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...Tools of the Hunt...
...indiscriminate shooting of strangers--and a twisted hunt for glory--has plenty of tragic precedent. But generalizations are hard to come by. Killers pick different victims and different M.O.s, depending on their motivation and mental state. In some cases, the victims fit some sort of pattern. Serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, convicted of nine murders from 1977 to 1980, has said he was trying to start a race war by shooting African Americans and interracial couples. At the other end of the gory spectrum, notorious shooters like Texas tower sniper Charles Whitman initiate one uninterrupted orgy of violence--as opposed...
...hunt for the Beltway sniper, one intriguing clue was a spent shell casing found outside the middle school. Like a spent slug, a casing can help narrow down the type of gun that may have been used. So far, ballistics tests have not pinpointed the sniper's weapon. But investigators appear particularly interested in individuals known to possess a Colt AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 infantry rifle, or a Sturm-Ruger Mini-14 rifle. Both are semiautomatic rifles, popular with target shooters, criminals and some domestic extremist groups...
...every night, more than 2,000 since Tibon took over. Last month, an operation in the Balata refugee camp on the edge of Nablus netted Lou'i Abdo, a prominent member of the Tanzim, part of the militant wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction. But Tibon's terrorist hunt isn't focused on the top suspects on the wanted list. Instead, he works from the bottom up. That way, he figures, the master-terrorists lose their support network and, when Israel eventually tracks them down, there'll be no deputies left to replace them. In the small hours...
...ronald zak/AP ?We have the legal authority now? Mohamed ElBaradei is head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Eighteen of his inspectors are waiting to return to Iraq to hunt for nuclear weapons. He spoke to Time's Andrew Purvis in Vienna. Excerpts: TIME: When will inspectors be going back to Iraq? ElBaradei: I hope in the next few weeks. We have the legal authority now. But we thought it would be a good idea to see whether a new Security Council resolution will strengthen our hand. TIME: What do you need from the Council? ElBaradei: A firm resolve...