pre-sumably from one safe harbor toanother safe harbor, if what he’sdoing is voluntary,’’ Fleischer said.

‘‘It’s time for action, not words, andthe president has demanded that thekey figures of the al-Qaida terroristorganization, including Osama binLaden, be turned over to responsibleauthorities and that the Taliban closeterrorist camps in Afghanistan. The


This image taken from Afghan television Wednesday shows a few of thehundreds of clerics who were meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, to considerU.S. demands that the country hand over Osama bin Laden.

ANALYSIS

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Bush setsa high barfor judginghis legacy● When the current fervorhas diminished, he will bepressed to show results inpursuit of terrorists.

By JAMES WARRENChicago Tribune

WASHINGTON — As PresidentBush asked for long-term sacrificeand patience Thursday night from anedgy nation given to fast food, quickprofits and short wars, he defined notonly the enemy but possibly hispresidency.

Amid the minefield of internationalterrorism and a faltering domesticeconomy, Bush found a new, dis-tinctly bellicose voice in a rhetoricaltour de force. He melded the reassur-ing with the blunt, underscoring the

virtues ofA m e r i c a nf r e e d o m sand hard

work while naming the names of ene-mies and cautioning about the likeli-hood of loss of life in military actions.

Throughout his 34-minute speech,he well reflected the feelings of dis-may felt throughout America — ‘‘thiswound to our country’’ — but alsohinted at the inherent, even con-founding, difficulties of tracking downan enemy whose nomadic and scat-tered nature may challenge hisresolve for a clear, unequivocalresolution.

But Bush left nothing to subtlety.There was little to infer since he wasso utterly explicit, particularly in hisunbridled scorn toward Osama binLaden and Afghanistan’s ruling Tali-ban regime. ‘‘They hate our free-doms,’’ he proclaimed, one reason hedeclared a war on ‘‘terrorismworldwide.’’

As he effectively personalized lastweek’s tragedy through anecdote andthe presence of a heroic passenger’swidow and New York’s MayorRudolph Giuliani, among others, healso voiced lines and phrases thatmay stand the test of time – ‘‘history’sunmarked grave of discarded lies’’was one.

Still, he set a staggeringly high bar

From staff reports

Twenty-four-hour boat patrols.Armed federal agents boarding eachapproaching ship. Police officersposted on piers and bridges.

It’s a security level not seen in Port-land Harbor since the North Atlanticfleet filled Casco Bay in World War II.And it is only the beginning of what’s tocome in Portland, Portsmouth, Bath,Rockland, Searsport, Bucksport andhundreds of harbors around thecountry.

The attack on America’s homelandhas trained a bright light on the vulner-ability of its seaports. They are centersof commerce, trade and population, aswell as gateways for people from allover the world. Yet, unlike airports,

they have had little coordinated secu-rity to prevent desperate attacks. UntilSept. 11, 2001, it hardly mattered tomost Americans. Now, the notion that

seaports are at a low risk of attack isno longer comforting enough to ignoretheir high vulnerability.

In Portland Harbor and some 360seaports around the country, the CoastGuard and other agencies scrambledto protect maritime transportation,ships, cargo and people. National lead-ers, including Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, are preparing to finance a per-manent security system and toestablish a new coordinated network ofseaport security.

Air safety was the immediate focusafter the hijacking of four passengerjets, and the Federal Aviation Adminis-tration swiftly issued new rules for the

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Coast Guard Petty Officer Jason Willey drives a buoy tender while Dan Sharp of Coast Guard enforcement checksout a Russian fishing trawler on its way to anchor in Portland Harbor on Friday. Sharp carried a handgun.

On the harbor: Not since WWII has Portland’s busy seaport,with its visiting oil tankers, seen such a level of concern

“We’re terribly vulnerablein our seaports ... The last

time we had a problemalong our seacoast was

when the German U-boatswere sinking American

merchant ships.”Ed Bridgeman,

international crime expert

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Bush bolsters coalitionAmid war plans,president insistsU.S. economy isessentially strongBy CALVIN WOODWARDThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush consulted atlength with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sat-urday as the United States mustered a militaryassault on terrorism. Americans returned to theirweekend games in a semblance of normalcy, but nowtheir stadiums were no-fly zones.

It was the last day that Americans flew their flags athalf-staff. Bush planned to raise the flag high at CampDavid on Sunday, symbolically ending a period ofnational mourning that no ceremony could hope to setaside.

More pieces fell into place for the war planning andcoalition building, with America’s Middle East alliesstepping up in measured ways to support the gather-ing operation to uproot Osama bin Laden and his ter-rorist network. The United Arab Emirates cut tieswith the Taliban, and NATO-ally Turkey said it wouldlet American warplanes use its air space and airports.

But Bush also had to contend with fears that piecesof the U.S. economy are coming apart from the shockwaves of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Emphasizing thebright side, he declared in his radio address that theeconomy is strong at its core. ‘‘They brought down a

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As the nation clamps downto prevent the entry of terrorists,Maine’s Canadian border and itsseaports may never be the same again&By land

by sea

From staff reports

JACKMAN — The U.S. border withCanada hardly presents an imperviousbarrier to terrorists and others intent oncrossing illegally. But the situation isprompting new concerns following theSept. 11 attacks that killed more than6,400 people.

“Our border is a sieve,” said JimHegarty, who owns the Jackman TradingPost, just down the road from the cross-ing. “There’s nothing for miles and miles.With all the woods roads, somebody couldget through.”

Hegarty makes weekly trips to Canadato visit friends and take advantage of thefavorable exchange rate, getting a goodmeal or even having his car worked on.He expects his tourist-dependent busi-ness to suffer from a drop-off in trafficbecause of heightened border securityand the general unease, but he doesn’tmind delays at the border.

“Nobody is going to complain. You’vegot to keep these maggots out of thecountry,” said Hegarty. “These bordersshould be tightened forever.”

Still, it’s unclear whether the bordercan – or even should – be tightenedenough to keep all terrorists and otherthreats to American security outside thecountry. Geography, commerce andclose-knit social networks conspire tomake the Canada-U.S. border open. Andhistory suggests that efforts to make itmore secure are difficult to maintain.

Maine’s 600-mile border with Quebecand New Brunswick is dotted by 23 for-mal border crossings, but even thesecheckpoints exist as much to facilitatecommerce as to guard against illegalentry into the United States, or to spotthreats to America’s national security.Canada is this country’s largest trading

At the border:Increased scrutinyof Maine’s long,wooded stretch offrontier with Canadawill take money

Staff photo

John Borkowski of Ontario watches as his car is subjected to a thorough search by U.S. Customs officers at the Jackman border crossing last week.

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N EW YORK — At any other time, it would be acrisis. George Lopes lost his wallet in themiddle of Manhattan on Tuesday, and with it

went his license, credit card, cash. . . .“I know exactly where I left it – right in the back of a

taxicab,” he said, trading broad smiles with his wife,Lillian.

That’s right, smiles. Sincethey arrived here from Maine 11days ago, donned their RedCross vests and immersedthemselves in the worst single-day disaster in the nation’s his-tory, George and Lillian Lopeshave developed a new bench-mark for separating life’s crisesfrom life’s minor inconvenienc-es.“Nothing compares to this,” Lil-

lian said of the the fallout she’s seen since twohijacked airliners flew into and brought down the twintowers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. “Noth-ing even comes close.”

He is 76. She’s 65. Before retiring eight years ago heserved for 25 years in the Air Force, at one point com-manding a Minuteman missile launch crew in North

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Life’s little crisespale for Mainevolunteer couple

Bill Nemitz

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State plansriverfrontland buyfor salmon● The deal, expected tocost more than $15 million,will protect an 80-milesection of the Machias River.

From staff reports

Maine plans to buy land along an80-mile stretch of the Machias Riverto provide the clean water and cool-ing woodland shade that endangeredAtlantic salmon need as habitat.

The Maine Atlantic Salmon Com-mission has negotiated an agreementto prevent development and limit log-ging on about 22,000 acres along theriver and its tributaries in ruralWashington County. The U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service helped to unveilthe effort Tuesday by presenting a $2million grant as a first step towardclosing the deal. The final cost isexpected to exceed $15 million.

Officials said the deal won’t restorethe salmon. Only 45 wild salmon weredocumented as returning to theMachias River last year to spawn.

Still, the habitat is critical for thesalmon’s long-term survival.

“The Machias River has very highquality water right now for Atlanticsalmon,” said Frederick W. Kircheis,executive director of the AtlanticSalmon Commission. “When thenumbers of Atlantic salmon do recov-er, we’re going to be able to providethem with pristine habitat to returnto.”

Wild Atlantic salmon in the Mach-ias and sevenother Maine riv-ers are officiallylisted as ane n d a n g e r e dspecies, a desig-nation thatforces moreaggressive pro-tection and res-toration efforts.The statefought the list-ing as a threatto the area’sstruggling econ-

omy. A panel of scientists is studyingthe impact on fish farmers, blueberrygrowers and others.

The grant announced Tuesdaycame from a $16 million federal fundto help listed species.

“In Maine, especially Down East,there’s this feeling that the listingwas going to bring on regulatory bur-dens,” said Stewart Fefer, supervisorof the Gulf of Maine Program withthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Idon’t know that we’ve seen that, butwe did provide these funds.”

Woodlands along the river areimportant to salmon because theshade keeps the water cool, and thetrees and vegetation keep sedimentfrom eroding into the river. Prevent-ing development of homes or campsalso protects against potential ero-sion and pollution.

The deal would protect nearly 90percent of the salmon habitat in theMachias River and 20 percent of thenation’s remaining wild Atlanticsalmon spawning and nursery habi-tat. “It’s very important for the spe-cies of salmon,” Kircheis said.

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Saudis cut ties to Taliban


Workers in a cage hanging from a crane survey the standing section of the World Trade Center’s southtower on Tuesday. The seven-story piece will be removed and preserved for possible use in a memorial.

● As the coalition againstterrorism strengthens,Japan offers $40 millionand surveillance warships.


By RON FOURNIERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Pentagonordered 2,000 more reservists to dutyTuesday as President Bush weighedputting more armed guards on airlin-ers and strengthening cockpit doorsagainst hijackers. In a diplomatic vic-tory for the United States, Saudi Ara-bia cut ties to the terrorist-harboringTaliban regime in Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Donald Rums-feld said Americans are in for a long,brutal struggle for justice in the after-math of the Sept. 11 attacks on Wash-ington and New York. ‘‘It will be diffi-cult,’’ he said. ‘‘It will be dangerous.’’

Underscoring the threat, Osamabin Laden’s terrorist group warned ofretaliation if Washington attacks.

‘‘Wherever there are Americansand Jews, they will be targeted,’’ saida statement issued by Naseer AhmedMujahed, chief military commanderfor the al Qaeda network implicatedby Bush in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bush said America will not flinch inthe face of danger.

‘‘No threat – no threat – will pre-vent freedom-loving people fromdefending freedom,’’ the presidentsaid, wagging his finger for emphasisduring a Rose Garden ceremony withJapanese Prime Minister JunichiroKoizumi.

Koizumi pledged $40 million in aidto help maintain Pakistan’s stability.Two Japanese newspapers said thecountry will send warships to theIndian Ocean as early as this week to

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Twistedruin mayserve asmemorial● ‘It’s the buildinghanging on, still refusing tofall, just like New Yorkers,’a columnist writes.

By LARRY McSHANEThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — The last standingpiece of the World Trade Center tow-ers — a seven-story twisted metalruin that has come to symbolize theterrorist attacks — will be carefullyremoved and saved for possible usein a memorial.

‘‘We’re going to preserve as muchof that wall as possible,’’ MayorRudolph Giuliani said Tuesday.

The remnants of the south tower— the one struck by the second jet-liner and the first to collapse — havebeen captured in scores of photos ofground zero since the Sept. 11 attackon the twin 110-story towers.

Demolition began late Tuesday.Removal of the tower will also makecleanup efforts safer and easier, themayor said.

Earlier Tuesday, as New Yorkersvoted in primaries for his replace-


• After such tragedy,America rediscovers aneed for community.An essay, 10A

• The U.S. responseto the terrorist attackswill not be a massivemilitary offensive. 3A

• Hazardous-wastehaulers are warnedabout being targetedby terrorists. 4A

• New York holdsmayoral primaries as aprelude to electionsNov. 6. 5A

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New FAA inspectoramong upgradesin jetport security● Despite the changes, aNorth Yarmouth womansays she mistakenly carrieda box cutter onto flights.From staff reports

Two weeks after a pair of hijackersboarded a plane in Portland to join inthe terrorist attack on the WorldTrade Center, officials have taken anumber of steps to bolster security atthe Portland International Jetport.

The changes, aimed at increasingsafety and consumer confidence,include the following:

● A full-time Federal AviationAdministration inspector has beenassigned to the jetport to consult onsecurity issues.

● Private security workers, whoare hired by the airlines, are nowunder constant monitoring by airlinepersonnel in the passenger-screening area to ensure that FAArules are followed.

● Checked baggage is routinely

opened and inspected by airline secu-rity before it is loaded onto a flight.

● The number of Portland policepatrols has increased significantly,with an officer stationed full time atthe passenger-screening area.

● The jetport has also hired a pri-vate consultant to assess security;banned unattended cars and largetrucks from in front of the terminal;and instituted daily meetings toreview security issues with police andthe FAA.

Federal and city officials could notsay whether the changes are federalrequirements or if they address spe-cific shortcomings in Portland. Someother airports, like those in Bangorand Manchester, N.H., have not beenassigned an FAA inspector, accord-ing to officials there.

The Portland changes – and othersauthorities refused to disclose – wereput into place after the suicide hijack-ing attacks in New York and

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Security vs. commerce:Gridlock at the borders?

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A U.S. Customs official uses a mirror to checkunder a car at the Canadian border inJackman. Security has become a pressingissue after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

● As Washington seeks to quash terrorism,many officials worry about impeding trade.

By BART JANSENStaff Writer

WASHINGTON — Congress, with the support of Maine’sdelegation, voted overwhelmingly last year to delay imple-menting a law that allows the government to track foreignerswho overstay temporary visas.

Many of the suspects in the terrorist attacks that killednearly 7,000 people two weeks ago used temporary visas togain entry into the United States.

In supporting the delay, lawmakers from northern-borderstates said the Immigration and Naturalization Service lackedstaff and equipment. Starting the program as scheduled lastyear, they said, would threaten commerce and tourism bycausing gridlock at border crossings.

Even if the program had begun, tracking millions of foreign-ers wouldn’t have revealed where they were or how to findthem.

“We clearly need to do more to track non-immigrants whooverstay their visas,” said Republican Sen. Susan Collins.“But that’s a problem regardless of the terrorist threat. The

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Police try to short-circuit clashes between youths, immigrants● Portland officers plan extra patrols in Kennedy Parkand mediation with teen-agers involved in the fights.

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From staff reports

Portland police say they are usingextra patrols, mediation and com-munity intervention to quell an esca-lation of violence between whiteyouths and African immigrants inMaine’s most racially diverseneighborhood.

Groups of teen-agers, includingsome who drove in from other parts

of the city, fought last Saturday in aKennedy Park courtyard with base-ball bats and a knife. One of theyouths was cut on his arm, and amother who helped break up thefight was treated for cuts on herhand and fingers.

“My greatest fear,” said PoliceChief Michael Chitwood, “is thatwhen people start using bats andknives, there’s the potential for

death or serious injury.”Immigrants living in the neigh-

borhood said they have come to fearfor their families’ safety because of agroup of white youths that becamemore violent after the Sept. 11 ter-rorist attacks on New York andWashington. Immigrants, especiallyMuslims, have been targeted incommunities around the countrysince authorities blamed the attackson foreign terrorists.

Police say a group of whiteyouths, perhaps 30 or more, hasclashed with a smaller group of

African immigrants. But they saythe investigation has not revealedany link between the local violenceand the terrorist attacks. Whileacknowledging the clear hostilitybetween white and black youths,police said the violence had beengoing on before Sept. 11 and may notbe the result of racial hatred.

“We still don’t know the cause of itother than it’s ongoing, the fightsbetween the groups of white andblack youths,” Chitwood said. “Itappears to be a mutual combatantssituation.”

Aside from the use of weapons,Chitwood said police are troubledbecause youths from outside theneighborhood, including some “realtroublemakers,” have been involvedin the violence at Kennedy Park.

