Clandestine Radio Watch 085
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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH
October 23, 2001
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Logs - AFGHANISTAN
see 'CRW 085 Special Afganistan'
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Logs - ANGOLA
Radio Ecclesia
15545 12/10 0509 Rádio Ecclésia, via Jülich, programa "Questões de
Momento" com o tema "O cidadão e a lei", 44333
(C.Romais-B Oct 12, 2001 in @-tividade DX 68)
15545 18/10 0512 Rádio Ecclésia, via Jülich, locutor: "escreva para
a Ecclésia, Rua Comandante ...", 34343
(C.Romais-B Oct 18, 2001 in @-tividade DX 68)
13810, R. Ecclesia (via DTK), pretty good at *1800 Oct 20 with
ID and fqys; "R. Ecclesia, emissora catolica de Angola."
(J.Berg-MA-USA Oct 20, 2001 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - CHINA
New Star Broadcasting Station
New Star Broadcasting Station, 13750 at 1332 with CC flute music and
woman reading numbers. Very poor. Lost or off at 1345 on 10/10.
(G.Dexter-WI-USA Oct 19, 2001 in DXplorer-ML)
Voice of Tibet
I have been monitoring for The Foundation for the Voice of Tibet for
a number of years and the Chinese have been getting more and more
ruthless in their jamming. The VOT unlike VOA or BBC who wouldn't
change frequencies in the face of jamming, changes frequencies to
avoid the jamming. A couple of years ago it took the Chinese
anything from a week to 10 days to find the new frequency and the
first day it came one we moved. However, the Chinese appear to have
gone in for new jamming equipment last year and even have better
guys on the job. Now they find the frequency within a few minutes
of the station coming up.
The VOT has been found transmitting in Tebetan from 1215-1245 and in
Chinese 1245-1300. You can look for them between 15600-15750,
17500-17900 and 21500-21600. The jamming used are of three different
types. Strong noise jammers, distorted chinese domestic service, and
cochanneling with the CPBS minority service and Chinese services.
The VOT Tuning signal is quite exotic.
(G.V.A.Goonetilleke-CLN Oct 22, 2001 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - ETHIOPIA
Dejen Radio
12110 Dejen R. Oct 13 *1700-1715 45443 Amharic, 1700 s/on with
Ethiopian pops. frequency announce and ID at 1702. Talk by man.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 13, 2001 in JAP 182)
Radio Xoriyo
15715, Radio Xoriyo, *1630-1659* Oct 16, instrumental music opening
with multiple IDs and sign on announcements. Program mainly of long
talks with remote feeds and a few vocals. Off in mid-song. Good
signal.
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Oct 16, 2001 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - INDIA
Voice of Jammu Kashmir Freedom
5101.2 V.O.Jammu Kashmir Freedom Oct 10 *1300-1310 33443 Kashmiri,
1300 s/on with Opening music. ID. Koran. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 10, 2001 in JAP 182)
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Logs - IRAN
Barabari Radio
7480, 20.10 1730, Barabari Radio, or whatever the name is, finished
its programme with a web address. S 3-4
(B.Fransson-S Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 21, 2001 translated
by T.Nilsson-S for DXLD 1-155)
7480, 20.10 1800, Bahaa´i Radio very strong with announcement and
ID in Farsi. Transmissions from where? Does not feel "uptodate"...
for Bahaa´i (Hans Östnell, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 21, 2001
translated by T.Nilsson-S for DXLD 1-155)
Voice of Mojahed
10270v V.O.Mojahed Oct 12 1550-1601 33333 Farsi, Talk.
//5630vkHz.7030vkHz.8550vkHz.8850v kHz.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 12, 2001 in JAP 182)
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Logs - IRAQ
Twin (Two) River Radio
I read in CRW #083 a report of Bengt, Ritola, Burnell about the
radio station on 1566 kHz- Twin (Two) Rivers Radio. I heard this, I
guess, station, but with another ID! 1566 kHz 1700-2002* UTC, 14
Oct., programme for/from Sudan? from Kuwait? Not Sudan NBC, not
parallel to 7200 kHz -Radio Omdurman, possible clandestine station.
Mainly (about 80% of time) plays Arabic popular music; talk about
internet, some news.(programme sounds like Western programming).
Very often ID (Arabic):"Huna idha'at webi ar al-Sudan, idha'atikum
al-mukadala". Sign off always at 2002 or 2003 UTC.
