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Saturday, September 15, 2001 All: www.pantagraph.com THE PANTAGRAPH 4. Friday developments Authorities make first arrest in terrorist attacks Authorities said they were still investigating whether more terrorists might be at large and were searching for 100 people for questioning. Sen. Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Sen- ate Intelligence Committee, declined to discuss what he had learned from intelligence brief-' ings but said he feared cities may. still remain in danger.

"You've got to assume there was probably more planned, maybe1 for the aftershock," he said. On that front, the FBI warned two Southeast cities Rich-' mond, and Atlanta it had information suggesting terrorists may have had plans for at-r tacks in those cities, law en: forcement officials said. 1 But late Friday, further in-' vestigation left officials doubtful of the threat. The information came from an acquain--tance of one of the hijackers, and was shared with Atlanta and Richmond, officials But the witness failed a tector test Friday evening. Port Authority police and not the FBI.

The man later appeared in federal court in White Plains, N.Y., on Friday, but officials declined to identify him or say what information they were seeking. It was the first big break in the investigation, code-named PENTTBOM, into the worst terrorist assault on U.S. soil. Some 5,000 people are believed to have perished in Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Also Friday, searchers recovered the "black box" voice recorder from United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed near Pittsburgh.

The jet's flight data recorder was recovered earlier. Two recorders also have been recovered from the Pentagon crash scene. The FBI has received over 36,000 leads and has issued hundreds of subpoenas. It released the identities Friday of the 19 hijackers. WASHINGTON, D.C.

(AP) Law-enforcement authorities made their first arrest Friday in the worldwide investigation of this week's terrorist attacks, apprehending a suspect in New York thought to have relevant information. The man was arrested as a material witness in the World Trade Center attack, New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told a news conference there Friday night. Jim Margolin, spokesman for the FBI in New York, said the Joint Terrorist Task Force took the man into custody at 3 p.m. CDT on the material witness warrant, which allows authorities to arrest someone considered crucial to an investigation without charging him with any crime. A law enforcement source said the man arrested was the same person arrested Thursday at Kennedy International Airport after showing a pilot's license issued to his brother.

In that case, he was detained by Developments Friday related to Tuesday's terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and crash ot jetliner in Pennsylvania: Federal authorities in New York make first arrest in the case, detaining suspect believed to have information relevant to the investigation. Details, including name, not disclosed. President Bush declares national emergency and gives military authority to call 50,000 reservists to active duty. Military identifies requirements for 35,500 reservists to be called up within days. Nearly 5,000 people reported missing or confirmed dead at World Trade Center.

Pentagon death toll at 190. Justice Department releases names of 19 alleged hijackers and says it wants to question 100 Congress approves $40 billion in emergency aid to help victims and hunt down culprits. Also gives consent for president to use force against those responsible for the attacks. Afghanistan's Taliban militia warns of "revenge" if United States attacks for harboring alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Bush leads four former presidents and nation in prayer at National Cathedral.

Later visits trade center site and is cheered by search crews. Searchers at Pentagon find flight data and voice recorders of American Airlines Flight 77. Near Shanksville, investigators find cockpit voice recorder of United Airlines Flight 93. Federal officials clear most private flights, day after commercial jets cleared for flight. Private planes still banned from within 25 nautical miles of Washington and New York.

Boston airport to reopen Saturday. Securities and Exchange Commission for first time eases restrictions on companies wishing to buy back own shares, hoping to smooth trading when stock markets reopen Monday. Treasury Department creates special team to track terrorist fV -ill'- I 4a VtV tf nil I AP Congress approves use of force As rescue efforts continued in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, President Bush raised an American flag while standing on a burnt fire truck Friday in front of the World Trade Center during a tour of "This body wUl provide whatever resources are needed to respond to this challenge, not just today, not just tomorrow, but for as long as it takes," said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis. Leaders also hoped to push through House Friday' abruptly written legislation providing $2.5 billion in cash, up to $12.5 billion in guaranteed loans and other help to the airline industry, which faces po-' tentially staggering losses from the aftereffects of Tuesday's mayhem.

But the measure's prospects dimmed when some lawmakers demanded similar help for the insurance industry, the New York Stock Exchange and other weakened businesses. Others complained that the aid which was to come from the $40" billion emergency measure would siphon money meant for individual victims. The $40 billion will come from projected budget surpluses, most of it probably from funds designated for Social WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) A unanimous Congress gave rapid-fire approval Friday to a $40 billion down payment to help the nation recover from this week's terror attacks and retaliate against the people and governments responsible. With a solitary California congresswoman voting in opposition, Congress also voted to let President Bush exercise "all necessary and appropriate force" against the terrorists, their sponsors and their protectors.

Legislators hoped their speed and solidarity would signal the country's resolve to rebuild and retaliate. "I am gratified that the Congress has united so powerfully by taking this action," President Bush said after the vote. "It sends a clear message our people are together and we will prevail." "The charred rubble and thousands of dead Americans lying just blocks from my office in Manhattan, and hundreds more a stone's throw from this Afghanistan vows revenge if U.S. strikes "I am gratified that the Congress has united so powerfully by taking this action. It sends a clear message our people are together and we will prevail." President Bush Trade Center towers.

"We must wage the war that has been thrust upon us." The sheer size of the emergency bill spotlighted the magnitude of Tuesday's devastation in New York and at the Pentagon and the looming costs' of cleaning up, helping victims or their survivors, reinforcing domestic security and striking back. The final package was twice Bush's request and two-thirds what it cost to wage the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Yet, it was seen by most as just the pilot training in Afghanistan. U.S. officials have said the some of the hijackers aboard the jets that struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were trained as pilots in the United States.

Muttmain, meanwhile, said a U.S. strike would fail to flush out bin Laden. "Their missiles cannot find an individual," he said. "The Soviet Union destroyed this country, but they could the American rockets will go astray and we will be saved." Bin Laden has been living in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban since 1996. The hard-line Islamic militia refuses to hand him over until Washington provides convincing evidence of guilt.

In a written statement Friday, Omar said U.S. investigators were trying to link bin Laden to this week's attacks "unjustifiably and without any reason." He said the attacks selves point to bin Laden's innocence "because Osama has no pilots" and because there is no never accomplish their goals. very building, demonstrate we The United vvjll hfve no cnoiCe( said Rep. Jer- KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The ruling Taliban threatened revenge on Friday if the United States attacks Afghanistan for shielding suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. "If a country or group violates our country, we will not forget our revenge," Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Muttmain said in telephone interview with The Associated Press.

He would not say how the militia would retaliate. There are fears in Afghanistan that the United States is planning a military attack to force the Taliban to hand over the exiled Saudi millionaire, who is suspected in the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. In a radio address Friday, the Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, urged Afghans to prepare for a U.S. assault and stand steadfast "against the enemy." "Death comes to everyone. We must stand proud as Afghans in the defense of Islam," Omar said.

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