Chitwood said several youths,both white and black, will bearrested for trespassing if foundagain in Kennedy Park, an apart-ment complex operated by the

CIA teams scout in AfghanistanBy MARTIN MERZERKnight Ridder News Service

WASHINGTON — A small number of CIAoperatives and U.S. Army commandos haveslipped into northern Afghanistan to scoutAfghan military positions and seek informa-tion on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden,senior administration officials said Friday.

They said the Central Intelligence Agency

has established a ‘‘semipermanent’’ base interritory controlled by Afghan rebels, wherethe United States also maintains an intelli-gence listening post. Blackhawk helicoptersare ferrying squads and equipment to thecamp from neighboring Uzbekistan, said theofficials, who requested anonymity.

The officials said the mission is a possibleprelude to wider military action.

A larger Army special operations force is

assembling at a remote military facility inUzbekistan, a former Soviet republic, whereit will be poised to strike bin Laden and hisassociates if the CIA reconnaissance teamsfind him, the officials said.

Another official said American warplanesbased on aircraft carriers in the Arabian Sea

and at airfields in Pakistan and elsewherewill attack bin Laden from the air if he’sfound.

So far, one official said, bin Laden and histop lieutenants remain hidden.

The Pentagon refused to comment on theKnight Ridder report and other media

accounts, and President Bush said Fridaythat neither he nor other senior administra-tion officials would publicly discuss details ofhis war on terrorism.

‘‘But make no mistake about it, we’re inhot pursuit,’’ Bush said.

The disclosures came as bin Laden report-edly again denied responsibility for the Sept.11 terrorist offensive that killed more than6,000 people in the United States, while alsodefending the slaughter of innocentAmericans.

Ummat Daily, a newspaper in Karachi,

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“Make no mistake about it,we’re in hot pursuit.”

President Bush

A larger Army force is assembling innearby Uzbekistan, ready to strike

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Mahwa Mahdi, 41⁄2, smiles at a friend she sees Friday at a meeting in Portland’s City Hall among Muslim leaders and city and state officials.

Local Muslim communitythanks Maine for support

From staff reports

Local Muslims thanked Maine residents Fri-day for opening their arms instead of turningtheir backs after terrorist attacks on New Yorkand Washington killed more than 6,000 people.

“We have seen . . . more support than wewould ever expect,” Chris Aceto, chairman ofthe Islamic Society of Portland, told a gather-ing at City Hall.

Many local Muslims feared a backlash afterauthorities determined the attack was sup-ported by exiled Saudi extremist Osama binLaden, who has been given asylum by Talibanrulers in Afghanistan. Instead, they were over-whelmed by acts of kindness.

One of the most touching responses camefrom an elderly widow in Boothbay Harbor.“She offered to house and feed people – peopleshe didn’t even know,” Aceto said. “From someof the worst, inhumane acts we see great actsof humanity.”

● Maine’s 2,000 Muslims saw‘great acts of humanity’ after theSept. 11 attacks, one man says.

Please see MUSLIMSBack page this section

Portland pushesfor Guard patrolsalong waterfront● The city asks Gov. Kingto assign the patrols tomarine terminals at eitherend of Commercial Street.

From staff reports

Portland’s transportation adminis-trator has asked Gov. Angus King toassign National Guard patrols to thecity’s marine terminals and piers inresponse to heightened internationaltensions since the Sept. 11 terroristattacks.

Jeffrey W. Monroe made therequest in a letter Friday, a day afterKing announced he was activatingthe National Guard to provide

security at some or all of the state’sfive commercial airports.

Waterfront patrols represent one ofa growing number of security mea-sures under consideration in the cityand across the state as the UnitedStates moves closer to military con-flict in southwest Asia. The stepsinclude increased secrecy about ship-ping traffic, taking precautionsagainst bioterrorism and prepara-tions by Maine-based Guard units.

Monroe’s request covers the Port-land Ocean Terminal and the Inter-national Marine Terminal, which areat opposite ends of CommercialStreet. Both have deep-water piers,

Please see GUARDBack page this section

Economy hit wallin second quarter

By JANE AVERSAThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A governmentreport released Friday showed theeconomy came to a virtual standstillin the second quarter. It was anotherominous sign that the Sept. 11 terrorattacks probably pushed the countryinto recession.

With those attacks causing billionsof dollars in lost business, forcingthousands of layoffs and draggingdown consumer confidence, manyeconomists believe a full-blown down-turn is unavoidable.

‘‘We’re having a crisis of confi-dence,’’ said Mark Zandi, chief econo-mist for Economy.com. ‘‘A bunker

● In the wake of theterrorist attacks, manyeconomists think arecession is unavoidable.

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• An Algerian pilot trained some of thehijackers, a British prosecutor says. 3A

• Authorities zero in on a small groupthat may have planned the attacks. 3A

• The White House asks Gov. King tointensify security measures. 4A

• U.S. strikes could be launched from anumber of bases in Central Asia. 4A

• Olympia Snowe says the attacks putother legislative priorities on hold. 3B

From staff reports

E ASTON — The morning fog is stillclinging to the low spots in AroostookCounty’s rolling fields when Cassandra

Colton, 15, starts her 10-hour day.She’s bent at the waist, her tennis shoes

planted firmly in a muddy potato field. Hersmall hands, nestled awkardly in black workgloves, are flying as she picks up potatoes asfast as she can and tosses them into an ashbasket.

Colton, a teen through and through, lovesmakeup and is most at home with her brownhair in curlers, not pulled back from her dirt-daubed face as it is now. Laughter frequentlytumbles out of her, and she says “oh my God”a lot.

She was once first runner-up for JuniorMiss Presque Isle, she explains. She is into

modeling and shopping and boys, “and notpotatoes.”

“This is, like, the opposite of Cassie,” shesaid. “I’m usually out dancing or at the mallor something like that. I’m a pageant girl. I’minto being all pretty and stuff, and this is notpretty.”

So what is this budding beauty queen doingin Gaylen Flewelling’s potato field at 7 on aMonday morning, picking up spuds until herhands hurt?

Colton, a 10th-grader at Presque Isle HighSchool, is one of just a handful of AroostookCounty kids who are spending their three-week harvest break from school taking part ina waning aspect of their local culture. They’repicking potatoes to earn a little cash andmake their parents – many of whom did thesame thing when they were kids – proud.

Colton, who earned $90 in four days lastweek, is saving for a class ring, a driver’s edu-cation class and a shopping spree. But she is

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Shannon Marquis stretches her back on barrels during a potato-picking break in Eastonas she visits with Cassandra Colton. Both are 15 and live in Presque Isle. Colton saidshe was picking in part “to show my dad that I could get out there and actually work.”

School-break ritual fadesas potato pickers dwindle● But the students in AroostookCounty who do work the fieldslearn lessons to ‘last a lifetime.’

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CITY DWELLERSCoyotes are encroaching

on urban landscapesOUTDOORS, 1K

VACATIONLANDCheck out the best

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LEAVING A LEGACYRemembering UMainecoach Shawn Walsh

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Poll: Mainers feel wary

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MAINERS’ OPINIONS ON TERRORIST THREATS A poll last week of 400 Maine adults found a majority of residents are concernedabout the possibility of terrorists striking near where they live or work.

Source: Critical Insights

Do you feel there is adequatesecurity and surveillance atMaine's border crossings?

Yes:No:Don't know:

24 percent63 percent14 percent

How concerned are you that terrorists will commitacts of violence near where you live or work?

Very concerned:Somewhat concerned:Not concerned:Don't know/refused:

13 percent48 percent39 percent0.3 percent

From staff reports

The recent terrorist attacks have deep-ened Mainers’ pessimism about the state’seconomy and made them more anxious

about their own safety, according to a state-wide poll conducted last week.

The poll shows just how much the deadlyattacks and subsequent stock marketplunge have transformed attitudes inMaine.

More than two-thirds of those surveyedbelieve the economy has gotten worse overthe past 12 months, compared to 13 percentwho felt that way a year ago. More peopletoday believe it will get worse than get

better. Sixty-one percent are concerned that ter-

rorists will attack near where they live orwork, and nearly three-quarters supportnew laws to help fight terrorism, even ifthat means reducing privacy rights.

Last spring, Mainers believed educationwas the most important issue. Now, theeconomy and terrorism are at the top of the

● Doubts about the economyand fears for personal safetyfollow the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Residentssure theyhad seenhijackers● Many in Portland reportseeing Mohamed Atta – atthe library, a grocery, arestaurant. Police check itout but remain skeptical.

By BARBARA WALSHStaff Writer

Kathy Barry remembers the manbecause he was nicely dressed,well-groomed.

He wore a short, wool, dark-coloredjacket with matching olive dress slacks,and a T-shirt. Barry thought he was a

Middle Easternbusinessman.

He stood out fromthe students, home-less people andbankers in businesscoats who frequentthe Portland PublicLibrary.

The first timeBarry spotted theman with the short-cropped black hairwas in the latespring or early sum-mer of 2000. Hemilled around thelibrary’s first-floorcomputer desks,waiting to use acomputer.

Over the next cou-ple months, Barrysaw him a half-dozen times. Once,he came down to

the basement periodical section, whereBarry works.

Then he disappeared and Barry neverthought of him again until she sawMohamed Atta’s photograph in the

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A police line keeps step with demonstrators in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Activists and anarchists took to the streets, chanting “no war” in mostly peaceful protests.

Bush condemns Taliban rulers

By PAULINE JELINEKThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush con-demned Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers forharboring Osama bin Laden and his follow-ers on Saturday and the United States

pressed its military and diplomatic cam-paign against terror.

Peace groups marched in the capital, pro-testing that innocent lives could be lost inthe coming retaliation against prime sus-pect bin Laden, believed hiding inAfghanistan.

In his weekly radio address, Bush said theTaliban, not the Afghan people, would beheld responsible for harboring terrorists.

‘‘The United States respects the people ofAfghanistan and we are their largest

provider of humanitarian support,’’ he said.‘‘But we condemn the Taliban, and welcomethe support of other nations in isolating thatregime.’’

Bush’s condemnation of the Taliban fol-lowed two weeks of unsuccessful efforts toconvince the Muslim rulers to hand over binLaden. A Pakistani delegation failed againFriday and said the Taliban leader, MullahMohammed Omar, refused to discuss the

● He welcomes efforts toisolate the Afghan regimeharboring Osama bin Laden.

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● The attacks were financed by a$500,000 bankroll, a U.S. official says. 3A

● The hijackers were part of a single grouprather than separate terrorist cells. 4A

● U.S. officials believe Osama bin Ladenhas plans in place for more attacks. 7A

● Intelligence reports raise doubts overOsama bin Laden’s whereabouts. 9A

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When 911 calls you: Police use technology to reach out

From staff reports

SACO — The next time high tidesthreaten to wash Camp Ellis into theocean, each resident of the coastalneighborhood could receive a phonecall from police requesting help.

Saco police are considering buy-

ing a computer system calledReverse 911 that sends telephonemessages to specific neighborhoodsor homes in the case of anemergency.

The service is increasingly popu-lar with police departments thatwant to use new technology to

improve community policing pro-grams. Scarborough and Bathalready have the service, and theSouth Portland City Council re-cently approved its purchase.

“There’s been a large gapbetween public service agenciesand the people they serve that isstarting to close now because ofincreased technology,” said KenZweigel, a spokesman for Reverse911 creator Sigma Communications

Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind.Scarborough got its Reverse 911

system in 1999, and used it in Janu-ary 2000 to warn residents aboutarmed fugitives in their neighbor-hood. In the phone message, policeasked residents to stay inside andlock their doors and windows.

One of the residents contacted bypolice at 2:30 a.m. ended up spottingone of the fugitives coming out of thewoods and tipped off officials.

Officials in Arlington, Va., usedReverse 911 to mobilize its emer-gency management staff followingthe Sept. 11 terrorist attack on thePentagon.

Saco Police Chief Richard Nasonanticipates the system would beespecially useful during the winter,when a combination of Northeasters

● Saco considers buying the computer system behind‘Reverse 911,’ which allows police to call residents.

ANALYSIS

Please see ANALYSISBack page this section

Scrutiny turnsto serious holesin airport security● Even since Sept. 11, apassenger got banneditems through inspectionat the Portland jetport.

From staff reports

Getting on an airplane has beenthe one activity in Americans’ dailylives that was guaranteed to involvesecurity. But all the metal detectors,X-ray screenings and other man-dated security protocols came upshort when terrorists struck Sept. 11.

The suicide hijackings, as well asincidents and disclosures since then,have demonstrated just how weakthe existing system can be in the faceof determined hijackers.

● A Portland Press Herald analy-sis of federal data shows passengerscreening at airports in Portland and

Bangor has failed to catch fakebombs and guns on severaloccasions.

● Airline security and federalsafety regulations failed to anticipatethe havoc hijackers could wreak onceon board with the simplest ofweapons.

● Even since the terrorist attacks,passengers going through the Port-land International Jetport and otherairports have reported bypassingsecurity with box cutters, scissorsand hairspray, none of which areallowed in carryon luggage anymore.

“For 30 years, those of us in theindustry have considered airport

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BEHINDthe FLAGS,FEELINGS

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● Mainers display OldGlory to show unity andpatriotism, but their actionsalso have a deeper message.

From staff reports

T he flags are pervasive. They flapfrom wharf pilings, soar fromcrane cables, flutter from door-

ways and flower pots and the duct-tapedantennae of a fast-moving populace.

They mean us against them, and damnthe cost.

They mean we yearn for justice, butpray for peace.

They mean we mourn the dead. Wecherish the living. We are all one.

The American flag has long been apotent symbol bearing enormous emo-tional weight. Its message was once clear-cut. During the Vietnam War, the flagbecame more ambiguous, a murky, some-times bitter symbol of all that divided us.

The attacks on the Pentagon and WorldTrade Center, two overt symbols of Ameri-can might, abruptly rendered the flag oncemore unambiguous. Today, Americans areflying flags as never before.

In a diverse nation, those flags say dif-ferent things to different people. But theyalso speak in one voice – of grief, remem-brance and, perhaps for the first timesince Vietnam, compassion beyond poli-tics.

The violent deaths of roughly 6,500 ofour neighbors, says Eric Allen, haswrought “an extraordinary new moment.”To honor it, people have dug out theirflags.

In Portland, small flags fly from theflower boxes in front of the Carleton Inn, abed and breakfast. They are there, saysowner Sue Cox, because terrorism is fear,and she is having none of it.

“(The flags) say that we’re free andwe’re proud of it,” she says. “That we needto get on with life, or they’ve won.”

The flag was born after the Revolution-ary War, when each colony flew its ownbanner. On June 14, 1777, the ContinentalCongress adopted the Stars and Stripes,declaring its 13 stars for 13 colonies “a newconstellation.”

Over time, the flag has invariably turnedup in moments of upheaval, from wartimeto civil rights marches. During the Viet-nam War, it became a divisive symbol –waved in anger, burned in grief – of a divi-sive war.

Like any symbol, its meaning often liesin the eyes of the beholder. A classic photoshows a black businessman in Bostonunder attack by a white thug; he is beatingthe man with a pole attached to a largeAmerican flag.

The terrorism of Sept. 11 has againmade the flag everyone’s flag. One newsstory describes an encounter in Detroitbetween white and Arab-American resi-dents. The whites stood outside telling theArabs to “go home,” shouting “U.S.A!” andwaving American flags. The Arabs

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Reflected in street puddles, a 48-star flag hangs Friday from the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk.

Staff photos

At left, extra decoration has beenadded to Civil War statues inPortland’s Monument Square.Above, a flag adorns a planteroutside the Carleton Inn inPortland. “(The flags) say thatwe’re free and we’re proud of it,”says owner Sue Cox.

● Investigators work hard to keep themselves frombeing overwhelmed by information. 2A

● Afghanistan rebels are seeking $50 million amonth, weapons and supplies from the U.S. 3A

● Demonstrators in Washington call for a temperatemilitary response by the United States. 4A


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Taliban saysbin Laden isunder guard● The Afghan rulers nowsay the terrorist leader is intheir control and movingto different hiding places.

By ROBIN WRIGHTLos Angeles Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Tal-iban’s ambassador to Pakistan saidSunday that Osama bin Laden isunder government control in Afghan-istan and is being moved around forhis own safety, the first explicitacknowledgment that the govern-ment has maintained a direct linkwith the elusive Saudi militant.