(R.Petraitis-LTU Oct 19, 2001 for CRW)
Radio al-Mustaqbal (Radio Future)
Iraqi National Accord's (Iraqi opposition) website www.wifaq.com
informs that radio station al-Mustaqbal (Radio Future) broadcasts 3
hours per day and also is a repeating of programme. One of these 3
hours transmissions noted *2100-2400* UTC on 1575 kHz with the
programme inArabic and Kurdish. (October 22)
(R.Petraitis-LTU Oct 22, 2001 for CRW)
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Logs - ISRAEL
Voice of Palestine
6200 V.O.Palestine Oct 12 1925-1936 35232 Arabic, Talk. ID at 1930.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 12, 2001 in JAP 182)
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Logs - KURDISTAN
Voice of the People of Kurdistan
6995 V.O.People of Kurdistan Oct 12 1602-1615 45333 Kurdish,
News. ID at 1613.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 12, 2001 in JAP 182)
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Logs - MYANMAR
Democratic Voice of Burma
A copy of the QSL-letter from Democratic Voice of Burma from Claudio
Morales-ARG (in CRW 083) has been added to CRW Clandestine Radio
Gallery at http://www.clandestineradio.com/martin/bild-cla.html
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Logs - NIGERIA
Voice of Biafra International
12125 Voice of Biafra International. 1920-1934. October 20. Long
commentary in vernacular (igbo?) read by man. Several mentions to
"Nigeria" and "Biafra". ID at 1931 as: "You are tuned to Voice of
Biafra International ..., coming to you from Washington D.C ....
thank you". Very nice nigerian music. 34433
(A.Slaen-ARG Oct 20, 2001 for CRW)
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Logs - RUSSIA
Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya
171 Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya, Oct 7 1530-1600 33332 Russian.
ID at 1600 as "V efire Radiostantsiya Chechnya Svobodnaya".
Heard on Hasunuma DXpedition, coast of the Pacific, JPN.
(H.Oguma-JPN Oct 7, 2001 in JAP 182)
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Logs - VIETNAM
Radio Free Vietnam
15235 R.Free Vietnam Oct 10 *1400-1410 35433 Vietnamese, 1400 s/on
with Vietnamese music and ID. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 10, 2001 in JAP 182)
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Qsl's - AFGHANISTAN
see 'CRW 085 Special Afganistan'
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Misc - AFGHANISTAN
see 'CRW 085 Special Afganistan'
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Misc - EASTERN EUROPE
Oct 15, 2001 (New World Publishing via COMTEX)
A "table with a view" has a different meaning at the Prague 1 eatery
Zahrada v Opere these days. As of Oct. 4, customers can - and do -
request a table looking out at the armored transport truck stationed
some 50 meters from the building.
But customers have been few since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in
the United States. After less than a year the trendy restaurant,
which is nestled behind and adjacent to the Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty building and next door to the offices of the State Opera,
had built up a solid clientele of local business people, opera buffs
and musicians. But security measures taken in the wake of the
terrorist attacks on the U.S. have put a stranglehold on the
restaurant's business and threaten the livelihood of the owner,
29-year-old Daniel Jablonsky, and his staff of 40.
Outside, black-clad special police and paratrooper forces patrol the
area, demarked with green and red police tape. "It's the safest
place to eat in the world," says Jablonsky with typical good humor.
He is handed an e-mail; it's a reservation cancellation, from
someone who had planned a visit to Prague. His brow furrows
momentarily and then he shakes it off. "I'm not so concerned with
out-of-towners," he said. "It's the ones here I'm trying to reach."
The problem is that he, or his restaurant, more precisely, is
practically unreachable.
Access to the building has become so restricted that to get to the
restaurant, patrons must either walk nearly a complete circle around
the RFE/State Opera complex, trudge through a makeshift dirt path,
through some bushes, next to the Natural History Museum or, for the
more athletic, dart from Vinohradská street across the perpetually
busy expressway (magistrala) and jump over a barrier - none of which
are particularly suited to the elderly or high-heeled. And at
present, it doesn't look like the situation will get any better any
time soon; lack of advance information about any modifications makes
it tricky for the restaurant to place better signs.
"Even now, we don't have any information about how long this will
continue and what kind of access will be made available. ... The
police... they only answer, 'I don't know,' or '[the blockade] will
be there until it's cancelled'," Jablonsky said. "If information
were better, we could at least inform our patrons better."
Although he says business has dropped by more than half, he remains
optimistic and adds that communication with RFE has been good. "They
don't want to be a problem," he said pointing out that the radios
had already written the police on his restaurant's behalf.
