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Date Posted: 10:46:04 05/31/03 Sat
Author: E.J.
Subject: Another article from Foxnews.com
In reply to: E.J. 's message, "Eric Robert Rudolph captured in North Carolina - article in response." on 10:40:16 05/31/03 Sat

N.C. Authorities Arrest Olympic Park Bombing Suspect
Saturday, May 31, 2003

CHARLOTTE, N.C. � It could be one of the most significant 'gets' in FBI history: the arrest of one of the nation's most deadly home-grown terrorists.
Fugitive Eric Rudolph (search), the man charged for the 1996 Olympic Park bombing (search), has been arrested in connection with the bombings of a gay nightclub and abortion clinic, said the FBI.
Deputies found a man at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday sifting through a trash bin in the remote town of Murphy in the western North Carolina mountains, said Special Agent John Iannarelli in Washington. He added that the man appeared to be homeless, however deputies believed it was Rudolph.
Authorities were doing fingerprint analysis on the man Saturday morning to determine if his prints matched Rudolph's, Iannarelli said. His identity has since been confirmed.
A law enforcement source in North Carolina who has been tracking Rudolph for years said he had seen the man.
Earlier, a source, speaking on condition of anonymity said, "There's a number of things that have to be done ... confirmation of fingerprints, other things. We have a lot of work to do". It is believed that fingerprint analysis is what has confirmed Rudolph's identity.
Rudolph, a 36-year-old Army veteran and experienced outdoorsman, hasn't been seen since July 1998 after he allegedly stole supplies from a health store owner in North Carolina. His truck had been spotted there early that year.
Authorities spent years searching the rural mountains and caves of North Carolina (search) for any trace of Rudolph. They ran across some camping sites believed to be his and found cartons of oatmeal and raisins, jars of peanuts and vitamins, and cans of tuna they said were the same brands Rudolph ate.
Rudolph is believed to adhere to Christian Identity (search), a white supremacist religion that is anti-gay, anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner. Some of the four bombs Rudolph was charged with planting included messages from the shadowy "Army of God."
Authorities believe that on July 27, 1996, Rudolph placed a bomb hidden in a knapsack in Atlanta's crowded Centennial Olympic Park (search) during the summer Olympic games. The explosion at the crowded park killed one woman and injured 111 other people.
Rudolph was charged in 1998 with that bombing and three others -- at a gay nightclub in Atlanta, an office building north of Atlanta and an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., where a police officer was killed.
In all, the bombings killed two and wounded more than 150 people, according to the FBI.
Rudolph eluded a massive manhunt and remains on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list (search). The FBI also had offered a $1 million reward for his capture.
Pockets of western North Carolina have had a reputation as a haven for right-wing extremists. Some there mocked the government's inability to find Rudolph with bloodhounds, infrared-equipped helicopters and space-age motion detectors -- and some said they would hide him if asked.

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