The Taliban has no plans to turnover bin Laden to U.S. authorities,said Ambassador Abdul Salam Zaeef.But he asserted that the prime sus-pect in the Sept. 11 terror attacks inthe United States will comply with arequest from an Afghan religiouscouncil that he leave the countryvoluntarily.

‘‘When the suitable time will be andwhere he would want to go, that issomething he will have to decide,’’Zaeef said.

In the meantime, he said, binLaden is being moved among undis-closed locations under heavy guard.‘‘He’s in a place which cannot belocated by anyone,’’ the ambassadorsaid.

U.S. officials said Sunday that theyhave always believed the Talibanknows bin Laden’s whereabouts,despite its earlier claim that he was‘‘missing.’’

‘‘If they’ve got him, it makes theirguilt and collusion even more clear,’’said a senior administration officialwho asked not to be identified.‘‘Every day they don’t turn him overthey become more associated withhim and his actions.’’

The official said the Taliban‘‘knows clearly’’ what will happen ifbin Laden is not surrendered.

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StrappedPortlandwipes out42 jobs● Eighteen positions arevacant, but 24 workers willbe laid off on Nov. 1 aspart of a program to cutexpenses by $2.1 million.

From staff reports

Twenty-four city workers will belaid off and many services curtailedas part of $2.1 million in budget cutsannounced Monday by Portland CityManager Joseph E. Gray Jr.

With the exception of police officersand firefighters, virtually every citydepartment will lose at least one posi-tion, and some, including PublicWorks and Parks and Recreation, willlose many more.

Gray said the layoffs – the first atPortland City Hall in 20 years – are anattempt to shrink the gap betweendeclining city revenues andincreased expenses. He said theSept. 11 terrorist attacks, and “theresulting economic turmoil,” havecontributed to the need to cut costs.

Since the attacks, Gray noted, fouradditional police officers have beenstationed at the Portland Interna-tional Jetport and security on thewaterfront also has been tightened atthe city’s expense.

Overall, the cuts represent lessthan 2 percent of the $139 millionbudget approved by the City Councillast May. But officials still expect thereductions to have an impact on cityservices, from street-sweeping tohousing inspections. The school bud-get was not affected by the cuts.

“We’ll probably revert to acomplaint-driven program asopposed to a schedule,” said MarkAdelson, who oversees the city’sinspections division. “But we will con-tinue to look for problems andrespond to them as we can.”

In addition to the 24 people whowill be laid off Nov. 1, Gray eliminated18 vacant positions, bringing to 55 thetotal positions cut since May, orabout 4 percent of the city’s work-force. Gray also trimmed $634,000 innon-personnel costs, including train-ing, supplies, fuel and temporaryhelp.

The hardest-hit departments arePublic Works, with a budget cut of $332,516; Health and Human Servic-es, cut by $329,000; and Parks & Rec-reation, which is losing $280,144.

On the revenue side, Gray isincreasing some parking fees and thecost of Portland’s blue trash bags.The 15- and 30-gallon bags now willcost 45 cents and 89 cents respective-ly, raising an estimated $145,625.

The city manager said he wasreluctant to eliminate any police orfirefighters in light of the events ofSept. 11, when terrorists hijacked

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Leaders sayTaliban ruleis doomed● The warnings send theTaliban a message: Give upOsama bin Laden or becrushed by military force.

By RAJIV CHANDRASEKARANand ALAN SIPRESSThe Washington Post

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Thepresident of Pakistan said Mondaythat U.S. military strikes against tar-gets in Afghanistan appear inevitableand that the days of Taliban rulethere are numbered.

The stark warning from Gen. Per-vez Musharraf, in an interview withthe BBC, suggested the Bush admin-istration plans an offensive not onlyagainst terrorist leader Osama binLaden, but also against the Talibanmovement that controls about 90 per-cent of Afghanistan and refuses tohand him over.

Musharraf, whose country helpedput the Taliban in power, expressed

his belief that the outcome will be theend of the radical Islamic militia’srule.

Secretary of State Colin L. Powellalso warned that the military cam-paign being prepared by the UnitedStates could lead to the Taliban’sdownfall.

‘‘Administration policy is to go afterthe al-Qaida network and Osama binLaden in Afghanistan,’’ he said in aninterview with CBS. ‘‘And if the Tali-ban does not realize that this . . .might lead to their demise, they willsoon come to that conclusion.’’

British Prime Minister Tony Blairwas reported in London to be readyto add his voice to the predictions.According to BBC and Reuters

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Chilling manuala detailed guideto destruction● A step-by-step bookguides would-be terroriststhrough everything fromexplosives to typhoid.

By KATHY GANNONThe Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Poisongas. Explosives. Hand-to-hand com-bat. Knives. And religious exhorta-tions.

The 11-volume ‘‘Manual of AfghanJihad,’’ or holy war, makes chillingreading – a how-to guide to what itcalls the ‘‘basic rules of sabotage anddestruction.’’

Most of the information can begleaned from Internet Web sites,experts say, and another manual,written for Muslim operatives abroadand not part of the 11-volume set, wasdiscovered last year during an inves-tigation of Osama bin Laden.

But intelligence analysts from twoWestern countries who read part ofthe ‘‘Manual of Afghan Jihad,’’ andwho spoke on condition of anonymity,said its highly technical detail,

including diagrams, represents a newlevel of sophistication in the trainingapparatus of bin Laden’s network.

The volumes were obtained by TheAssociated Press from a formerAfghan guerrilla who said he gotthem from a Libyan fighter. He saidthe Libyan, who had fallen out withhis comrades, stole them in July fromthe headquarters of bin Laden’s orga-nization in Kandahar, also the homebase of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers.

The preface to Mouswada al Jihadal Afghani, the Arabic name of themanual, says it was compiled by ‘‘TheServices Office of the TrainingCamps,’’ and that this ‘‘ServicesOffice’’ was founded by bin Laden. It

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Two children stand in a group of Afghan refugees expelled Monday from a mosque where they soughtshelter in Quetta, Pakistan. The owner of the mosque forced them to move. The refugees are Hazara, one offour main ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The Taliban are largely Pashtun, enemies of the Hazara. Story, 4A

● Many flight attendantsare feeling uneasy andsomewhat underappreciatedsince the attacks. 2A

● The House agrees to givethe government moreauthority when investigatingand detaining suspectedterrorists. 5A

● Several suspects arearrested as authoritiessearch in Europe and theMiddle East. 5A


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State, local officials reworkemergency response plans

From staff reports

For the people who plan Maine’s response to disas-ters, the emphasis changed on Sept. 11 with the attackson the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Emergency experts now have to focus on everythingfrom biological and chemical attacks to evacuating thestate’s largest city.

“This brings the weapons of mass destruction, or ter-rorism, issue to the forefront,” said Steve Burgess, oper-ations officer for the Maine Emergency ManagementAgency. “Typically we focused on natural disasters. This

has changed our focus for the time being.”At the same time, however, National Guard units

have reduced their alert status based on discussionswith local FBI agents and police.

“We confirmed with them there are very little, if any,threats in the area and that’s why we reduced it,” saidCol. Don McCormack of the Maine Air National Guard.

Maine authorities, like those elsewhere in the coun-try, were on heightened alert in the days after 19 menhijacked four passenger jets in attacks that ultimatelyled to the deaths of more than 6,000 people. Vigilancewas especially high in Greater Portland, where two ofthe men spent the night and caught a connector flight to

● The threat of a terrorist attack ismore real and the methods more varied.

At jetport, activitiesseem almost normal

Staff photo A security checkpoint screener questions a passenger and verifies heridentity Monday at the Portland jetport. Her carry-on bags were thenchecked for contraband such as lighters, fingernail files or scissors.

From staff reports

Whatever normal is, the PortlandInternational Jetport is getting to it.

Not back to normal, because it’sdifferent than it was before Sept. 11,before the attacks on the WorldTrade Center and the Pentagon.

But it seems normal at the regionalairport, and officials are working toget some things back to how they

were before.Parking is a bit of a hassle, but offi-

cials have petitioned the Federal Avi-ation Administration for a waiver thatwill allow them to reopen most of theparking garage.

Officials also have petitioned tobring back curbside baggage check-in. Curbside check-in was bannedwhen airports reopened after theattacks. But FAA spokesman WilliamShumann said the agency is approv-ing requests from individual airlinesand airports to allow curbside check-in if tighter security measures are

● The number of flightsand passengers increases,and officials try to restorecustomer conveniences.

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BiddefordTV disputedrawingattention● The Maine Civil LibertiesUnion has stepped into thefree-speech fray.

From staff reports

BIDDEFORD — The city’s effortsto crack down on public-access televi-sion have stirred a caldron of free-speech controversy that is drawingnational attention.

The City Council is consideringproposals that would ban one wom-an’s talk show for at least a year andmake it more difficult for other pro-ducers of public-access shows to aircontroversial programs.

On Wednesday, the Maine CivilLiberties Union directed Cape Eliza-beth attorney David Lourie to appealthe city’s recent interference with thecontent of Dorothy Lafortune’s show,“Maine Forum.” Lourie, who isLafortune’s lawyer, also may seek aninjunction to stop the city from ban-ning the program. Lourie said heplans to file the lawsuit today in YorkCounty Superior Court.

Despite the promised court battle,Mayor Donna Dion and other sup-porters of the crackdown remain con-fident that they are doing the rightthing to prevent the misuse of public-access TV.

The Alliance for Community Mediain Washington, D.C., is monitoringthe situation in Biddeford to deter-mine whether it will get involved in acontroversy that has been brewingsince July.

“It seems to me that the mayor andthe City Council have severely over-reacted,” said Bunnie Riedel, execu-tive director of the national alliance.“If they go too far, they will beseverely challenged.”

Along with a proposal to ban Lafor-tune’s show, the council is consider-ing ordinance changes that wouldrequire all programming to be locallyproduced and all public-access pro-ducers to be residents and taxpayers“in good standing.” Lafortune owesthe city $24,882 in property taxes,sewer fees, interest and liens.

Riedel said most cities only requirethat public-access producers be resi-dents. She said the “in good stand-ing” proposal is unconstitutional, andshe questioned whether producerswould have to forfeit their shows if

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A Continental Airlines plane passes the Capitol on Wednesday en route to Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. It was thefirst plane to use the facility since it was shut down after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Passenger flights will resume today. Story, 6A

By CURT ANDERSONThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush urged Con-gress on Wednesday to approve an economicstimulus package of up to $75 billion, driven by anew round of tax cuts. Democrats agreed the ail-ing economy needs a jolt, and Federal ReserveChairman Alan Greenspan also gave the greenlight.

‘‘I know people are hurting,’’Bush told business leaders inNew York.

Bush wants a plan ofbetween $60 billion and $75 bil-lion that would accelerateincome tax cuts currently setto take effect in 2004, and givetax rebates to millions oflower-income workers whodidn’t qualify for this sum-mer’s checks. The president isalso pushing an extension of unemploymentbenefits.

In addition, Bush wants several tax breaks forbusiness – some retroactive to Sept. 11, the dateof the terrorist attacks – and has an open mindabout a Democratic proposal to raise the $5.15-an-hour minimum wage, Treasury Secretary PaulO’Neill said.

The terrorism, Bush said, ‘‘shocked our econ-omy just like it shocked the conscience of ournation.’’ Congress and the administration, hesaid, must ‘‘provide a kick start to give peoplereason to be confident, and we will do that.’’

The stock market responded in robust fashion,with the Dow Jones industrial average rising 170points to close above 9,000 for the first time sincethe terrorist attacks.

A few hours after Bush and O’Neill spoke,Greenspan and former Treasury Secretary Rob-ert Rubin told congressional leaders in a privatemeeting that the economy, which some officials

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● The president pushes for astimulus package of up to $75billion, with a new round of tax cuts.

Bush

● Telephone intercepts and wire transfers helpinvestigators build theircase against Osama binLaden. 4A

● New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani decidesnot to press for a thirdterm. 7A


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Bills aim to shore up northern border

By BART JANSENStaff Writer

WASHINGTON — At some pointsalong the Canadian border, anorange traffic cone is all that standsbetween foreign terrorists and theirAmerican targets, a Senate panel

warned Wednesday.Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., held

up a rubber cone at a hearing aboutnorthern-border security to showwhat meets foreigners who arrive atsome checkpoints after 10 p.m. Some-times visitors move the cones off theroad, and sometimes they shredthem when running over them at 60

mph, he said.“This is America’s security at our

border crossings. It is not enough,”Dorgan said. “America can’t effec-tively combat terrorism if it doesn’tcontrol its borders.”

An appropriations subcommitteehearing offered an opportunity for thenewly appointed heads of the Immi-gration and Naturalization Serviceand the Customs Service to explainhow they intend to improve securityin the aftermath of the Sept. 11

terrorist attacks.The short answer: better staffing.About 1,000 INS agents – inspec-

tors, Border Patrol officers and sup-port staff – are assigned to the north-ern border, compared with 8,000along the shorter border with Mexico.

INS Commissioner James Ziglarsaid talk of an “unprotected” or

● About 1,000 INS agents are assigned to theCanadian border, compared with 8,000 along Mexico.

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KING FOR A DAYAuthor discusses

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STRONG FINISHFalmouth wins

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Maine’s chief justice resigns to join race for governor

Wathen

From staff reports

AUGUSTA — Chief Justice DanielWathen of the Maine Supreme JudicialCourt stunned the state’s politicalestablishment and shifted pundits intooverdrive Wednesday by announcingthat he is resigning to run for governor.

Wathen, 61, an Aroostook Countynative who now lives in Augusta,

submitted his letter of resignation toGov. Angus King on Wednesday morn-ing, effective at midnight. He will hold anews conference in Augusta today todetail his plans.

The announcement was momentousbecause political observers could notrecall any other time in recent memorywhen a judge has resigned from thestate’s highest court to run for

governor. King must now pick a newchief justice, whose appointment willbe subject to confirmation by the stateSenate.

“I would have preferred to delay myresignation for a month or so, but therecould be an appearance of improprietyif I remained in office while silentlyentertaining plans to seek electiveoffice,” Wathen wrote in his letter toKing. “Thus, my decision requiresswift and decisive action.”

Wathen is a registered Republican,but he refused to say whether he will

run as a Republican. The early bettingin political circles was that he will jumpin as an independent because hisannouncement took Republican lead-ers by surprise. It is assumed he wouldhave tipped them off as a courtesy if hewas planning a bid for the GOP

nomination.“I’ll talk to you tomorrow,” Wathen

told reporters when asked about hisparty standing as a candidate. “I’mchief justice today. It’s inappropriate totalk now.”

Political observers said Wathen’simpact on the governor’s race willhinge in large part on whether he runsas a Republican or as an independent,but many agreed that he is enough of a

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● Daniel Wathen says he will announce today whether hewill run as a Republican or an independent.

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“It’s a roof,you know,you can’tknock it.”

Delma Braley,staying at theOxford StreetShelter as she

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Crowded city shelter forced to turn away some in need

From staff reports

For the first time since it opened12 years ago, Portland’s emergencyshelter on Oxford Street is socrowded it has turned away home-less people with no place else to go.

The shelter overflowed twice inthe last few weeks, and the situationcould soon get worse. There are

dozens of people sleeping outdoorsby choice who may soon decide tocome in out of the cold, officials say.

The fact that some people havebeen forced to stay on the street isseen as another sign of the continu-ing housing crisis and as a test ofcommitment in a city that, since1989, has virtually guaranteed a roofand a bed to anyone in need.

City officials and advocates for thepoor are searching for solutions –

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Cliff Metzler, who recently came toOxford Street from a Brunswickshelter, says sleep mats “are prettymuch one on top of the other.”

● With winter coming,officials fear the situationcould soon get worse.

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DA drops OUI charge against lawyer Lilley

From staff reports

Dan Lilley will not have to hire a lawyer afterall.

The maverick defense counsel said Fridaythat the drunken driving charge he faced, afterhis arrest last summer behind the wheel of aparked vehicle, has been dropped.

The charge was operating under the influence,Lilley said, but he wasn’t operating. The car wasrunning, but not moving, he said, so they had nocase.

“To be operating, or driving, under the influ-ence of alcohol, you must have power to thewheels in order to show your intent to drive,”Lilley said. “Somebody ought to have learnedwhat the elements of OUI are. It’s not a compli-cated thing.”