RFE spokeswoman Sonia Winter is sympathetic to the restaurant's
plight. "The poor restaurant! It's hard to cross the street from
Vinohradská and [the expressway]. That's the main problem," she
said. "I go to that restaurant as often as I can. We [RFE] patronize
it." But she also acknowledged that safety of the hundreds of RFE
employees in the building was most important.
"I think in the wake of the Sept. 11 events, respectable people have
to take into account all kinds of scenarios," she said. "This
building has been a target of previous threats. The foremost concern
of RFE is to protect its employees and not to do damage to its host
country. We don't want to do anything to damage this beautiful
country or the people who live here."
Armored transport carriers have been parked around the building
since Oct. 4, and the Interior Ministry announced last week that it
has reinforced security measures at some other buildings in Prague.
The government accepted without reservation U.S. requests addressed
to its NATO allies in connection with the planned retaliatory action
for last month's terrorist attacks in the U.S. One of those requests
was to strengthen protection of U.S. and NATO countries' buildings
in the country. Interior Minister Stanislav Gross said last week
that given information available to his ministry, the special
protection of the RFE building would not be lifted.
U.S. Congress-funded RFE moved to Prague from Munich in 1995, in
part to lower costs. In 1998, it began broadcasting into Iran and
Iraq. Regarding rumors that RFE might move, Winter could only say
"that the issue was being discussed in a very general way, but there
are no concrete proposals under consideration. Any move from this
building would be really costly for both the Czechs and the U.S."
Despite his devil-may-care attitude, he admits he is concerned for
his employees. "Look, I could close this restaurant and reopen in a
year. But I don't want to lose such a team," he said. In part to
find extra work for his employees, he's planning to begin a V.I.P.
catering service. "If they don't want to come to the restaurant,
perhaps we can come to them."
In light of the available information Jablonsky has taken the
offensive to save his Kc 16 million investment. He's planning radio
spots and other promotions, including a concert with Daniel Hulka
and an exhibition of photos from India and Nepal. The idea, he says,
is not to make light of the tragedy in the U.S., but to poke a
little fun at his situation. Already at the top of the list of daily
specials reads the new motto: "The safest garden in the world."
By Valentina Huber
(Prague Business Journal via M.Cooper-USA in DXLD 1-154)
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Misc - IRAN
Plan to lift ban on foreign satellite TV reception |
Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA
Tehran, 22 October: Iran's reformists who have the majority in the
parliament plan to lift the ban on reception of satellite television
programmes, dpa reported Monday.
Technological progress had always succeeded in neutralizing such
cultural bans, therefore revised cultural programmes were needed
rather than imposing bans, MP Vali Shoja-Purian told the press.
The five-year ban was imposed by the parliament in 1996 at a time
when hardliners, who consider satellite TV as Western cultural
invasion, had ruled over the legislative body.
Despite the ban, which had foreseen harsh cash fines and confisca-
tion of satellite receivers and dishes, a large number of Iranians
continued to use the satellite devices with their dishes camouflaged
on the roofs or put inside air conditioning chests.
"Our principles are based on freedom of choice and civil liberties,
therefore we see no reason to continue this ban," another MP,
Shirzad, said.
The reformist MPs further said that with the spread of Internet use
in Iran, the cultural gates to the outside world had already been
opened with no way any longer to prevent the globalization process.
Source: MENA news agency, Cairo, in English 1505 gmt 22 Oct 01
(via BBCM via DXLD 1-156)
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Misc - TURKEY
Deutsche Welle verboten
Formale Gründe
Die türkische Medienaufsicht RTÜLK hat zwei Radiosendern erneut die
Ausstrahlung von Programmen der Deutschen Welle und der britischen
BBC untersagt. In Briefen wurden die beiden türkischen Stationen
aufgefordert, die Übertragung innerhalb von 30 Tagen einzustellen.
Für das Verbot führt die Medienaufsicht formale Gründe an: Die
Ausstrahlung der übernommenen Programme verstoße gegen das türkische
Rundfunkgesetz. Bereits im Sommer sollten die türkischen Programme
der beiden ausländischen Sender verboten werden.
(dpa, jed/DER STANDARD, Print-Ausgabe, Oct 22, 2001)
(via H.Aichmayr-AUT in A-DX)
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Misc - USA
$5000 reward for Steve Anderson
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/101901/statedocs/19fugitive.htm
Published Friday, October 19, 2001, in the Herald-Leader
Reward offered in fugitive case
Ex-militia member wanted on a variety of counts
By Bill Estep, SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU
Federal authorities set up a $5,000 reward yesterday to try to catch
ex-militia member Steve H. Anderson, who has been on the run since
allegedly shooting at police in Bell County Sunday evening.
