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N ovem ber 1, 2ÖÖÖ Page B2 as World News — (The ^lortlanb © bseruer <Db»erue ^.;.4 HBO Program Tracks Hate Groups Watery Grave of Russian Su Brings Crewman’s Message get to the surface,” K uroyedov A note found on a body recovered quoted the note as saying. After the from the sunken Russian nuc lear sub Kursk sank, Russian submersibles marine shows that at leas, 23 people were unable to latch onto the hatch, survived the powerful explosions that but Norwe killed most o f r gian divers the crew and w ho fo l sunk the ves lowed man sel, sealing aged to the fate of the open it a rest, accord week after in g to th e the tragedy ITAR-TASS — and de- n e w s te rm in e d agency. th at th ere T he d e s werenosur- perate m es v i v o r s . sage, which Kuroyedov th e a u th o r This undated image from the Russian Television Channel shows Russian Lt. Dmitry said divers’ mysteriously operations Kolesnikov, the commander o f the Kursk's sa y s w as in the sev w r i t t e n turbine section, aboard the Kursk submarine. e n th and “ b lin d ly ,” eighth com partm ents had been says the survivors gathered in the stopped and the divers were concen compartment where the emergency trating their search on the ninth com escape hatch was located— but could partment. not escape. The letter may also turn The letter also contains important into the most grisly and poignant details about the accident that sank indictmentofPresident Vladimir Putin, the Kursk — and the drama that cap who vacationed through the earliest tured the attention o f the world, Vice- days o f the drama and reportedly Admiral Mikhail Motsak, chiefof staff rejected the first offers o f interna ofR ussia’s Northern Fleet, said later tional help in reaching the vessel. But during a TV interview. But he said the it was unclear if a quicker response contents o f the letter were private w ould have saved the survivors and would be handed over to rela trapped inside the compartment. tives. R ussian N avy c h ie f Adm. Foreign and Russian ships in the Vladimir Kuroyedov said at a meeting area and seismologists around the with submariners’ widows the note world registered two powerful explo — written an hour or so after the Aug. sions in the Barents Sea around 11:30 12 explosions — was found in the p.m. local time on Aug. 12. All 118 pocket o f a seaman identified only as submariners were killed, either by the Lt. D.R. Kolesnikov, ITAR-Tass said. initial blast, or in the days following “All the crew from the sixth, sev as desperate, repeated attempts to enth and eighth compartments went reach the vessel failed. overto the ninth. There are 23 people The government’s handling o f the here. We made this decision as a disaster— including a perceived de- result o f the accident. N oneofus can T 1 |R.JMWWII. D -T JlJi ' 1 li W I T i n T T I ililSIW TWrTrn^TTiwnwwwwwMWBTnn Bi D A V ID BALDER AP T elevision W riter ing robots and m echanical arms. lay in requesting outside help, and Divers have used an instrum ent the release o f often contradictory in that sprays pressurized water nnxec formation — angered and shocked with diamond dust to cut the K ursk’s many Russians and threatened to 2 -in c h th ic k in n e r ste e l hu ll. undermine the fledgling Putin admin K uroyedov had w arned that he istration. The letter could spark a ne w m ight cancel the recovery effort if wave o f outrage. experts ruled that divers’ lives were Initial sonar reports said tapping in danger. Two widows o f the Kursk heard on the hull o f the vessel sug crew m em bers visited the Regalia gested that at least some sailors were on W ednesday and, on b e h a lfo fa ll alive. But the tapping faded and dis the families, pleaded with the divers appeared in the days following the not to take excessive risks. crippling explosion. O thers dis But President V ladim ir Putin counted the reports as unsubstanti prom ised to ated and said the re c o v e r the sounds could have bodies at an been caused by col e m o t i o nal lapsing equipment m eeting with or the subm arine th e c r e w ’s settling into the sea re la tiv e s bed. shortly after The letter was the the disaster, first real confirma and the gov- tion that anyone e r n m e n t had survived the seem ed bent initial blasts. Rus on conduct sian officials say in g th e that up to two-thirds costly effort o f the crew were