Lilley is convinced that he was targeted byPortland police for his long criticism of thedepartment and its chief, Michael Chitwood. Hesuggested that prosecutors were slow to dropthe charges because they also hold a grudgeagainst him.

“The DA’s office hemmed and hawed, becausethey would truly like to have my head on a spear,but they declined to prosecute,” he said.

Cumberland County District AttorneyStephanie Anderson said the case was routine.

“I think Mr. Lilley has a very active imagina-tion,” she said. “We evaluated this case the waywe evaluate every case in this office. . . . Who the

● The DA says there just wasn’tenough proof, but Lilley says thecharge was baseless from the start.

“Somebody oughtto have learned

what the elementsof OUI are. It’s not

a complicatedthing.”

Dan Lilley

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Items recovered and identified from two pieces ofluggage checked in by Mohamed Atta include:

● Letters of recommendation and education-related documents, with the names MohamedMohamed Elamir Awad Elsayed and MohamedMohamed Elamir Awad Elsayed Atta.

● A hand-held electronic flight computer.

● A simulator procedures manual for Boeing 757and 767 aircraft.

● A copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book.

● Two videotapes on “air tours” of the Boeing 757and 747.

● A slide rule flight calculator.

● A handwritten document in Arabic titled “Inthe name of God all mighty, Death Certificate.”

Source: Affidavit filed in U.S. District Court, Portland, andunsealed on Oct. 4, 2001

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Affidavit adds hijack detailsCourt filingalso revealshow agentsidentifiedsuspectsFrom staff reports

Newly unsealed FBI documentsfiled in U.S. District Court in Portlandreveal chilling details about the Sept.11 attacks on the World Trade Cen-ter, including the contents of two suit-cases checked by the hijackers atPortland’s airport and a flight atten-dant’s frantic cell phone callmoments before the crash.

The information, contained in anFBI affidavit, provides more detailson the movements of hijacking sus-pects Mohamed Atta and AbdulazizAlomari, as well as how swiftly inves-tigators acted to identify and tracethem.

The two men had caught an earlymorning flight from Portland to Bos-ton Sept. 11 before boarding theAmerican Airlines jet that slammedinto the World Trade Center’s northtower.

The court documents detail how anairline employee at Logan Airportreceived a cell phone call from aflight attendant aboard American Air-lines Flight 11 shortly before itcrashed at 9:08 a.m.

The flight attendant told the uni-dentified employee that several menof Middle Eastern descent seated inthe area of rows 9 and 10 were armedwith knives, had assaulted passen-gers and were hijacking the plane,the FBI affidavit stated.

Atta, who is believed to havepiloted the plane when it crashed,was assigned seat 8D, according tothe documents. Alomari, the secondhijacking suspect, was in 8G. Threeother hijackers also boarded the jet atLogan.

The FBI cited its interview with theAmerican Airlines employee in theaffidavit supporting its request for asearch warrant for a blue rental carthat Atta left at Portland Interna-tional Jetport on the morning of thehijacking.

The affidavit and a list of items

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Staff Sgt. Pete Bellegarde of the Maine National Guard keeps watch Friday at Portland International Jetport. Bellegarde and three other guardsmenhave been assigned to patrol the airport to “supplement current security,” said Capt. Bill Riley, state commander of Airport Security Operations.

Atta linked to bin Laden terror camps● Officials say the investigation into the Sept. 11terrorist attacks focuses on a few bin Laden lieutenants,including Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahri.

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By JOHN SOLOMONThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. authoritieshave gathered evidence that sus-pected hijacking ringleaderMohamed Atta trained in Afghani-stan with some of his fellow hijackersat camps run by Osama bin Laden’sinner circle, officials said Friday.

Law enforcement and intelligenceofficials, speaking on condition of ano-nymity, said the investigation into theorigins of the Sept. 11 plot is focusingon a small number of bin Laden lieu-tenants that include Ayman al-Zawahri, Mohamed Atef and AbuZubaydah.

In recent days, the internationalpolice organization Interpol issued anarrest warrant for al-Zawahri, identi-fied as bin Laden’s most trusted dep-uty and head of the al-Jihad terroristgroup in Egypt that merged in 1998with bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.

That warrant, made at the requestof Egyptian police, says al-Zawahri‘‘is considered to have mastermindedseveral terrorist operations in Egypt’’and is ‘‘accused of criminal complic-ity and management for the purposeof committing premeditated mur-ders.’’

The warrant doesn’t specificallylink the Egyptian doctor to the Sept.11 attacks, but was issued exactly two

weeks after the suicide hijackingsthat killed more than 5,000 in NewYork, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Separately, French authorities saya man has confessed to meeting withZubaydah in a plot to bomb the U.S.Embassy in Paris.

Bin Laden and his deputies havelong denied allegations that theywere involved in terrorist attacksagainst Americans.

One U.S. official said there is evi-dence that some of the hijackers,including Atta, traveled to Afghani-stan in 1999 or 2000 and receivedtraining at bin Laden camps.

The hijackers ‘‘made elaborateefforts’’ to disguise the fact that theyhad been in Afghanistan so as not toraise suspicions, the official said.

‘‘U.S. intelligence believes Atta hadtraining in Afghanistan. And some ofthe other hijackers as well,’’ one offi-cial said. ‘‘There are some indications

that Atta and bin Laden’s deputiescrossed paths during those times.’’

Time magazine reported Fridaythat the CIA had evidence that Attamet directly with al-Zawahri.

On Thursday, British Prime Minis-ter Tony Blair said there was evi-dence that one top bin Laden lieuten-ant was responsible for the detailedplanning of the attacks on the WorldTrade Center and the Pentagon.

On Friday, U.S. officials said inves-tigators were focusing on a smallgroup of bin Laden associates thatinclude al-Zawahri, Atef and Zubay-dah. All three men’s names appearon lists that U.S. officials have sentallies and banks worldwide to assistthe investigation.

A fourth bin Laden associatebelieved to handle finances, Shaihk

Bushcalls fortax cutboost● The $60 billion packagewould aim to spur theeconomy by encouragingspending and investment.

By JAMES GERSTENZANGand WARREN VEITHLos Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — President Bushproposed a $60 billion package of taxcuts Friday to help rejuvenate theeconomy, rejecting Democrats’appeals to spur a recovery with morespending.

The moves would be aimed atencouraging consumer spending andbusiness investment, both of whichhave slackened because of wide-spread job losses, weak corporateprofits and the Sept. 11 terroristattacks, which at least temporarilyparalyzed economic activity.

The government reported Fridaythat payrolls nationwide shrank by199,000 jobs in September, the biggestdrop in 10 years. The decrease onlypartly reflected the impact of theattacks, which have drastically cur-tailed air travel and resulted in about200,000 layoffs at the nation’s airlinesand in travel-related industries.

The unemployment rate remainedat 4.9 percent in September, but gov-ernment officials and economistssaid it is sure to rise as the full effectsof layoffs are felt.

Martin Regalia, chief economist forthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce, saidthe 4.9 percent figure ‘‘is an indicatorof where the economy has gone, notwhere it’s going. A substantialincrease is already locked in.’’

Bush said emergency spendingprograms approved by Congress orproposed by him since the attacksadded up to $60 billion. Any additionalstimulus should come from an equiv-alent amount of tax reductions, hesaid.

‘‘In order to stimulate the econo-my, Congress doesn’t need to spendany more money; what they need todo is to cut taxes,’’ Bush said.

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● Americans face everyday events with a new wariness, and each

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● Britain’s Tony Blair and Pakistan President Musharraf agree on the

need for a stable Afghan government. 3A

● A Florida man dies of the inhaled form of anthrax, the first such

death in the United States in 25 years. 4A

● Uzbekistan allows U.S. troops and aircraft on Afghanistan’s

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Missiles andwarplanes filled theAfghan skySunday evening ina U.S.-Britishattack on Talibanand al-Qaidainstallations.Sources reportedexplosions in atleast three cities.The Afghannorthern alliancealso launched anattack on Talibanforces near Kabul.

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Maine’sdelegationdownplaysattack risksFrom staff reports

Members of Maine’s congressionaldelegation say they expect that ter-rorists will try to attack the UnitedStates again, but not because of Sun-day’s military strikes againstAfghanistan.

Rather, the state’s two U.S. sena-tors and two U.S. representatives allsay that if terrorists once again hitthe nation, it will be because theyhate the country – not merely as aresponse to Sunday’s airstrikes.

They say, too, that Sunday’s mili-tary response is part of a larger strat-egy in the new war, and itself is notlikely to have a significant impact onthe wobbly national economy.

Like most Americans, Maine’s fourmembers of Congress heard of theU.S. military action from televisionnews, not from any official govern-ment source. Since terroristsattacked the World Trade Center andthe Pentagon on Sept. 11, however,they have received special briefings.

“We knew that when they attackedon the 11th, it wasn’t the beginning orthe end,” said U.S. Rep. JohnBaldacci.

Baldacci, a Democrat who repre-sents Maine’s 2nd Congressional Dis-trict, said that the Taliban, whichrules Afghanistan, has had the abilityto prevent an American militaryresponse, but has chosen not to.

“The president put forward in ajoint session of Congress conditionsthat had to be met,” Baldacci said.“We’re not looking for revenge. We’relooking to make sure that we makethe world a safer and better placeand that there is more justice andopportunities throughout the world.”

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe said thatthe terrorists “are only interested inanything they can do to defeat Ameri-ca. What we do or don’t do is going tobe immaterial to their designs andgoals, and that was readily apparentand tragically apparent on Septem-ber the 11th, so we have to do themost appropriate thing, and that is torespond, to begin this war on eradi-cating terrorism.”

U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, a Democratwho represents Maine’s 1st Congres-sional District, offered an identicalanalysis:

“The risk of another attack is justthere,” he said. “It’s going to be therewhether we responded or not. Theirgoal is to drive the United States outof the Arabian peninsula, and thatisn’t going to happen. We’re not goingto let Iraq go back and overrunKuwait again.”

Allen, who is a member of theHouse Armed Services Committee,said that “fundamentally, we cannot

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● The initial attack on Afghanistan,designed to isolate Osama bin Laden, isexpected to last several days and includecovert operations. 6A

● The U.S.-British attack raises the pro-file of Prime Minister Tony Blair, invitingcomparisons to great British leaders of thepast. 7A

● America’s allies are quick to back theairstrikes, while Iran and Iraq lead Islamicnations in protest. 7A

● Some Pakistani clerics call the attackon Afghanistan an attack against Islam, andthey call for a holy war. 7A

● As Afghanistan’s Northern Alliancejoins the attack on the Taliban, the formerAfghan king worries about the nation’speople. 7A

● Federal, state and local officials saythey have taken unprecedented steps toguard against new terrorist attacks. 8A

● Americans appear torn betweenbelieving that military retaliation was neces-sary, and hoping that a war could beavoided. 12A

● State officials and Portland leaders saythere is nothing to indicate that Maine is atarget for terrorist retaliation. 1B

New York City firefightersshare a momentof silence during

a prayer service Sundayat Ground Zero, where the

World Trade Centertwin towers once stood.The city faced tightened

security measuresin the wake of U.S.

airstrikes on Afghanistan,but Mayor Rudolph

Giuliani said today’sColumbus Day parade

will go forward.Stories, 8A


By MICHAEL DOBBSThe Washington Post

LONDON — As the first U.S. mis-siles fell on Afghanistan on Sunday,Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden defi-antly showed his face to the world. Heexulted in a video over the destruc-tion of the World Trade Center andurged Muslims everywhere to joinwar against the United States.

Dressed in camouflage fatigues

and flanked by a rifle, he took noexplicit responsibility for the Sept. 11attacks, but thanked God that theUnited States’ ‘‘greatest buildingswere destroyed’’ and that America is‘‘full of fear, from its north to itssouth, from its west to its east.’’

Bin Laden has been in hiding sincelast month’s attacks; the videoappeared to have been filmed at themouth of a cave before Sunday’s air-strikes. It was delivered by a messen-ger to the Afghan office of the Arabsatellite television service al-Jazeerashortly after the first bombs fell.

In the video, bin Laden addressesAmericans directly with a chillingthreat of future attacks. But his

message seems also calculated toappeal to Muslims beyond his closesupporters by casting his cause asthe defense of Islam against an‘‘infidel’’ attack.

‘‘What America is tasting now issomething insignificant compared towhat we have tasted for scores ofyears,’’ he said, vowing that theUnited States would know no security‘‘before we live it in Palestine, and notbefore all the infidel armies leave theland of Muhammad, peace be uponhim.’’

‘‘It’s the strongest sign yet of bin

Bin Laden exults that America ‘is full of fear’● The suspected terrorist,via video, casts his cause asthe defense of Islam.

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Suspected terroristOsama bin Laden,appearing in avideotape deliveredto an Arabtelevision service,says ‘‘every Muslimhas to rush tomake his religionvictorious.’’ Thetext of hiscomments appearson Page 6A.

Air attack hits Taliban military targetsAfghan opposition forcesprepare an offensive; binLaden reportedly survivesBy KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAHThe Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Missiles and warplanesstreaked through the Afghan night and rocked at leastthree cities in a U.S.-British attack on Osama bin Ladenand his Taliban backers Sunday. Bin Laden and the Tali-ban’s leader both survived, Taliban officials said.

The strike began after nightfall Sunday in Kabul withfive blasts followed by the sounds of anti-aircraft fire. Elec-tricity was shut off throughout thecity for more than two hours after-ward. A Taliban official said civil-ians were killed in the barrage butdid not say how many or where.

The attack also targeted theheart of the Taliban movement, hit-ting its military headquarters andthe home of Taliban leader MullahMohammed Omar in the southerncity of Kandahar, according toAfghan sources reached by tele-phone from Islamabad, Pakistan.

The sources said the first wavestruck the Kandahar airport,destroying radar facilities and thecontrol tower. The strike also tar-geted hundreds of housing unitsbuilt for members of bin Laden’sal-Qaida terror movement.

The second wave, which appeared to be more preciselytargeted, struck the Taliban national headquarters indowntown Kandahar, the sources said. They said smokewas seen billowing from Mullah Omar’s high-walled com-pound about nine miles outside the city.

The sources spoke on condition of anonymity for fear ofreprisal.

Other sources reached by telephone from Islamabadsaid three loud explosions could be heard in Jalalabad.One seemed to be coming from the area of Farmada, a binLaden training camp about 12 miles south of the city.

This morning, the Taliban’s ambassador to neighboringPakistan said civilians had been killed in the strikes. Butthe envoy, Abdul Salam Zaeef, would not say how many orwhere they occurred

‘‘There were casualties,’’ Zaeef told The AssociatedPress today. ‘‘Civilians died. It was a very huge attack.’’

In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. GeorgeRhynedance said it was ‘‘too early to tell’’ whether therewere any civilian casualties. ‘‘We’re assessing the successof our missions right now.’’

Zaeef said earlier that bin Laden, the main suspect in

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An American warplane takesoff from the aircraft carrier

USS Carl Vinson in theArabian Sea on Sunday in a

strike against Talibanmilitary targets and Osama

bin Laden’s training camps inAfghanistan. U.S. and British

forces struck targetsincluding the Kandahar

airport and radar facilities. Asecond wave of attacks struckthe Taliban’s headquarters in

downtown Kandahar. Theairport in the capital city of

Kabul was also a target. Thestrikes came in retaliation for

terrorist attacks on theUnited States on Sept. 11.


D E V E L O P M E N T S● The U.S.-led air campaign appears destined to

become a hunt for ground troops and theirequipment, a risky proposal that neverthelesscould prove critical to the operation’s aim oftoppling the Taliban regime. 3A

● Violence erupts in the Middle East asPalestinians react to Osama bin Laden’svideotaped message. 8A

● Angry mobs burn United Nations offices andother buildings in cities along Pakistan’s borderwith Afghanistan. 8A

● President Bush’s decision to begin theweekend assault on Taliban operations wasmerely a link in a chain of decisions that beganon Sept. 11. 8A

● Attorney General John Ashcroft reminds lawenforcement, as well as businesses and utilities,to remain on ‘‘the highest level of alert.’’ 8A

● A city celebrates its mettle and resilience in anespecially vibrant Columbus Day parade. ‘‘It’s abeautiful day to be a New Yorker.’’ 9A

● U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe calls for – andsubmits to – tighter security, while students inKennebunk respond to the war effort with a rallyfor peace. 1B

Afghans living in Maine showno pity for Taliban, bin Laden

From staff reports

Mohammad Muti’s features fold into a warm smile ashe speaks of growing up in the mountains of his nativeAfghanistan.

