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Hundreds of police searched the compound of theAum Shinrikyo cultin an effort to find a secret door that could lead them to the cult's leader. Shoko Asahara has been in hiding since theMarch 20 gas attack on Tokyo's subwaysthat killed 12. Police redoubled their efforts after Wednesday's surprise capture of two of the cult's top scientists in a secret room beneath a dormitory. They hope to find Asahara in a similar hiding place but have so far found nothing...
...hours straight; each trip took about 40 minutes in the air and 10 to 15 minutes on the ground loading up. Marine Captain Glynn Hodges landed at the embassy in midafternoon; his H-53 chopper was too big to perch on the roof, so it came down in the compound. "My troops couldn't believe the scene," says Hodges. "People were climbing fences. It was bedlam. We were afraid of the crowds. We had to wear gas masks, though we saw only smoke, no gas. We also wore flak vests. They were hot and heavy. We were really uncomfortable...
...bombing occurred on the second anniversary of the FBI raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, leading some to conclude that supporters of David Koresh's organization might be responsible...
...Trade Center attack two years ago. The explosion occurred shortly after 9 a.m. and could be felt as far as 30 miles away. Debris was spread over a wide area of downtown. The explosion came on the second anniversary of the end of thefederal siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, though it is not yet known whether that fact is relevant. The Murrah building houses the offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and there has been speculation that the bombing might be in retaliation for what happened at Waco. Other speculation pegs the bomb...
...history. Tokyo is bracing for a disaster this weekend, as predicted in a book released last month byAum Shinrikyo cultleader Shoko Asahara. He is believed to have directed thenerve gas attack that killed 11 people in Tokyo subwayslast month. Today, Japanese police carried 53 children from the Aum Shinrikyo compound near Mt. Fuji, many wearing headgear with wires attached. Cult followers believe the gadgets allow them to synchronize brain waves with Asahara...