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Witnesses say they saw sniper Francis X. Clines New York Times FALLS CHURCH, Va. — This time the roving sniper left more clues, with a number of witnesses getting a better, more chilling glimpse of him and his getaway van as they looked beyond his latest victim bleeding to death on the parking garage floor. Law enforcement officials working on the massive manhunt for the high ly elusive sniper marked qualified progress on Tuesday as they investi gated his 11th shooting, the killing of a 47-year-old woman here on Mon day night. This time, officials said, there were more immediate witnesses than in previous killings, and the witnesses provided much more information, including license plate data noted as the gunman fled in the now familiar light-colored van reported at his last three slayings. One government official described the closest, most stark sighting yet by a witness who reported seeing the gunman step brazenly from his van, about 90 feet from Linda Franklin and her husband, Ted, as the couple was loading shelving into their car af ter leaving the Home Depot store here at 9:15 Monday night. “He had his choice and he took her,” the official recounted of the sniper’s taking aim, firing once and striking Franklin in the head, killing her in stantly in the parkinggarage. The gun man then fled, once more successfully eluding an intense police dragnet acti vated soon after the shooting. Hoping to prevent that from hap pening again, the Pentagon on Tues day agreed to deploy secret surveil Task force continued from page 1A solutions that have yet to be discov ered or strategies that need to be im proved,” Croteau said. Associate Vice President for Insti tutional Affairs Jan Oliver said the task force will be examining crime statistics, the quality of buildings in the area and requesting public input. The University’s Campus/Com munity Relations Task Force, made up of students and local citizens, will be examining more short-term goals for preventing future riots. The group will be having a meeting Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room to discuss ways of preventing Halloween riots. The city manager’s office will also be hosting a discussion of West Uni versity Neighborhood disturbances and police response at noon on Thursday at City Hall, located at 777 Pearl Street. Contact the reporter atdaniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com. Iraq continued from page 1A Jane Cramer said attacking Iraq because of Saddam Hussein’s al leged connection to terrorism wpuJd be a mistake. “We have to evaluate what kind of connection (Hussein) would possi bly want,” she said. "We have to evaluate what kind of connection (Hussein) would possibly want." Jane Cramer Assistant professor Cramer added it is unlikely that al-Qaida — which is a fundamental ist group — would support a secular ruler like Hussein. She said al-Qaida would love for the United States to topple Hussein because a funda mentalist leader would likely be elected in his place. Law Associate Professor Ibrahim Gassama shared two general obser vations he had made about the conflict. First, Gassama said there is widespread consensus that Iraq has violated international law over many years, specifically U.N. resolutions. Second, Gassama said although the Bush administration was on the right track in seeking U.N. support, their current policy against Iraq is threatening peace. Shortly after the main presenta tions, discussion groups were held in the EMU so teach-in attendees could talk about issues discussed. Many students stayed to participate in the group discussions. Contact the senior news reporter at janmontry@dailyemerald.com. 015037 NEWMAN CENTER Wednesday: M4G (Music For God) Mass and Dessert 8:30 pm at NC Thursday: Community Service 6-9 • Food for Lane County •St.John Bosco House Meet at NC at 5:45 Friday: "Dinner with Dave" • Dinner and movie with Father Dave • 7:00p.m. at NC All events are free All students welcome lance planes to patrol the skies over the Washington area. The planes, which have sophisticated sensors, will be used to respond to future attacks. On Tuesday morning, police con firmed that overnight ballistics tests had conclusively showed that Franklin, an analyst for the FBI who was not involved in the manhunt, was the ninth person killed by the roving suburban sniper. In the two weeks of the sniper’s ter rifying shooting spree, the slaying in this busy suburban bedroom com munity was the first time witnesses said they saw the actual shooting, po lice officials said. Witnesses offered enough partial glimpses of the fleeing sniper to allow a police sketch artist to attempt a composite drawing, ac cording to knowledgeable detectives. “We have been receiving quite a bit of information from witnesses,” the Fairfax County police chief, Thomas Manger, said at a news con ference after a long night of inter views by investigators who were combing the scene. Some bloodhounds sniffed for the sniper’s traces in the busy cross roads mall at Seven Corners Shop ping Center. Others crawled in waves on hands and knees in the search for evidence. “We’re confident that ultimately that information is going to lead us to an arrest,” Manger insisted, ex pressing guarded optimism about the witnesses. “We have received license plate information from several witness es,” Manger said, describing this as involving different information and different tags. News brief Dow closes over 8,200 Surprisingly good earnings reports from major banks sent stocks shoot ing upward Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average rising 4.8 percent to 8,255.68, its highest close since a month ago. The Dow’s 378-point gain was its fourth increase in as many trading days after the index reached its low est point in five years on Oct. 9, sug gesting that investors may have put a floor on the value of many stocks despite the lack of positive news about the economy as a whole. The Dow’s rally marked its largest four-day gain in percentage terms since 1933, and added $1.14 trillion to the value of U.S. stocks, according to the Wilshire 5000 Total Market index. — Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe (U-WIRE) The 2003 Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Teach English in junior and senior high schools in Japan Learn about Japanese culture and people Gain international experience Requirements Have an excellent command of the English language Obtain a bachelor’s degree by June 30, 2003 Be a U.S. citizen Be willing to relocate to Japan for one year Applications are now available. The deadline for applying is December 5, 2002. For more information and an application contact the Consulate General of Japan in Portland at 2700 Wells Fargo Tower, 1300 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201. Call (503) 221-1811 x14 or 1-800-INFQ-JET. The application can also be found at www.us.emb-japan.go.jp i r North Campus 579 E. Broadway 686-1166 South Campus 1 2870 E. 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