“There was blue sky with a lot of stars,” the 66-year-old said in his Portland home, surrounded by red andorange tapestries and rugs from Pakistan. “Afghanistanis a place without pollution. You always breathe clean,clean air.”

But that was years ago.On Muti’s television set Monday, news broadcasts dis-

played grainy, night-vision-camera images of an Afghan-istan under attack – blacked-out cities pierced withflashing green lights.

Bombs.“I support the U.S. decision,” Muti said, tensing into a

frown. “If (Osama bin Laden) is not stopped, he mightcause problems everywhere. He should be stopped.”

Muti, a Muslim and president of the Afghan Associa-tion of Maine, said the 190 or so Afghans living in Maine

do not support bin Laden and the Taliban regime nowunder fire by the U.S. military. “They don’t like Osamaor the Taliban,” he said. “They are modern people.”

In Afghanistan, Muti spent many years in Kabul, the

Staff photo by Herb Swanson

“The reality is, even in Muslim countries, (binLaden) is not supported,” says Mohammad Muti,president of the Afghan Association of Maine.

● One family suffers vandalism andthreats, but has no regrets about comingto the United States.

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TALIBAN TARGETS HITAttacks damage at least some of 31 sites

A second night of airstrikestargets Taliban ground forcesand military command sites.

Tom Ridge, a formergovernor, wassworn in Monday toa new Cabinet-levelpost to boost U.S.security. Story, 12A


U.S. Navy personnel load ordnance under the wing of a fighter jet Monday on the USS Enterprise, an aircraft carrier in theIndian Ocean. The Pentagon said 10 sea-launched warplanes struck an undisclosed number of targets Monday night.

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By ESTHER SCHRADER / Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — U.S. ships and warplanesmounted a second wave of bomb and missile attacksMonday, targeting Taliban troops, airstrips, commandcenters and Osama bin Laden’s terrorist trainingcamps in Afghanistan.

The attacks were launched from considerably fewerplanes, ships and submarinesthan the previous day’s bar-rage. In contrast to Sunday,when British forces joined inthe effort, only Americanforces took part.

U.S. troops were operatingon the ground as well as by airand sea, officials disclosed.Special forces units havebegun to ‘‘reach out’’ to Afghangroups opposing the Talibanand to disaffected members ofthe Taliban itself, Defense Sec-retary Donald H. Rumsfeldtold reporters.

An opposition offensive couldforce the Taliban to mass itstroops, making them vulnera-ble to further airstrikes. TheAmerican ground forces areexpected to play a significantrole in the effort to root out binLaden and his al-Qaida terrorist network.

The bombing and missile barrage launched Mondaypounded the capital, Kabul, the Taliban stronghold ofKandahar in southern Afghanistan, and Taliban groundforces at Mazar-i-Sharif in the north. It marked the sec-ond round of attacks against those cities.

Just before dawn today, after a few quiet hours with-out missiles, a lone jet dropped one bomb near theKabul airport, rattling windows in the capital. Therewere no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The Taliban said 20 civilians perished in houses nearthe Kabul airport during Sunday’s assault.

The report could not be confirmed. Pentagon officialssaid nothing about civilian casualties. Rumsfeld saidonly that early Taliban reports of U.S. casualties were‘‘flat untrue.’’

An eyewitness in Kabul said that its airport wasbombed, along with a TV tower and the Hotel Continen-tal north of the city. He recounted weapons fire andpanic after Monday’s attack.

The anti-Taliban Northern Alliance said it infiltratedKabul and other Afghan cities with spies and messen-gers to foment insurgency and that about 1,000 Talibansoldiers had swapped sides, including 30 commanders.

In Washington, a spokesman for the alliance said atop Taliban commander, Akhtar Mohammad, waskilled in Monday’s airstrike on Mazar-i-Sharif. The Tali-ban said only that it would defend Afghanistan and itsMuslim religion with force.

President Bush renewed his appeal for patience and

In Florida,a secondcase ofanthrax● The FBI seals off abuilding, and all 300 peoplewho work there are advisedto visit health officials.

By AMANDA RIDDLEThe Associated Press

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The FBI onMonday took over the investigationinto the anthrax death of a Floridaman after the germ was found in thenose of a co-worker and on a com-puter keyboard in their office. Hun-dreds of people who worked near themen lined up to get medical tests.

Attorney General John Ashcroftsaid the case could become ‘‘a clearcriminal investigation.’’

‘‘We don’t have enough informationto know whether this could be relatedto terrorism or not,’’ he said during anews conference in Washington.

The FBI sealed off the Boca Ratonbuilding housing several supermar-ket tabloids, including The Sun,where both men worked. Agentsdonned protective gear before goinginside.

How the bacterial spores got intothe newspaper’s office remainedunder investigation. Federal investi-gators handling the cases have elimi-nated the obvious environmentalsources of anthrax, said BarbaraReynolds, a spokeswoman for theCenters for Disease Control and Pre-vention in Atlanta.

Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., saidCDC officials told him that ‘‘human

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Maine plansresponse tobioterrorism● Practice exercises and asymposium for hospitalswill take place this fall.

By JOSIE HUANGStaff Writer

The procedure would be the same:Secure the questionable area. Iden-tify the offending chemical or biologi-cal agent. Treat those exposed. Bringin the FBI.

Top health and emergency man-agement officials in Maine say thestate’s response to a bioterrorismscare would mirror the way Floridaofficials reacted to the two cases ofanthrax detected there within the lastweek.

State officials say they wouldclosely watch those exposed to inha-lation anthrax for symptoms of thedisease – they initially resemble acommon cold’s – and seek medicalassistance from other states. Theyalso would keep the public and medi-cal community updated throughmedia alerts and attain any neces-sary prophylactic products ortreatments.

Still, in the arena of biological and


● Opposition leaders say airstrikes have crippled Taliban defensesbut haven’t dislodged the Taliban. That, they say, requires troops.

Afghan rebels still hemmed inBy PETER BAKERThe Washington Post

QALAI SHARIF, Afghanistan — Rebelleaders said Monday that two nights of U.S.-led strikes have crippled the ruling Talibanmilitia’s key defenses but had not yetallowed the rebels to break out of the pock-ets they control to contest Taliban-heldareas.

The bombs and missiles, which Mondaynight sent thunderclaps rolling through the

valleys here north of the capital, Kabul,have destroyed radar systems and dam-aged the Taliban’s air defenses and airforce, the rebels said. Afghan radio reportssaid Monday night that the Kabul airportand a television transmission tower werestruck by massive explosions.

But some commanders of the rebelNorthern Alliance were disappointed thatthe first phase of the U.S. military operationhad not done more to help them advanceagainst Taliban positions. U.S. warplanes

and cruise missiles, for instance, did notstrike the government forces perchedabove the Bagram air base north of Kabul,a key juncture for any drive toward thecapital.

‘‘The U.S. can’t win by bombing,’’ HajiAlmaz, a top rebel commander, said in aninterview Monday in his headquarters inCharikar north of the front lines. ‘‘Bombingis not effective against the Taliban. Soldiers(on the ground) and the Northern Allianceare effective.’’

In some parts of the country, though,

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U.S. declares air supremacy

BEFORE AFTERAn undated photo

shows theGarmabak Gharterrorist training

camp inAfghanistan priorto U.S. airstrikes.

The camp waslargely empty but

was targetedanyway for its

facilities.

Defense Departmentphotos/


A handful ofstructures remain

standingfollowing a U.S.

attack on theGarmabak Gharcamp. The camp

and other targetshit in three days

of airstrikesreflect several

priorities of theBush

administration.Story, 12A


Firefighters salute as remains draped with an American flag are removed from the rubble of the World Trade Center on Tuesday.New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ordered city spending cuts, predicting the attack will cost $1 billion this fiscal year. Story, 9A

The Pentagon says the next stepwill be chasing ‘emerging targets’tied to the Taliban and bin Laden.

By BRADLEY GRAHAM and DAN BALZThe Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Declaring control of the skies overAfghanistan, U.S. military authorities signaled Tuesdaythat they are turning their attention to troop concentra-tions and other ‘‘emerging targets’’ associated with theruling Taliban and the al-Qaida network of Osama binLaden.

The rebel Northern Alliance has appealed for airstrikesagainst Taliban forces arrayed in the north, but seniorPentagon officials have been reluctant to promise directair support, lest the United Statesbe seen as backing a particularpolitical element in Afghanistan.

On Tuesday, however, DefenseSecretary Donald Rumsfeldoffered strong support to theNorthern Alliance and otherAfghan groups opposing theTaliban.

‘‘Let there be no doubt, thoseelements on the ground – thetribes in the south, the NorthernAlliance, elements within Talibanthat are anti-al-Qaida – we’reencouraging them,’’ he said at aPentagon news conference. ‘‘Wewould like to see them succeed. We would like to seethem heave the al-Qaida and the Taliban leadership thathas been so repressive out of that country. Don’t makeany mistake about that.’’

For the third straight day, U.S. warplanes pounded tar-gets in Afghanistan, striking military sites near the Tali-ban stronghold of Kandahar. More raids were reportedlater Tuesday around Kandahar, Kabul and Herat. U.S.intelligence reported that two male relatives of Talibanleader Mohammad Omar were killed Sunday, the day theattacks began. Asked if any of Omar’s several compoundshad been targeted, Rumsfeld cited ‘‘some elements out-side’’ one of them.

United Nations and other humanitarian officials inIslamabad, Pakistan accused the U.S. warplanes of


‘‘As in anyconflict,there will beunintendeddamage.’’Defense SecretaryDonald Rumsfeld

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D E V E L O P M E N T S● The U.S.-led air campaign fuels

protests abroad, and an al-Qaidaspokesman calls on all Muslims torise up and join the global holy waragainst the United States. 3A

● Around the nation, lawenforcement checkpoints slow trafficand guards keep watch for anythingout of the ordinary. 8A

● The Northern Alliance says it hascut off a key supply route betweenTaliban strongholds. 9A

● New York’s mayor orders a 15percent cut in spending by most citydepartments. 9A

● Gov. Angus King clarifies remarkson border security; Muslims tell of lifeafter the Sept. 11 attacks; Maineforums aim to clear the air. 1B

● FBI agents, above, work outside theFlorida building where the anthraxvirus was found. An update, 6A

Experts detail bioterrorism threatfor Mercy staff, city rescue workers

From staff reports

It was the morning of Sept. 11, and as usual, DavidKuhns was struggling to convince an emergencyroom doctor that bioterrorism could occur in Maine.

Fifteen minutes into their conversation, someonewalked in and told the doctor that the World TradeCenter had just collapsed.

“He said, ‘You tell me what you want us to do andwe’ll do it,’ ” said Kuhns, an epidemiology consultant.

Nobody is expressing skepticism now.As Mainers face fears that seemed ludicrous just a

month ago, the state Department of Human Servicesis accelerating a program aimed at tracking unusualemergency-room visits. Although separately theymay seem unremarkable, taken together such visitscould be early indications of bioterrorism.

Kuhns will speak with nurses and doctors at MercyHospital today about the various threats, along withthe symptoms they would exhibit. It is just one ofnearly two dozen sessions over the next two weeksthat Kuhns will conduct with emergency room work-ers around the state to address potential threats.

State epidemiologist Kathleen Gensheimer saidbioterrorism remains a remote threat, but one that

the state must take seriously. She spoke Tuesday tomore than 60 Mercy nurses and doctors, as well aspolice and firefighters who are trying to understand

● The state is accelerating a programto track unusual emergency-room visits.

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Bioterrorism is a remote threat, but it must betaken seriously, state epidemiologist KathleenGensheimer said Tuesday at Mercy Hospital.


King seessafety gapat MaineYankee● Federal policy forclosed nuclear plants‘clearly does not addressthe event of Sept. 11,’the governor says.

By BARBARA WALSHStaff Writer

In the wake of the Sept. 11 ter-rorist attacks, Gov. Angus Kingwants the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission to tighten security atMaine Yankee and take responsi-bility for the spent radioactive fuelsoon to be removed from thedecommissioned Wiscassetnuclear plant.

King wrote the NRC on Oct. 4urging the federal agency torethink its nuclear waste regula-tions after hijacked planes crashedinto the World Trade Center tow-ers and the Pentagon.

The NRC’s current policy forclosed nuclear plants like MaineYankee, which is in the process ofremoving nuclear fuel from itsreactor, “clearly does not addressthe event of Sept. 11,” King wrote.“These circumstances raise signif-icant safety and security issues forMaine, soon to be faced withstranded radioactive materialsand an absence of abundantnuclear professional expertisenormally associated with produc-tion or research activity.”

The nuclear plant had expectedto begin relocating 1,434 nuclearfuel rods from its reactor to an on-site storage area in September,but the transfer has been delayed.It is expected to begin later thismonth or in November.

The 12-foot rods, which containhigh levels of radioactive waste,will be placed in steel containersand dropped into 28-inch-thick,steel-reinforced concrete casks.The casks will then be placedinside a building surrounded byrazor-wire fences and surveillancecameras.

“These concrete casks will beable to withstand a fair amount ofdamage, but there still needs to bea fair amount of security to watchover them,” said the governor’sspokesman, John Ripley. “Thegovernor made it clear there is nodanger as far as we can tell thatMaine Yankee would explode if hitby a terrorist attack, but he’s con-cerned that some nuclear materialcould end up in the atmosphere.It’s a fear.”

Catherine Ferdinand, MaineYankee spokeswoman, said sheunderstands the governor’s

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President angered by news leaks

By CAROLYN SKORNECKThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bushaccused members of Congress on Tuesdayof leaking secrets to the news media. ‘‘It isunacceptable behavior to leak classifiedinformation when we have troops at risk,’’he told them firmly.

Bush decided Friday to restrict the

number of lawmakers who get top-securitybriefings on the war against terrorism. Hesent a memo to Capitol Hill explaining hisaction and called leaders about it.

‘‘Our nation has put our troops at riskand therefore I felt it was important to senda clear signal to Congress that classifiedinformation must be held dear,’’ the presi-dent said Tuesday when asked about thememo during a Rose Garden appearance

with German Chancellor GerhardSchroeder.

‘‘It’s a serious matter, very serious,’’ saidBush. ‘‘I intend to protect our troops.’’

He did not identify anyone he suspectedof leaking information.

The president reportedly was upset whendetails from Oct. 2 intelligence briefings onCapitol Hill turned up in news articles.

Bush restricted top-secret congressionalbriefings to the House speaker, Houseminority leader, Senate majority and

● Bush restricts top-secret war briefings to fewer congressmen.Lawmakers say they need the information to do their jobs.

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Local police fault FBI’s penchant for secrecy

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From staff reports

The FBI is putting lives at risk and hurtingits investigation into the Sept. 11 terroristattacks by refusing to share information withlocal law enforcement agencies, Police ChiefMichael Chitwood said Wednesday.

Secrecy gets in the way of local agenciesdoing everything they can to protect their com-munities, and denies the FBI full use of themanpower and street smarts of the policedepartment, Chitwood said.

“I don’t have to know what’s going on in Bos-ton, and I don’t have to know what’s happeningin L.A.,” Chitwood said. “But if it impacts on

Portland, Maine, I need to know about it. Theyhave to share with the local communities thatthey impact.”

Chitwood is one of the most outspoken policeofficials to criticize the FBI, but he is not alone.Local law enforcement officials around thecountry have complained that the FBI’s obses-sion with secrecy and its culture of superiorityis getting in the way of public safety. These offi-cials are demanding that the FBI include localpolice in every level of their investigations.

“They have an institutional reluctance toshare information,” said Daniel J. Oates, policechief in Ann Arbor, Mich. “That culture andinability to see the full potential of local lawenforcement has hurt this country.”

Closer to home, South Portland Police ChiefEdward Googins shares some of the sameconcerns.

● Chief Michael Chitwood andothers say the lack of cooperationcould be potentially dangerous.