Carl Vasilko, resident agent in charge of the U.S. Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office in Lexington, said the reward
is for information leading to Anderson's arrest.
"In this particular case, we think there is a threat to the
community, and to the law-enforcement community, so we're offering
the reward to help facilitate the capture of Mr. Anderson," Vasilko
said yesterday.
Anderson, 54, allegedly shot at police near Middlesboro after a
sheriff's deputy stopped him for having no working tail lights on
his pickup truck. No officers were hit, but police say Anderson did
extensive damage to a police cruiser with an assault rifle, then
fled into the hills.
Police continued searching for him yesterday.
Police said they found pipe bombs in his truck. Based on that, ATF
agents charged Anderson on Tuesday with one count of possession of
an unregistered destructive device, Vasilko said.
Anderson also has been charged with attempted murder in Bell County.
Federal, state and local authorities found explosives and weapons
during a search of Anderson's home in rural Pulaski County.
Vasilko declined to confirm what police found in the search, but
said it is possible there will be more charges against Anderson.
At the request of the federal government, U.S. Magistrate Judge J.B.
Johnson Jr. has sealed the documents related to the search of
Anderson's home, including an inventory of what agents found there.
Until this week's fireworks, Anderson was best known as host of a
far-right radio program broadcast over short-wave radio from his
house. He promoted anti-government, racist and anti-Semitic views,
and often espoused violence, according to groups that monitored the
show.
Earlier this year, the Kentucky State Militia kicked him out because
of his extremist views.
There has been a war of words in cyberspace this week over
Anderson's case, with some people on a Web site catering to militia
members supporting him and others castigating him, according to
information supplied by Mark Pitcavage of the Anti-Defamation
League.
"If any `patriot' turns their back on Steve now ... shame on them,"
one supporter, "California Republic," said in a posting.
Police said Anderson may have outdoor survival gear with him, but
James Latham of Radio for Peace International, which monitors
extremist broadcasts, said it is possible Anderson has holed up with
a supporter somewhere. Extremist groups tend to have an "effective
underground" to hide and help members, he said.
One Web message posted this week makes clear, however, that Anderson
would not be welcome at the homes of some militia members.
"Steve Anderson is not, and has never been, a true patriot," the
message said. "He is yet another of the scumbags who have hijacked
the militia/patriot movement to promote his own agenda. If you've
followed Steve's posts over the years, on this and other boards,
it's fairly plain to see that his paranoid fantasies finally got the
better of him."
(T.Sevart Oct 21, 2001 in PirateRadio-ML)
HAVE WE HEARD THE LAST OF "UNITED PATRIOT RADIO"?
In light of the news stories in recent DXLDs, that could well be the
case. It appears that the "Somerset Psycho", the "Pulaski County
Paranoid", has done exactly what he said he would do if ever stopped
by police and questioned, in this case in regard to a traffic
infringement: he opened fire, shooting up a patrol car, but not
injuring any law enforcement personnel, tho` that was clearly his
intent. The jolly gentleman then hightailed it into the hills, his
truck being able to negotiate terrain which the police vehicles
could not. The following morning Anderson`s abandoned truck was
found. As this is written, he`s still on the loose, facing an
attempted murder charge (criminal intent to kill a police officer).
In a perhaps prescient moment the other day he said he know of
hiding places, e.g. caves, in the Kentucky hills where he could
never be found. Not surprisingly, Steve was, and presumably remains,
well armed.
The shooting incident and the chase occurred in the early hours of
Monday, October 15. Last evening (0200 UT Oct 16) I tuned to 6900,
but there was no Anderson. I then tuned to the lower frequency he
was going to be using, 3260, but no Steve there. I then went back to
6900 and let the receiver set there for a while, with nothing being
heard but some two-way traffic in Spanish. Then, some time after
0200, for just an instant, there was a voice, "This is United
Patriot Radio" --- rather weak, nothing more. Had Anderson gotten
back home? Does he have a battery transmitter of some sort? His
property was to be searched this morning (Oct. 16).