d e sp ite the likely blown to bits sh o rta g e o f by powerful explo funds for the sions in the weap Map Shows Location were military. ons room in the Russian Sub went down Som e subm arine’s bow. Russian m edia have pointed out The survivors o f the initial explo that by stubbornly conducting the sions probably died o f drowning, hy risky effort the governm ent wants p o th e rm ia o r h ig h p re ssu re . to vindicate its confused response Kolesnikov was the only seaman to to the sinking o f the K ursk, when it have b e e n id e n tifie d so far, resisted foreign help for days while Kuroyedov said. Russian and Nor botching its own rescue efforts. w egian divers recovered the first The cause o f the disaster rem ains four bodies after five days o f pains unknow n, w ith authorities point taking w ork to cut holes in the top ing at a collision with a W estern o f the subm arine. subm arine, W orld W ar Il-era mine The com plex underw ater opera or an internal m alfunction as pos tion is being perform ed w ith lead sible reasons. ing-edge diving equipment, includ NEW Y O RK (A P) — C heck y o u r ste re o ty p e s at the door. The best place to find pu rv ey o rs o f ra c ia l hate is n 't in the back room o f som e serv ice sta tio n in A la bam a or M ississip p i. I t’s on the In te rn e t, a fact o u t lined w ith ch illin g d isp a ssio n on th e new H B O d o c u m e n ta r y , “ H a te .c o m : E x tre m ists on the In tern et. T he d o cu m en tary e x plo res an o n lin e ra c ist su b c u l ture, tracing its m em bers to m any o f the n o to rio u s acts o f d o m estic terro rism d u ring the p ast decade. “ T he film is d e p re ssin g in the s e n s e th a t it r e a lly p a in ts a gloom y picture o f w h at’s out there on the W eb,” said M orris D ees, co -fo u n d e r o f the S o u th ern P o v erty L.aw C en ter. "B u t 1 think th a t’s n e c e ssa ry to do so m eth in g about it.” D ees, w hose o rg a n iz a tio n has gone to court in an e ffo rt to b a n k ru p t w hite sup rem acist o rg a n iz a tio n s, w as con tacted by film m ak ers to help p ro v id e in fo rm atio n on hate groups. He grew so in volved he becam e the film ’s n a r rato r. S tartin g from sc ra tc h five years ago, th ere are now betw een 300 and 500 racial hate W eb sites o p e ra tin g now , D ees said. Don Black, operator o f one o f the early site s, is d e sc rib e d at the “ G o d fa ther o f hate on the Internet.” Black alm o st g le e fu lly d escrib es in the film how in ex p en siv e and easy the m edium is, w hile p ro v id in g the an onym ity m any u sers r e quire. B lack’s 11-year-old son, Derek, has started his ow n W eb site for children. The site lets people click o n to v e rs io n s o f the p o p u la r video gam e “ D oom ,” w here p la y ers kill black ch aracters. T hese W eb sites help leaders o f thé m ovem ent re c ru it young, educated m em b ers, D ees said. “ T hese are not tobacco-chew ing, p o t-b e llie d K lansm en from the D eep S o u th ,” he said. “ Y o u ’re ta lk in g about c o lleg e-ed u cated , c le v e r p e o p le .” Ju st as R otary C lubs are fin d ing that people are less w illin g to m eet in groups these days, so is the K ian, D ees said B ut w ith the W eb, “ th e y ’re able to c reate a v irtu al o rg a n iz a tio n ,” he said. “ H ate.co m ” in tro d u ces v ie w ers to the leaders o f th e se m ove m ents, in clu d in g the g lib W orld C hurch o f the C re a to r founder M att H ale and W illiam L. Pierce, lead er o f the N atio n al A lliance. P ie rc e ’s 1978 book, “ T he T u rner D ia rie s,” a fictional account o f an A m erican race war, was a favorite o f both O klahom a C ity bom ber T im othy M cV eigh and Bill K ing, one o f three w hite m en co n v icted o f dragging Jam es B yrd to his death b ehind a pickup truck. In one o f the film ’s m ost e ffe c tive m om ents, Pierce reads a p a s sage from his book d e scrib in g the dazed faces o f bom bing v ic tim s, w hile the screen show s foot age o f shocked people in ju red in O klahom a City. Film m akers V ince D iPersioand W illiam G uttentag include inter view s with m ovem ent leaders and figures like Joseph Paul Franklin, a convicted mass murderer who talks candidly from jail about killing two women because they said they were interested in dating black men. 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