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U.S. puts troops in PakistanMore than 400 Americans arethere as Pakistan plays a deeperrole in the attack on Afghanistan.By ALAN SIPRESS and MOLLY MOOREThe Washington Post

Pakistan has significantly deepened its involvement inthe U.S.-led air campaign in neighboring Afghanistan byallowing American forces to begin using a pair of air-fields. A senior Pakistani military official said Wednesdaythat hundreds of troops have already moved in.

As U.S. warplanes increasingly turned their fury on theTaliban leadership, American and Pakistani defense offi-cials said President Pervez Musharraf had given permis-sion for U.S. forces to begin operating from a commercialairport in Baluchistan prov-ince and a small military air-field in Sindh province.

These forces, the firstAmerican troops in Pakistan,will bolster an air campaignthat Wednesday waged themost concentrated attack sofar on the Afghan capital ofKabul.

In the fourth day of airstrikes, American aircraftalso pounded the seat of Tali-ban leadership in Kandaharin southern Afghanistan, tar-geting in particular the underground bunkers that U.S.commanders hoped to demolish with 5,000-pound laser-guided bombs first used in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

‘‘You use it when you want the earth to shake, whenyou want to have a real effect,’’ a defense official said. Theair assault also targeted troop garrisons and troop con-centrations near Kabul and Kandahar. Military vehiclesand maintenance shops also were attacked.

In Washington, Bush administration officials openedanother front in their drive against terrorism, unveiling alist of the 22 Most Wanted Terrorists. They includedSaudi exile Osama bin Laden, accused in last month’s


A third person whoworked at a Floridacompany has testedpositive for anthrax andthe case has becomethe subject of a federalcriminal investigation,authorities saidWednesday. Story, 3A

ANTHRAX ALERT

D E V E L O P M E N T S● Twenty-one names – and faces

– join Osama bin Laden’s on aU.S. list of ‘‘Most WantedTerrorists.’’ 6A

● A convoy of journalists barelyescapes angry mob in Pakistan,where, for many, all foreignersare enemies of Islam. 6A

● The Northern Alliance calls formore aggressive U.S. airstrikes to‘‘smoke out’’ Taliban forces. 7A

● Government and industryclamor for billions of dollars innew aid from Congress to guardagainst ’’the unimaginable.’’ 9A

● Experts say depression is anatural side effect of the tragedythat all Americans experiencedone month ago. 2B

● U.S. officials caution mediaoutlets about the possibility thatvideotapes produced by al-Qaidamay contain hidden messages tocollaborators. 9A

Abdul Salam Zaeef, Taliban envoy

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Coast Guard honesport security planto be more efficient● New demands on the agency increasethe pressure to stretch its tight budget.

From staff reports

For two weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, U.S.Coast Guard crews in Portland Harbor escorted all cruiseships and tankers carrying flammable cargo, such as gas-oline and jet fuel. But since Sept. 26, they have becomemore selective, escorting some of these vessels but notall.

Coast Guard officials on Wednesday said the agencyremains at the highest state of alert since World War II,but the service is now “honing” its security measures so itcan use its limited resources most effectively.

“If we had maintained the tempo we had,” said JohnStevens, a Coast Guard reservist, “we would have burnedeveryone out.”

Stevens, who normally runs a tire business in Scarbor-ough, was at the helm of a Coast Guard patrol boat thatwas escorting the Crown Princess cruise ship into portWednesday morning.

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UNDER ATTACKOne month later


Firefighters are dwarfed by the giant claw of construction equipment Wednesday as they leave the pile of debristhat was the World Trade Center in New York City. About 260,000 tons of the rubble have been removed so far.

Day of stark terror leadsto month of stark changeBy CALVIN WOODWARDThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — One month since Sept.11, Americans have removed 260,000 tons ofrubble from the World Trade Center andcreated unknown tons in Afghanistan.Smoke rises from ruins in major cities inboth lands.

Everywhere there is an accounting, innumbers and by other means. It’s onemonth now into a journey from Americanground zero to Afghan ground zero, fromdust to dust.

On Oct. 11, the United States has a

still-uncertain terror death toll, a war on ter-rorism under way, a popular president, arecession pressing in, a run on car-borneflags, better manners here and there, and ascore to settle. Not to mention some touchynerves.

Pollsters who used to ask people aboutSocial Security now ask how they are sleep-ing. Not well, comes the answer, but betteras time goes on.

A schoolboy spoke for many Americanswhen he went back to class this week at a

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AMERICA

Children’sletters sendmessagesof support

‘DEAR RESCUE WORKERS’:

● Lincoln Middle School studentsshare their feelings in an effort tohelp after the Sept. 11 attacks.

From staff reports

Maddie DuVall knew enough in her 11 yearsto realize that Sept. 11 was a horrible day. Sheknew that a lot of people died.

She wanted to help.“I didn’t really know what I could do,” said

Maddie, a bright-eyed sixth-grader at LincolnMiddle School who likes to watch TV news.

Robyn Ward, a sixth-grade teacher at Lin-coln, knew someone who needed help from

Maddie and otherstudents in wake ofthe attacks. Herneighbor, Portlandnurse BonnieSmith, was gettingready to go toground zero inNew York City toprovide reliefcounseling.

“I told her thatmy (students)would love to doletters,” said Ward.

Ward asked themiddle school’s 600students to writeletters of hope,remembrance andencouragement torescue workers,knowing that Smithwould hand-deliverthe youngsters’messages as partof her grief coun-seling amid thetrade center ruins.

“We really didn’tgive them a lot ofdirection,” saidMaddie’s home-

room teacher, Sue Rand. “We thought we’d gettwo or three sentences. But they weren’t likethat, they came from their hearts.”

Lincoln teachers recently sent a handful ofsixth-graders’ letters to the Portland PressHerald to share with readers. The teacherssaid they found the children’s letters over-whelmingly compassionate and effective.

Here’s what Nick Walker had to say:Dear rescue worker,Thank you for helping our country out, by

searching and searching for evidence, bodyparts, pictures and other things. I don’t reallyunderstand what happened, but I know it’s

‘‘Though it maycause grief andagony, you keepon going and sowill America.’’– Maddie DuVall,sixth-grader at LincolnMiddle School inPortland

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Anthrax contracted in NYCPowder mailedto NBC tested;link to terrorismremains unclearBy MICHAEL POWELLand CECI CONNOLLYThe Washington Post

NEW YORK — A female aide to NBC Newsanchor Tom Brokaw has been infected with a form ofanthrax, apparently after opening a letter containinga suspicious powder two weeks ago, the companyand the FBI said Friday.

The letter was postmarked in Florida andaddressed to Brokaw. The FBI has launched a crimi-nal probe of the incident, which marks the fourthknown case of exposure to the extremely rare anddeadly bacterium in less than a week, but the firstone north of Florida.

The NBC employee, identified by co-workers asErin O’Connor, 38, contracted anthrax through a cuton her hand, a mode of infection far less lethal thaninhaling anthrax spores. O’Connor is being treatedwith antibiotics, and her prognosis is good.

Meanwhile, Nevada officials late Fridayannounced that a suspicious letter mailed fromMalaysia to a Microsoft office in Reno containedmaterial that tested ‘‘presumptively positive’’ foranthrax. Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn said state healthofficials were continuing to analyze the contents of

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Students at Yarmouth’s Frank H. Harrison Middle School recite the Pledge of Allegiance on Friday. U.S. Secretary of EducationRod Paige asked for the nationwide, synchronized sign of unity, timed for 2 p.m. at schools across the country.

From staff reports

YARMOUTH — Ssshhhhh!!!The sound rolled off the lips of students gathered before an

American flag Friday afternoon outside Frank H. Harrison MiddleSchool.

Wearing Tommy Hilfiger shirts and carpenter jeans, the kidsshowed no sign of tolerance for random whispering in the crowd ofabout 500. This was serious business.

The group had just finished reciting the Pledge of Allegiancepromptly at 2 p.m., as U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige hadrequested of America’s 52 million students in a synchronized signof unity for the country.

Eighth-grader Catie Curry said the reaction of the vast majoritycame naturally because they are aware of the seriousness of thetime: The United States is engaged in a war on terrorism and haslost thousands of lives already.

For many, showing support for their country is a way to dosomething to show they care.

“We can’t do much; we are too young,” said Curry, who is 13.“We can’t give blood. We can’t go down to New York or Washing-ton. By doing these small things, you get a sense of fulfillment.”

The pledge lasted less than 15 seconds, but an undirectedmoment of silence that lasted about 45 seconds shed light on thegravity with which these students felt the impact of recent events.

Seventh-grade teacher Liz Fleury said events like saying thepledge help give her students a sense of empowerment instead offear.

Fleury’s students recently wrote essays in which they discussedPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous message: “We havenothing to fear but fear itself.”

“Things have really changed for kids growing up,” Fleury said.“We’re not living in a bubble anymore. The reality for all of us haschanged.”

Around their school, paper American flags are taped on glass.Recently, the Student Leadership group made tiny pins with red,white and blue yarn for all the staff to wear. Bake sales and coindrives have raised money for the American Red Cross.

Principal Bruce Brann said the students will respond to Presi-dent Bush’s challenge for every American child to donate a dollar

● Maine students join in a synchronized Pledgeof Allegiance across the nation. In Yarmouth,the mood is serious as kids show their support.

Millions of voices, one pledge

“By doing these small things, you get a sense of fulfillment.” Catie Curry, Yarmouth eighth-grader


President Bushshows the firstdollar received forAmerica’s Fundfor AfghanChildren onFriday. It camefrom JustinWashington, 6, ofMiami.

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HOME TONIGHTThe Pirates are set for

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Peacemaker A serviceman’s death abroadresounds in tiny Maine town

By JEFF DONNThe Associated Press

SOLON — Evander Andrews left the family farmto join the Air Force and know more of the world thanthis speck of a town. Today, his family and town knowmore of the world, too – almost more than they canbear.

Andrews was the first American servicemanreported to die in the U.S. military campaign against

terrorists that opened Sunday in a blaze of bombsand missiles.

‘‘We’re bitter that a young man like this was tak-en,’’ his aunt, Dassie Jackson, said with an angryglare. ‘‘At 36, he’s got his whole life ahead of him.’’But who’s to blame? She can’t say.

Three Air Force officers and a deputy sheriffstrode to the door of the family home before dawnThursday to stir his parents, Odber and Mary. Theywere handed an official notice.

Master Sgt. Andrews, assigned to the 366th CivilEngineer Squadron, was dead, killed not in combat,

● Evander Andrews, the first to diein the new war, was a strong, quietboy who grew up on a dairy farm.

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Mainers waryof terroristspush up salesat gun shops● Sellers say the jump in handgunpurchases means people are armingfor personal protection, not hunting.

From staff reports

Gun sales have never been better for NormGiguere.

Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, “business hasquadrupled,” said Giguere, owner of Norm’s Gun andAmmo Shop in Biddeford.

“I like to see the business, but under the circum-stances, it ain’t right,” he said Friday.

Gun shop owners in southern Maine say sales thistime of year are normally high because of huntingseason. But after the attacks and reports that sus-pected airline hijackers were in Greater Portland,they say more people are buying guns in stores toprotect themselves in case terrorists strike again.

Because more customers are buying handgunsinstead of hunting rifles, shop owners say it’s clear

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● Maine employers juggle schedules as workers reportfor reserve or National Guard duty. 6A

● Airline schedule changes and new securityprecautions disrupt business travel. 6D

● The House of Representatives approves legislationincreasing the government’s power to pursue terrorists. 4A

● After the Taliban is defeated, the work of building agovernment will begin in Afghanistan. 5A

● Although the Pakistan border is officially closed toAfghan refugees, traffic remains constant. 6A

In theMiddleEast,MuslimsprotestU.S.airstrikes.Story, 4A

Powdercausesscare inPortland● Fearing anthrax, officialsquarantine 100 people aftera letter holding a powderbursts at the Forest Avenuepost office; early tests showthe substance is starch.

From staff reports

More than 100 people were quaran-tined for four hours after an envelopecontaining a white powder burst Fri-day night at the U.S. Post Office onForest Avenue in Portland.

Those detained were releasedabout 10 p.m., after preliminary testsshowed the material was starch andnot a hazardous substance.

Public safety officials used extremecaution in responding to the incident,following news reports that anthraxbacteria may have been mailed toNBC News in New York, The NewYork Times and a Microsoft office inReno, Nev. Three Florida mediaworkers already have been exposed,and one died.

Fears also were raised in Kenneb-unk when a woman found white pow-der in some pictures she had devel-oped, and when a barrel half full of anunidentified liquid washed up on thebeach.

Suspicious mail also was beinginvestigated in Freeport, Brunswick,Sanford, Augusta and Temple. Pre-liminary results should be availabletoday.

Friday night, Portland firefightersevacuated the post office and sortingfacility and quarantined 25 to 30 peo-ple potentially exposed to the powder.Another 120 who were in and aroundthe building also were detained,including a reporter and a photogra-pher for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

People not inside the buildingwhen the envelope ruptured wereallowed to depart, leaving about 100to be bused to the Maine NationalGuard Armory on Stevens Avenue.

“We’re erring on the side of cautionin treating this as a high-risk inci-dent,” said Deputy Fire Chief FredLaMontagne. “We are really expect-ing this and hoping this will be fornothing. We don’t want people tostart panicking because they’ve beenin the post office earlier.”

A Portland police officer and anFBI agent took samples of the pow-der to the state Bureau of Health

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Guard, reserves know‘anything can happen’

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● Members of Maine’shomeland security force,numbering about 5,000,wait for the call to duty.

By GISELLE GOODMANStaff Writer

Every time the phone rings thesedays, Patrick Rand gets nervous.

Rand, a 22-year-old sergeant in theArmy National Guard, has been onhigh alert since Sept. 11, when terror-ists hijacked four planes and crashedthem into U.S. landmarks, killingthousands.

The call sending him into actioncould come any day. “Anything canhappen at any time,” he said. “Youjust got to be ready.”

For Maine’s nearly 5,000 NationalGuard members and military reserv-ists, the terrorist attacks on theWorld Trade Center and Pentagonmarked the start of a new mission ina new kind of conflict. Men andwomen who for years have trainedfor homeland defense by buildingroads, providing medical assistance

and installing lights on football fieldsare now preparing to use those skillsin the war on terrorism.

“We are poised and ready to go forwhatever they need us to do,” saidMaj. Eldon Hardwick, deputy chief ofstaff for the Maine Army NationalGuard. “We’re plowing new groundbecause this is a whole new kind ofscenario as we go.”

So far, in Maine, only about 200individual Guard members and about100 reservists have been called toactive duty. They are protectingMaine’s airports, patrolling Maine’sharbors, refueling warplanes inAmerican skies and working over-seas on security missions.

But mostly, like Rand, they’rewaiting.

“We’re firmly entrenched in phasetwo of hurry up and wait,” said Maj. Staff photo

Patrick Rand, at work on a construction job in Raymond, is a sergeantin the Army National Guard and has been on high alert since Sept. 11.

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Maine probe shineslight on craft of FBI

From staff reports

A day after the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11, FBI investigators weresearching through trash from aDumpster at the South PortlandComfort Inn, where two of thehijackers had spent the night beforetheir assault on the Pentagon andWorld Trade Center.

FBI agents had traced the mento the Comfort Inn through witnessstatements, credit card records anda canvass of desk clerks at arealodging places. By Sept. 12, theywere focused on the trash that cov-ered the floor of a state policegarage in South Portland, as well asitems such as used hotel linen andeven hairs washed down the drainof room 233.

“You’d be amazed how much youcan learn from the trash,” saidSusan Corrado, a consultant andformer FBI evidence recovery spe-cialist. “You can find receipts,

telephone numbers, all sorts ofthings.”

The FBI effort in Greater Port-land is part of the most intensiveand high-stakes investigation in theagency’s history, the kind of mobili-zation not seen since the assassina-tion of President John F. Kennedy.The probe, involving 4,000 FBIagents nationwide, has been racingagainst time and the next potentialterrorist attack to learn everythingpossible about the hijackers, howthese men work and who else isinvolved.

And while the FBI will not dis-cuss its activities – even with localpolice, in many cases – the outlineof the agency’s exhaustive investi-gative effort in Maine has become

● Detail work, recordsearches and interviewsbuild profiles of the Sept.11 terrorists here, aselsewhere in the nation.

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Coast Guardsman Dana Johnson stands guard on the deck of a utility boat after escorting a cruise ship into Portland Harbor.

