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KJGIELIFE [HE BATTALION 5A Monday, April 19, 2004 er i an: Va$55,| l itias li amrl prei Sheik helicot '22, any; folio l)at Jewish availatij was^j Uamask, and lit I 3s in !!| ihicfaej s.atll Nine years later / r inth anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing till has victims’families searching for conspirators the ^:.:l ibingsrl confcl an 3d hurda ipasa-a Ithewn issm;| )ta jnd of it jin wasi I byttifj voluntel imestel By Tim Talley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS McALESTER, Okla. — For Jannie Coverdale, the search for sus- cts in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed her two grand- ns and 166 other people did not end with the arrests of Timothy cVeigh and Terry Nichols. Nine years after the deadly bombing, Coverdale is among a res olute group of survivors and members of victims’ families that is ill searching for the enigmatic suspect John Doe No. 2 and evi- lence of a wider bombing conspiracy. Coverdale and others believe the state murder trial of bombing aspirator Terry Nichols may be their last chance to ove what prosecutors argue is a leap of faith: that inknown others were involved in the plot to bomb the klahoma City federal building. “I want to get to the bottom of it,” Coverdale said. 1 will never stop asking questions until I get some Jnswers, or until I’m dead.” Earlier this month, Coverdale sent a letter to B1 Director Robert Mueller asking that the inves- Igation into the April 19, 1995, bombing be hopened, citing the bureau’s failure to share evi- jence of possible bombing coconspirators with top ombing investigators. She said she has not ceived a reply. Who’s going to investigate the investigators?” e said. Nichols’ defense attorneys have built a case around locuinents and witness accounts they say show other joconspirators helped McVeigh in the plot to bomb he Oklahoma City federal building and that Nichols was set up to ke the blame. “The evidence that the defense seeks to offer ... provides a viable jxplanation why these persons are more likely than Mr. Nichols, a nan without any history of violence, to have aided McVeigh in his flot,” according to a 90-page defense motion that seeks dismissal of he case. Judge Steven Taylor is scheduled to take testimony on the motion Mien Nichols’ trial resumes Monday, the ninth anniversary of the ombing. Nichols, 49, was convicted on federal counts of conspiracy Jind involuntary manslaughter in Denver in 1997. He was sen tenced to life in prison for the deaths of eight federal law I want to get to the bottom of it. I will never stop asking questions until I get some answers, or until I am dead. — Janie Coverdale grandsons were killed in the bombing Nichols’ defense attorneys allege that dozens of witnesses saw a man resembling John Doe No. 2 in Kansas and Oklahoma in the week before the bombing. In their motion, Nichols’ defense attorneys said they have ques tioned potential witnesses who can identify other possible suspects, including members of a gang of white supremacists known as the Midwest bank robbers. They allege federal investigators have impeded their efforts to obtain information about the bank robbery gang and McVeigh’s connection with Elohim City, a white supremacist enclave in north eastern Oklahoma. State prosecutors have repeatedly said defense attorneys have been given all the information provided to them by federal authorities. Of $15 ir and« ily, sad:'! A DDll IQ Oil nr IfIL IO~Z4 WMonday, April 19 4 — 5 pm Opening Reception Faculty Club. 11th Floor Rudder Tower speaker: Dr. James Anderson, the Vice President and Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment and Diversity International Graduate Student Association 5-7 pm Emperor's Pot - Rudder* Tower 401 Sam Houston stato Univarsity# stndnnt* on Cultural Simulation Quost tor Unity and Olvorsity 7:30 pm ”Mr. & Mrs. Iyer" Movie Evans Library, room 204 E y India Association and cho Z..T. Jordan Instiruto taic I ntor national Awaxanass BTuesda.y t April 20 !r$$eaM 9:30-10:30 am The Ug ly Tr Mov i e , & D1 s cuss io n Libra cy ■ Annex 41 0 Homan RA* ourcaxi Uapan r. m « n tx No on — 1 pm N ava j o Blues Rudder Founfcain Hr. Blaclchor»* 11 - Ca rUbbean Studien 5:30- 9pm All i e s Advance Wifch pi •e-registr at: ion only. 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Would you like to perform for others? Would you like to represent Texas A&M all across Texas, the nation, and even the world? Then we would like to invite you to...TRYOUTS! INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS: Monday, April 26th, GRW401, 6:00 - 7:00 pm Thursday, April 29th, GRW 266, 7:30 - 8:30 pm enforcement officers in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. In Oklahoma, Nichols faces I6l state counts of first-degree mur der for the deaths of the other 160 victims and one victim’s fetus. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. V.Z. Lawton, a retired U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development employee who was knocked unconscious in the bombing, said Nichols’ state jury will probably hear more evidence of a wider conspiracy than jurors did at his federal trial. “There’s more of it coming out down here than ever came out in Denver,” Lawton said. Lawton and Coverdale are among those who see evidence of a Mideast connection. The day after the bombing, the FBI released sketches of two men drawn from descriptions provid ed by employees at a Junction City, Kan., body shop. Authorities said the truck used to deliver the Oklahoma City bomb was rented at the shop. One sketch, known as John Doe No. 1, resembled McVeigh. The other, John Doe No. 2, depicted a dark-haired, muscular man with features that do not resemble Nichols. Investigators identified the suspect as an Army pri vate who was at the body shop about the same time and had nothing to do with the bomb plot. But Coverdale and others believe the sketch resembles a man of Middle Eastern descent. Lawton and 13 other survivors and victims’ rela tives filed a federal lawsuit in 2002 against Iraq, claiming Iraqi officials provided money and training to McVeigh and Nichols. The lawsuit is pending. COME EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT TRYOUT OUT! For More Information: http://wranglers.tamu.edu *************** ■ » i i-1-i- We offer beautiful gifts at... 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