Altho` a connoisseur of outrageous opinion --- a form of humor for
me, tho` if taken seriously by someone can have dangerous
consequences --- I was interested in, and wrote about, Anderson`s
broadcasting operation because it was occurring in my own back yard,
so to speak. As some may know, those remarks of mine in DXLD were
picked up by the "CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH", which Anderson saw, and
got me on his "hit list", the "Somerset Psycho" label causing him
a bit of pique --- to the degree that he put my address and phone
number on the air, the obvious reason for doing so being that I
should be harassed or even be done bodily harm ("liquidated", in
the old Soviet terminology). (My address and phone number are
publicly available --- they`re in the Lexington Telephone Direc-
tory.) But there was no harassment , no drive-by shooting. I
received only one phone call: from someone who has known Anderson
for a long time and is not among his apparent handful of admirers.
In a personal communication to Anderson (was it intercepted by the
FBI?) I told him I was not asserting that he was clinically
psychotic, not being in a position to make such a judgement, and
that he has a right publicly to espouse his views as I do mine. But
an understandable reaction to his utterances would be "that guy`s a
psycho".
Being alerted to its airing by gh, I heard the RFPI "Far Right Radio
Review" program on Anderson, in which such matters as the "Franklin
Hoax", which he has continued to repeat, were discussed. How long
has all of that old, discredited, anti-Jewish stuff been festering
in Steve`s mind? It was in pro-Nazi publications in the 1930s; it
was in the rantings of speakers like Robert H. Best on Reichsrund-
funk; it was in Ezra Pound`s vituperations on Radio Rome. (I started
to send Steve some transcripts of Pound`s broadcasts and recordings
of Best to use on his program.) The psychiatrist on the RFPI program
for whom some of Steve`s utterances were played used two words to
describe him: "charismatic" and "paranoid" --- a bad combination.
There is no doubt about Steve`s paranoia. But does it rise to the
level of psychosis? Whatever is wrong in the world, Jews are somehow
responsible. What brought down the WTC? It was explosives Jews had
planted in the towers, in anticipation of the supposed terrorists`
attack. It was all really a vast plot of the Jew-Communist New World
Order to complete the job of converting the U.S.A. into a Nazi-type
police state.
But it`s hard to find a coherent narrative in Steve`s highly
emotional presentations punctuated with maniacal laughter and digs
at all of us "sheeple" (did he get that from Cooper? --- a person
with whom he has some views in common).
Ezra Pound`s longtime friend and publisher, James Laughlin, has
written: "Pound`s extreme anti-Semitism in the 1940s put a severe
strain on my affection for him. But I came to understand his
obsession with more charity when Dr. Overholser, the head
psychiatrist at St. Elizabeths Hospital [where Pound was confined
for a number of years], told me, `You mustn`t judge Pound morally,
you must judge him medically.` He explained that Ezra was paranoid
and that anti-Semitisim is a recognized element in paranoia. Pound
could not control himself." (James Laughlin, EZ AS WUZ, p. 17.)
Neither, apparently, can Steve.
Addenda: Wherever he is this cold October night, presumably YHWH is
with him. Steve is a man not without talents --- a considerable
extempore orator. Always a question about people like Steve: what
sent him off his trolly?
According to a report on WLEX-TV, he had promised (don`t recall
hearing it) if he`s to go down his last act will be to take out the
lady who is editor of the Somerset newspaper.
When he hadn`t shown up by 11 pm last night, I tuned over to the
McCaysville maddog, Jones on 6890 --- a caller phoned in a report
about Anderson he`d heard on a Knoxville TV station. Jones spoke of
Steve as "Captain Anderson" who had served in Special Forces. My
caller re Steve [?] indicated that Steve had never been in the U.S.
military, and I don`t recall him ever saying he was. What did Steve
accomplish with UPR other than being something of a curiosity for
shortwave listeners?
(L.Cox Jr.-KY-USA Oct 16, 2001 for DXLD 1-154)
Anderson has managed to evade authorities
By Carol Coffey
Law enforcement officers in Pulaski and Bell Counties continued
their search yesterday for Steve Anderson.
Anderson has remained on the run since Monday when he repeatedly
shot into the cruiser of a Bell County deputy sheriff and then fled
in his 1990 camouflaged 1990 Chevrolet pickup truck.
Although Anderson remains at large, some law enforcement officials
are taking issue with some statements being made in the media.
Kentucky State Trooper Buddy Simpson, public relations officer for
the Harlan KSP post, said despite a published report, there will not
be armored personnel carriers used to search for Anderson.
Simpson said nothing was said by officials about using such a
carrier. He speculated that reporters heard a cell phone
conversation and assumed such a vehicle would be used.
"We never had one on the way," Simpson said yesterday.
In addition, Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman David Beyer
said officials from his department have not released any information
about items seized from Anderson’s Elrod-Martin home when a federal
search warrant was executed Tuesday.