From staff reports

T he changes have been quiet,subtle. Some are even secret.

But since the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11, the message is clear:Public safety in Maine confrontsnew challenges.

Though experts say that Maine’s low-densitypopulation makes the state an unlikely targetfor terrorism, security officials around the stateare not taking chances. Officials are reassess-ing their security strategies and adding extralayers of protection.

Some potential targets, water sources andports of entry like Portland Harbor and Port-land International Jetport, are seeingincreased patrols and new regulations. Securityat facilities that draw large crowds are alsocoming under heavier scrutiny. Officials at theCumberland County Civic Center have bannedbackpacks and oversized bags.

The threat of a terrorist attack with biologicalor chemical agents has put medical personnelon heightened alert for irregular disease pat-terns appearing in the emergency room.

With cases of anthrax reported in Florida andNew York, authorities are also taking nochances with potential biological threats. Fri-day night, officials in Kennebunk and Freeportresponded what turned out to be false alarms.

In Portland, authorities quarantined more than100 people for several hours after an envelopecontaining white powder burst at the U.S. PostOffice on Forest Avenue. Preliminary testslater showed the material was starch and not ahazardous substance.

Here are some of the areas in which Maineofficials are adding new precautions:

Biological and chemical threatsSince the attacks, everyday objects have

taken on a new, eerie light for Mainers. Commercial vehicles and cropduster planes

have become potential tools for spreading bio-logical and chemical agents. Water reservoirsand envelopes – especially since reports thatanthrax was transmitted via the postal service– are seen as potential receptacles for contami-

Taking no chances in Maine

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Security measures areevident anywhere terrormight strike across the

state, from public venuesto water sources to ports.

Anthrax exposures mountFive more in Floridatest positive; so doesmailing to MicrosoftBy MICHAEL POWELLand JUSTIN BLUMThe Washington Post

Federal officials confirmed Sat-urday that they’ve found anthraxin a third state, as law enforce-ment and health officials scram-bled to investigate a growingnumber of illnesses and letterscarrying the deadly bacterium.

Nevada officials said that a let-ter postmarked from Malaysiahad tested positive for anthraxspores, and New York physiciansare investigating a possible newcase of anthrax infection at NBC.

In Florida, officials reportedfive new cases of anthrax expo-sure at the American Media Inc.office building, bringing the num-ber of infected employees to eight.One man has died. Authoritiessaid that none of the new peoplefound infected has displayed anysymptoms, and all are beingtreated with antibiotics.

In New York City, health offi-cials reported that a second NBCemployee has shown symptomsof skin anthrax exposure. A per-sonal assistant to news anchorTom Brokaw already is known tobe infected with a form ofanthrax, apparently after she han-dled a letter postmarked in Tren-ton on Sept. 18.

In Edison, N.J., a man whoworks at the Ford Motor Co. planthas had an ambiguous test result

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● Bombing resumes inAfghanistan, and one errantmissile hits a residentialneighborhood in Kabul. 5A

● The Taliban reject anoverture by President Bush tohand over Osama bin Laden. 5A

● Portland post officecloses again on Saturday afteranother scare. 12A

● Former Maine Sen.George Mitchell says there is nobasis for peaceful negotiationswith the Taliban. 1B

● U.S. military has takenout many easy targets, but justhow successful has the firstweeks of attacks been? 4A


An F-18 lands on the deck of theaircraft carrier USS Enterprisein the Arabian Sea on Saturday.

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Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwoodaddresses a news conference Sundayon the weekend post office quarantines.

Police tracemail scares toSaco woman● Police believe the woman,who has a mental illness, sentbaking soda in two envelopes.

From staff reports

Portland police said Sunday that theybelieve a mentally ill woman sent two enve-lopes containing powder through the U.S.mail last week.

But, they said the woman did not knowthat the envelopes would burst at the Port-land post office two days in a row, causingauthorities to quarantine people inside forfear of anthrax.

The powder, Police Chief Michael Chit-wood said, was baking soda. Officials hadearlier reported that one of the envelopescontained starch.

Chitwood said detectives from hisdepartment worked with postal inspectorsand FBI agents and quickly determinedwho had mailed the envelopes.

The envelopes had no return addressand contained no letter, just the powder,but were addressed to two relatives – onein Saco, one in Kennebunk.

Investigators spoke to the two peopleand determined that they both are related

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Bush rejects new Taliban offerU.S. bombing raidsenter second week;anthrax cases called‘acts of terrorism’By GENARO C. ARMASThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bushsternly rejected a Taliban offer to discusshanding over Osama bin Laden to a thirdcountry as U.S. jets began a second week ofbombing. ‘‘They must have not heard.There’s no negotia-tions,’’ the presidentsaid Sunday.

The number of peo-ple exposed to anthraxgrew to 12 with theaddition of a policeofficer and two labtechnicians in NewYork. Health andHuman Services Secre-tary Tommy Thompsondeclared that trying totransmit the deadlybacteria through themail ‘‘is an act ofterrorism.’’

However, officials said they still do nothave evidence linking the anthrax out-breaks in Florida and New York toterrorists.

‘‘We should consider this potential that itis linked,’’ Attorney General John Ashcroftsaid on NBC’s ‘‘Meet the Press.’’ ‘‘It is pre-mature at this time to decide whether thereis a direct link.’’

National Security Adviser CondoleezzaRice sought to quell fears that the terroristsmay have crude nuclear weapons. Adefense official said last week that if the ter-rorists have obtained any nuclear material,they may be able to make a weapon thatcould spread radiation without an actualdestructive explosion. ‘‘We have no credibleevidence at this point of a specific threat ofthat kind,’’ Rice said on CBS’s “60 Minutes.’’

Bush Cabinet members mobilized athome and abroad Sunday.

Ashcroft said investigators are looking toquestion about 190 people who may haveknowledge of terrorism. Secretary of StateColin Powell left for a high-priority diplo-matic mission to Pakistan and India aimedat keeping tensions between those nations

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A villager, above,walks next tounexploded ordnanceSunday in Karam,Afghanistan, in aphoto made whileunder Taliban escort.At left, Pakistaniwomen pass byparamilitary troopsSunday in Quetta,Pakistan. Securitywas tightened asmilitants called for anationwide striketoday, the same daySecretary of StateColin Powell is dueto arrive.

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● Decreased reliance onfoster care may be thebroadest suggestion.

From staff reports

AUGUSTA — Two committeesinvestigating the state’s child protec-tion system are still months awayfrom submitting their recommenda-tions to the Legislature, but alreadytentative suggestions are emerging

as the panels search for ways toimprove the system.

Investigators are talking about hir-ing more caseworkers to handlechild-welfare cases, and changing thejudicial process to give biological par-ents more standing in custody pro-ceedings.

But perhaps the most sweepingidea is to remove fewer children fromtheir homes, decrease the state’s reli-ance on foster care and place agreater emphasis on reuniting fosterchildren with their parents or other

relatives.“I think we’re bringing too many

children into the foster care system,”said state Sen. Karl Turner, R-Cumberland, the only person whosits on both investigative committees.“We need a better filtering system”when the state investigates allega-tions of abuse and neglect, he said.

The Legislature authorized bothinvestigations this year after a stringof problems were revealed in thechild welfare system, although law-makers began proposing changeseven before the system madeheadlines.

Observers say the system has beenin the news so much lately, and for so

many different reasons, that momen-tum is building in the Legislature tomake significant changes next year.

But at least some of the reformsthat the committees may recom-mend come with costs, such as callsfor more caseworkers and higher payfor court-appointed lawyers who rep-resent natural parents. That will beproblematic at a time when state gov-ernment is tightening its belt in the

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For Maine Air National Guard,war games take on new urgency

By TED COHEN / Staff Writer

SOUTH PORTLAND — The thousands ofmotorists heading out Western Avenue to theMaine Mall are oblivious to the war gamesgoing on not far from the Big Apple and Irvingconvenience stores.

Situated between the stores on a 13-acre siteat 50 Western Ave. is the flat-roofed brick home– since 1964 – of two detachments of the MaineAir National Guard.

Here, more than 200 Air Force guard mem-bers – men and women – train one weekend

each month. They give up their soccer coach-ing, Little League games and weekend familyoutings to practice for war.

With the nation on heightened alert, mem-bers of the Maine Air National Guard havetaken on a new visibility. They are seen in theircamouflage uniforms with their M-16s at thePortland International Jetport, on guard forpotential terrorist threats.

Beyond that mission, the 243rd EngineeringInstallation Squadron and 265th Combat Com-munications Squadron have a variety of tasks.They can be as routine as installing outdoorlighting on athletic fields for local schools.

But every job has one goal – training for war.

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● Two squads spend the weekendsetting up communications gear.

Staff Sgt. DannyNapolitano works on a

100-footcommunications tower

Saturday at theCumberland County

emergency-management agency

headquarters inWindham. When not

climbing towers forthe Air NationalGuard, the East

Waterboro residentdesigns kitchens for

IXL Cabinets ofPortland.

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● The Taliban allow foreignjournalists into their besieged nation forthe first time since the bombingcampaign began Oct. 7. 3A

● The FBI confirms the first clearlink between the hijacking suspects andAmerican Media Inc., the Floridatabloid company hit by an anthraxattack. 3A

● Reaching out: A list of addresseswhere concerned Mainers can donatemoney and blood. 2A

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Desire to fight terrorismleads to legislative overlap

From staff reports

AUGUSTA — Legislators thinkMaine needs new laws that targetterrorism. They are drafting billsto prevent future attacks, to raisemoney for relief organizationsand to commemorate the eventsof Sept. 11.

The titles of the bills – nameslike “An Act to Protect Mainefrom Bioterrorism” – are impres-sive. But specific proposals arefew. And the proposals them-selves frequently repeat workalready being pursued by the fed-eral government or the executivebranch of state government.

The result may be a plethora ofwell-intentioned bills that do littleto make Maine safer. The federalgovernment has taken the lead onthe issue, observers said, and thenation’s governors are better

equipped thanstate lawmakersto coordinate thestates’ contribu-tions to theeffort.

The bills arestill being draft-ed, but theirtitles have been

released. Interviews with somesponsors suggest that frustratedlawmakers feel compelled torespond to last month’s attacks,but they are finding it difficult tocome up with workable solutionsrequiring new laws at the statelevel.

“It’s a whole new concept,” saidHouse Majority Whip WilliamNorbert, D-Portland, the sponsorof one anti-terrorism bill. “Unfor-tunately, we’re all just trying towade through it.”

For example, details are lack-ing in Norbert’s bill, “An Act toProtect Maine from Bioterror-ism.” Norbert said Maine needsstronger coordination between

● The result may be alist of well-intentionedbills that do little tomake Maine safer.

“We’re allsearching forways to keepour familiessafe and tokeep ourneighborssafe.”House SpeakerMichael Saxl,D-PortlandPlease see BILLS, Page 9A

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Anthrax scare reaches D.C.A letter to a Senate leader testspositive for anthrax. In NewYork, the baby of an ABC Newsemployee contracts the disease.By ALAN FRAMThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A letter sent to Senate MajorityLeader Tom Daschle tested positive for anthrax onMonday as the nation’s bioterrorism scare expanded tothe halls of Congress.

Daschle, D-S.D., was in the Capitol and was notexposed to the letter, which was opened in his otheroffice a block away in the Hart Senate Office Building.

Officials would not identify the person who openedthe letter. Daschle aides who may have been exposedwere tested with nasal swabs and were being treatedwith the antibiotic Cipro as a precaution, said Dr. JohnEisold, attending physician in the Capitol.

Officials warned that the initial tests for anthrax werenot necessarily accurate. The letter, which contained apowdery substance, was being examined more thor-oughly at an Army medical research facility in FortDetrick, Md., said Capitol Police Lt. Dan Nichols. Theresults could be available today.

The discovery of anthrax in Washington followed ear-lier incidents in Florida, New York and Nevada inwhich at least 12 people were exposed to spores of thepotentially deadly bacteria. Monday night, another caseof the disease was announced in New York.

The 7-month-old child of an ABC News employeetested positive for the skin form of anthrax, said ABCNews President David Westin. The boy was respondingto antibiotics and is expected to recover, Westin said.

It was the second case of anthrax involving a majornews organization in New York. Authorities are alsoinvestigating a letter that infected an NBC employeewith the same form of anthrax last week.

The child visited the ABC newsroom in the last fewweeks, probably on Sept. 28, Westin said. He was hospi-talized with an unknown disease soon after the visit.Officials learned of the diagnosis Monday eveningthrough blood tests and a biopsy, he said.

‘‘There are no other instances that we are aware of’’at ABC, he said. He did not identify the employee or thechild.

After hearing of the child’s illness, New York PoliceCommissioner Bernard Kerik said news agenciesthroughout the city were being inspected for anthraxcontamination.

In Washington, President Bush told reporters ‘‘theremay be some possible link’’ between the spate ofanthrax incidents and Osama bin Laden, who adminis-tration officials say was behind the Sept. 11 terroristattacks.

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Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle explains Monday how his office workers handled a letter to him that later tested positivefor anthrax. With him are Capitol Police Lt. Dan Nichols, left, and Dr. John Eisold, the congressional physician.

Bombingfocuseson storedweapons● The United States saysits raids may soon targetfront-line Taliban troopsfighting rebel forces.

By KATHY GANNONand AMIR SHAHThe Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Hugeexplosions shook the Afghan capitalthroughout the day Monday, and thenorthern part of the city was thefocus of more attacks early today.

The Monday airstrikes sent terri-fied residents scurrying for shelter asU.S. jets pounded suspected weaponsstorage sites in Kabul and across thecountry.

Defense Secretary Donald Rums-feld, speaking at the Pentagon, sug-gested U.S. airstrikes may start tar-geting the front-line positions ofTaliban fighters facing Afghan oppo-sition fighters in the northeast.

The opposition alliance claimedMonday that it had advanced close toMazar-i-Sharif, the largest city innorthern Afghanistan, and that about4,000 Taliban troops defected over theweekend. The Taliban denied thedefection claim.

The attacks Monday against Kabulstarted just before sunrise and con-tinued all day and into the night. Tali-ban gunners fired in vain at theattacking planes, some so high theycould not be heard from the ground.

In one nighttime raid, 10 huge

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No shame in betrayal:Taliban defectors followthe shifting sands of war

By ROBYN DIXONLos Angeles Times

JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan— It started as a dispute over alunch tab and ended with a massdefection of Taliban troops.

One afternoon a month ago, sev-eral dozen Taliban fighters ate theirfill of rice, bread and meat at theteahouse in Taleh Barfaq, Afghani-stan, but decided not to pay theowner.

The owner’s close friends,another group of Taliban fighters,took offense. There was a spiritedargument, and the men, all heavilyarmed, spilled into the teemingbazaar, wildly firing at one another.

The first group of fighters saved apocketful of afghanis, the Afghancurrency, but the meal turned outto be much more expensive:Because of the quarrel, the Talibanlost control of Afghanistan’s majornorth-south supply route last weekwhen more than 1,000 fighters and30 commanders switched loyaltiesto the opposition Northern Alliance.

The key to this country’s civil waris defections. No one ever surren-ders. They just change sides.

In the shootout in Taleh Barfaq,

several fighters were killed, amongthem the brother of the second con-tingent’s top commander, Nurud-din. This was enough to makeNuruddin change allegiances, tak-ing all his men with him – as well ascontrol of a section of the majorroad linking the Afghan capital,Kabul, with the strategic northerncity of Mazar-i-Sharif.

It was not his first betrayal.Nuruddin used to fight for theNorthern Alliance, but in 1998, withTaliban fighters surging across thecountry and storming into Mazar-i-Sharif, the commander switched tothe Taliban side.

‘‘When the Taliban took Mazar-i-Sharif, we didn’t surrender. We justraised the Taliban flag,’’ said Abdul

● In Afghanistan’s civilconflict, combatantsnever surrender. Theyjust change sides.

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‘‘When the Talibantook Mazar-i-Sharif,we didn’t surrender.We just raised the

Taliban flag. ... In ourhearts, we were not

on their side.’’Abdul Hakim, 28


● Secretary of State Colin Powell’s South Asia visitgets off to a rocky start due to a flare-up in the Kashmirregion. 3A

● U.S. and Spanish investigators discuss hijackerMohamed Atta’s visits to Spain in January and July. 4A

● How could educated and reportedly worldly peopleapplaud, much less carry out, the calculated killing ofnearly 6,000 innocents? 5A

● A Muslim convert who lives in Portland speaks of hisown “jihad,” and the cataclysmic course ahead for Eastand West. 2B


U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Fred McElman of Ridgeway,Colo., gets a taste of Afghanistan-like conditions at ahigh-altitude training site in California. Story, 2A

Heightened vigilance takes tollFrom staff reports

The region’s public safety work-ers are logging unsustainable over-time and cutting back on some rou-tine assignments as they respondto bioterrorism scares, garrisonthe local airport and patrol a hostof other potential terrorismtargets.

Large departments such asPortland’s police force and firecompanies and the U.S. Coast

Guard are being heavily taxed intheir attempts to secure majorfacilities and run down leads asso-ciated with terrorism. Smallerdepartments also are having trou-ble absorbing the surge inworkload.

“It’s highly stressful when offic-ers are working double shifts, nodays off, working straight out,” saidPortland Police Chief MichaelChitwood. “In the short term it’sOK. We have a young department,

mentally and physically strong. Myconcern is the medium- and long-term impact on officers’ physical,psychological and emotionalwell-being.”

The heightened vigilance of pub-lic safety workers is occurringacross the country. It is acute inPortland and the rest of Mainebecause one prong of the Sept. 11terrorist attack on the World TradeCenter originated here.

Mohamed Atta and AbdulazizAlomari drove to Maine on Sept. 10,stayed in a South Portland hotel

● Public safety employees are working many hoursof overtime, and their supervisors expect burnout.

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AMERICANJourney I N T E R R O R ’ S W A K E

Staff photo by Gregory Rec

Ben Omal, a 26-year-old Sudanese immigrant whose journey to America was thrown into doubt by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, participates in a fund-raising car wash earlier this month in Falmouth for the American Red Cross. Ben Omal is a member of ASERELA, a Portland-based Sudanese refugee group.

Attacks on U.S. imperilrefugees’ already thin hopes

By MEREDITH GOADStaff Writer

Ben Omal and his brother,Charles Okongo, had livedtheir whole lives runningaway from war and terror-ism in rural Africa. On Sept.12, terror once again tried to

keep them from their families and free-dom.

They had gathered their few belong-ings and were excitedly awaiting theirfirst plane ride – one that would takethem from their mud huts in Uganda toa Munjoy Hill apartment in Portland –when immigration authoritiesannounced that they and other Africanrefugees would not be able to leave thatday after all.

“They said, ‘OK, there is problem inNew York. Everybody cannotgo,’ ’’recalled Ben Omal, 26.

The two brothers had never heard ofthe World Trade Center, but they feareda terrorist attack in New York mightprevent them from reuniting with theirparents, brothers and sisters in Maine.

“We thought that things cannot even

happen this way,” Ben Omal said.Last-minute disappointments are a

way of life for many refugees as they fleetheir homelands, languish in camps, andstruggle to find their way to America.

The events of Sept. 11 have added tothat disappointment, temporarily slow-ing the usual flow of refugees into thisnation because of wartime priorities andrestrictions on travel for immigrationauthorities.

The story of refugees’ journeys totheir new home in the United States isfilled with frustration, sorrow and sepa-ration from loved ones.

Among Ben and Charles’ first visitorson their arrival in Portland was a cousin,Ben Kanga, who in 1990 became one ofthe first Sudanese refugees to resettle

here after fleeing that country’s civilwar.

Kanga was the first link in the chainof people who immigrated to Maine.Over the years, the immigrants haveincluded not only his cousins, but alsoother family members and friends – allof whom originally came from the samevillage in Sudan and ended up in Port-land, half a world away.

T he soldiers came in the darkness,pounding on doors and demand-

ing confessions.“At about 4 a.m. a big area like Mun-

joy Hill would be surrounded,” said BenKanga, recalling life in Sudan justbefore he fled to Kenya. “Then theysearch house to house. They arrest allthe students and put them in jails. Theybeat them.”

Kanga was born in a large village inthe south called Pajok, near the borderof Uganda, a place where people stilllive without electricity and cultivatetheir own food. When he was old

For many, the fragileand tantalizing dreamsof American freedom

are suddenly uncertain.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

American Journey isan ongoing series,being published thisyear and next,examining thegrowing trend byimmigrants to callGreater Portlandtheir home.

INSIDE: Abackbreaking effortto build a newschool in theKiryandongo refugeecommunity inUgandahas some speciallinks to Portland.11A

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PACK BACK?Wolves’ return to Maine

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GAME TO PLAYHigh school athletesin regional playoffs

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IN BUSINESSWorkers worry asa falteringeconomy andshrinking demandhurt Maine’spapermakingindustry. 1F



Scientistsfocus onspread ofanthrax● More than 20,000 people have beentold to take antibiotics as the bacteria aredetected more widely in Washington.

By MARTIN MERZER and KEN MORITSUGUKnight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Now confronting a new mysteryand a major public health challenge, scientists workedSaturday to determine how anthrax was spreadingthrough parts of Washington, including Capitol Hill,where the bacteria have been found in 11 locations.

Maine Rep. John Baldacci’s office in the LongworthHouse Office Building was amongthe latest sites where anthrax wasdiscovered.

The search for anthrax widenedconsiderably, with thousands ofbusinesses and apartment com-plexes placed on alert. Health offi-cials advised anyone who pro-cesses mail in those locations –which include downtown Washing-ton – to begin taking precautionaryantibiotics.

By Saturday night, more than 20,000 congressionalemployees, postal workers and private mail handlers inand near the nation’s capital had been told to take anti-biotics, even without submitting to medical screeningtests, just in case.

Even all nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court weretaking doxycycline, an anti-anthrax shield now being

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Statewide pollfinds mostMainers believelife has returnedto normal. 1B

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Anthrax in the mail?Mainers undaunted● Some use extra caution, but officialsdownplay the threat. Direct marketers,meanwhile, try to reassure the public.

By MEREDITH GOAD and JOSIE HUANGStaff Writers

Deborah King, an interior decorator from Cape Eliza-beth, used to get excited about picking up her mail, “justto see what the day is going to bring.”

Anthrax has changed that. King now checks each let-ter for a return address before opening it.

“They’re saying that there could be danger in yourmailbox,” King said. “I’m trying not to be fearful, just tobe careful.”

Opening mail is no longer routine for thousands ofpeople like King. Many scan envelopes for lumps, leaks,fake-sounding addresses. Others wear gloves or washtheir hands after opening letters. They worry that theirenvelopes and junk mail could have been contaminatedat mail processing centers.

On the other end, direct marketing companies arewondering if their efforts are going into the trash bin.Some are considering other modes of communication,like e-mail.

Health officials who have never had to deal withanthrax before are trying to inform the public while notcausing unnecessary panic.

It is “very unlikely” that someone could get sick from

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A political tornado is spinningthrough Portland, strewing tens of thou-sands of dollars in television spots, lawnsigns and mass mailings.

At the eye of the storm: a nonbindingballot question with not one cent atstake.

On Nov. 6, Portland voters will be

asked whether they wantthe City Council to pass aresolution to supportgovernment-run univer-sal health care and spon-sor a report about its pos-sible impact on the city.Even if approved, council-ors do not have to accept the resolution.

Still, the referendum results mayhave broad implications for health carein Maine, according to people on bothsides of the issue. A decision by thestate’s largest city could influence talksabout a proposed $3.4 billion-per-year,single-payer system in Maine when law-makers reconvene next January.

“If we are unsuccessful here in

Portland, that will send agigantic message to therest of the state,” saidHouse Speaker MichaelSaxl, D-Portland, speakingthis week to fellow sup-porters of the Campaignfor Universal Health Care.

The group – driven by the SouthernMaine Labor Party, Maine People’s Alli-ance, Maine AFL-CIO, Portland Demo-cratic Committee, Portland Indepen-dent Greens and Consumers forAffordable Health Care – backs asingle-payer system.

Its opposition, Citizens for SensibleHealth Care Choices – a coalition that isheavily funded by Anthem Blue Cross

Blue Shield of Maine, and includesmembers of the Libertarian Party – hasso far rolled out three television adver-tisements on network and cable stationsto defeat what it sees as a publicitystunt.

“We know that this is just an attemptto get the camel’s nose under the tent toenact a single-payer system on a state-wide level,” said Daryn Demeritt, thePierce Atwood consultant hired tomount the anti-referendum campaign.“This is a tremendous battle.”

No one disputes that every Mainershould have access to health care –

● An insurer-led coalitionrolls out TV ads to oppose anonbinding ballot questionon a single-payer system.

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Patriotismwild cardfor voterturnout● Off-year elections tend tobe quiet, but Dan Gwadoskythinks Sept. 11 could inspiremore Mainers to vote.

By SELENA RICKSStaff Writer

Mainers go to the polls today toelect local officials, consider commu-nity projects and vote on six statebond issues.

This is an off year, and there are nocandidates for state or national officeon the ballot to excite large numbersof voters this Election Day. But Sec-retary of State Dan Gwadosky antici-pates that the heightened level of

patriotism Ameri-cans are showingafter the terroristattacks of Sept. 11could inspire moreto vote.

“It’s somethingmany of us take forgranted,” said Gwa-dosky. “Hopefully,under the circum-stances, people arenow mindful of theirresponsibilities.”

Today’s election lacks any provoca-tive ballot questions that typicallymake for expensive, emotional cam-paigns. Last year, voters debateddoctor-assisted suicide, voting rightsfor the mentally ill and forestclear-cutting.

What voters will decide is thesecond-largest borrowing package inthe state’s history, totaling $146.7million.

The largest bond seeks $61 millionfor transportation projects. Ifapproved, it will be matched by $121million in federal funds. Other bondsare for projects relating to affordablehousing, school construction and theenvironment.

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U.S. drops massive bombs● The 15,000-poundexplosives can kill or maimTaliban fighters hiding incaves and tunnels.

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By ANDREW MAYKULTHand JONATHAN S. LANDAYKnight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The UnitedStates has begun attacking Talibanmilitary forces with the biggest con-ventional bomb in the Air Force arse-nal, a 15,000-pound behemoth used asmuch for its psychological impact asfor its explosive power, seniordefense officials said Monday.

BLU-82s were dropped on Talibanpositions in northern Afghanistan forthe first time over the weekend, saidthe officials, who spoke on conditionof anonymity. They did not givedetails about where or how manywere dropped.

The use of the BLU-82, which gen-erates massive pressure that can killor maim fighters hiding in caves andtunnels, was another sign that theUnited States is intensifying attacksaimed at weakening the Taliban andmaking them vulnerable to a groundassault by opposition guerrillas.

The BLU-82, code-named Com-mando Vault, can be dropped onlyfrom the MC-130 Combat Talon, amilitary cargo plane adapted for spe-cial operations. It drops by parachuteand detonates just above the ground.Because its blast is so enormous, thebomb must be dropped from an alti-tude of at least 6,000 feet.

Pentagon officials Monday also


Afghan refugee children play in the dust Monday while their families wait for tent allocation at the Makaki refugee camp, set up by the IranianRed Crescent Society in Taliban-held territory near Afghanistan’s border with Iran. Other developments in the war on terrorism, 3A.

Testing for anthrax done far and wideNorma

Wallace, aNew Jersey

mail workerinfected byinhalation

anthrax, leftthe hospital

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By DEB RIECHMANNThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Investigatorslooking for anthrax spores are mov-ing far beyond the nation’s capital,scouring Labor Department mailrooms in Philadelphia, U.S.

embassies abroad and postal facili-ties from New York to Phoenix.

Initially, anthrax tests were con-centrated at postal facilities andbuildings in Washington known tohave received tainted letters. But asthe trail of anthrax spores becomes

longer, more federal agencies insideand outside Washington find it neces-sary to test mail rooms and prescribeantibiotics for employees – just incase.

Thousands of environmental sam-ples, including scores from federaloffices, are being evaluated by theCenters for Disease Control and Pre-vention in Atlanta, turning the

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Adoption inquiry strands Westbrook couple in Cambodia

By JOSHUA L. WEINSTEINStaff Writer

Greg and Kim Sferes were so happy.After years of trying to have a child, the

word came from Cambodia that they couldadopt. A 7-month-old girl named Sorya was

waiting.So on Oct. 3, the couple from Westbrook

headed to Southeast Asia to pick up theirdaughter.

They haven’t returned.Haven’t been able to – at least, not with

Sorya.

The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia has ques-tions about where Sorya and six otherbabies came from. Until the embassy candetermine whether the infants are the vic-tims of baby traffickers, it will not issuevisas for them.

Which means the Sfereses are stuck inCambodia.

They will not return without their daugh-ter, said Jeanette Sferes, Greg Sferes’mother.

Jeanette Sferes, who lives in Cumber-land, said her son and his wife love theirlittle girl. They don’t know anything aboutbaby brokers. All they know, she said, is thatthey adopted a child and want to bring herhome.

“The Cambodian government has giventhem the papers. They’re finalized,”Jeanette Sferes said. “This is their child. Ifthey were to leave Cambodia, that child isstill their child. They just can’t get a visa to

get her into this country. And I don’t knowwhat would become of her. Knowing my sonand daughter-in-law, they’re never going togive up.”

She said that the $15,000 fee the familypaid to adopt the girl was just that – a fee.The suggestion that the Sfereses, who havebeen married 14 years, bought the child was

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● Greg and Kim Sferes went overseas a month ago to pick up theirbaby girl, but questions about her origin have led to visa problems.

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Palestinian delegation visits Maineto explain goal of peace, homeland

Associated Press photo by Pat Wellenbach

Ruba Ibrahim, a representativeof the Palestinian Council ofYoung Political Leaders, speaksto legislative leaders Monday atthe State House in Augusta.


Israel’s occupation of the West Bankand Gaza has always been a talkingpoint for Islamic hard-liners like Osamabin Laden.

Ruba Ibrahim, who is both Palestin-ian and Muslim, wishes they wouldmind their own business.

“We are capable of expressing our-selves,” said Ibrahim on Monday as partof a delegation of Palestinian politicalleaders visiting Maine this week. “Wedon’t need somebody to speak on our

behalf. We are outspoken ourselves.” The six representatives of the Pales-

tinian Council of Young Political Lead-ers separated the cause of Islamic fun-damentalists from their own goal: anindependent Palestinian state. Theytalked about ending Arab-Israeli vio-lence in the Middle East in a round-table discussion with a group of Augustacity councilors and lawyers from thefirm of Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau,Pachios & Hale.

The delegation’s stay in Maine wrapsup a 12-day visit to the United States,partly sponsored by the U.S. StateDepartment. It included stops in NewMexico and a meeting with Secretary ofState Colin Powell in Washington.

● Anti-U.S. sentiment isaimed at America’s foreignpolicy, not its people, they say.

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Tribe faults DHS placementof kids in non-Indian homes● For a small tribe like theMaliseets, it is ‘nothing lessthan genocide,’ an Indianrepresentative says.

By PAUL CARRIERStaff Writer

AUGUSTA — Indian leaderscharged Monday that the state maybe violating federal law in child-protection cases by placing MaliseetIndian children in non-Indian fosterand adoptive homes, even whenIndian homes are available.

The state removed 29 Maliseetchildren between 1996 and 2001, butonly four of them are now living withother members of the tribe, accord-ing to Brenda Commander, chief of

the Houlton Band of Maliseets. Shesaid the other 25 children have beenadopted by non-Indians or are livingin foster homes that are operated bynon-Indians.

“These numbers may not jump outat you, but they are quite alarming tous,” Commander told one of the twostate committees that are investigat-ing the child-protective system.“These 29 children . . . represent 16percent of our tribal enrollment” ofchildren up to 17 years old, Com-mander said, so the Maliseets have astrong stake in keeping those chil-dren in the tribe or reuniting themwith the tribe.

There are 742 members of theHoulton Band of Maliseet Indians,

A year ago, George W. Bush barely wonthe presidency. Now his approvalratings have soared. 2A

The FBI refuses help from ex-agents inthe terrorism investigation. 3A

Security workers at Chicago’s O’HareInternational Airport are suspendedfor allowing a man to pass through acheckpoint with knives and a stungun in his luggage. 4A

Most people arrested on unrelatedcriminal charges after the Sept. 11attacks have been released. 5A


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