Simpson said officials still are not sure where Anderson may be.
Although the search for Anderson has been focused in Middlesboro,
Simpson said "nothing is written in stone."
Authorities had a potential sighting of Anderson Tuesday that proved
to be false. The sighting in Middlesboro was thoroughly investigated
after the report of a man in camouflage was spotted going up a hill
to an empty building.
Simpson said the scene was cleared and Anderson was not found.
As for being armed, Simpson said officials were not certain what
type or how many weapons Anderson may be carrying.
Anderson, 54, of Somerset, is being sought on a warrant.
(Somerset KY, Commonwealth-Journal, Oct 18)
Published Thursday, October 18, 2001, in the Herald-Leader
Fugitive's fire injured deputy's girlfriend
By Lance Williams SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU
As police spent a third day looking for a former militia member who
allegedly shot up a police cruiser on Sunday, new details emerged
about another victim of the assault -- a 17-year-old girl who was a
passenger in the car at the time of the shooting.
The girl, whose name was not available yesterday, is the girlfriend
of the Bell County deputy who pulled over the pickup truck of 54-
year-old Steve H. Anderson. Police say Anderson shot at the cruiser,
then engaged in a gun battle with police while fleeing.
No one was seriously hurt, including the girl. Anderson, a Pulaski
County resident who police think is heavily armed, remained at large
last night after fleeing into the mountains.
Bell County Sheriff Harold Harbin confirmed yesterday that the
girlfriend of Deputy Scott Elder was in the vehicle during the
Sunday night attack.
The girlfriend, who was injured by shards of glass as the cruiser
was shot up, was treated that night at a hospital and released.
Harbin said Elder, 25, was taking the girl home before his shift
began at 8 p.m. Sunday. On the way, a motorist stopped Elder and
told him about a truck driving erratically with no lights on U.S.
25E near Middlesboro -- the truck belonging to Anderson, Harbin
said. Elder, who could not be reached yesterday for comment, decided
to stop the motorist briefly before taking his girlfriend home.
"It was supposed to be a little thing over some lights," Harbin
said.
During the stop, police said Anderson became angry and eventually
pulled an automatic weapon on Elder. Harbin said Elder yelled to his
girlfriend to lie on the floorboard while he ran behind the patrol
car.
Harbin said no action would be taken against Elder because he was
off duty when he was taking his girlfriend home.
"It was just one of those days," Harbin said.
After the shootout, Anderson drove his truck into the mountains,
where police cruisers couldn't follow. It was found early Monday,
and contained pipe bombs, police said. A search of Anderson's home
on Tuesday found explosives and guns, officials have said.
As of last night, Anderson had been on the loose for more than three
days, and officials have not been able to determine his travels.
Kermit Owens, a park ranger specializing in security for Cumberland
Gap National Historic Park, said the area Anderson escaped into
makes tracking anyone difficult.
"He could probably hide from them, and they could walk right by,"
Owens said.
He also said the mountain Anderson escaped on is a spur ridge that
offers several paths, and that some of them would lead back to a
main road.
"There are plenty of places he could have gone," Owens said.
If he's still in the mountains, the nighttime temperatures aren't
low enough to cause significant problems for someone with survival
training, Owens said.
Published Friday, October 19, 2001, in the Herald-Leader
Reward offered in fugitive case
Ex-militia member wanted on a variety of counts
By Bill Estep SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU
Federal authorities set up a $5,000 reward yesterday to try to catch
ex-militia member Steve H. Anderson, who has been on the run since
allegedly shooting at police in Bell County Sunday evening.
Carl Vasilko, resident agent in charge of the U.S. Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office in Lexington, said the reward
is for information leading to Anderson's arrest.
"In this particular case, we think there is a threat to the
community, and to the law-enforcement community, so we're offering
the reward to help facilitate the capture of Mr. Anderson," Vasilko
said yesterday.
Anderson, 54, allegedly shot at police near Middlesboro after a
sheriff's deputy stopped him for having no working tail lights on
his pickup truck. No officers were hit, but police say Anderson did
extensive damage to a police cruiser with an assault rifle, then
fled into the hills.
Police continued searching for him yesterday.
Police said they found pipe bombs in his truck. Based on that, ATF
agents charged Anderson on Tuesday with one count of possession of
an unregistered destructive device, Vasilko said.
Anderson also has been charged with attempted murder in Bell County.
Federal, state and local authorities found explosives and weapons
during a search of Anderson's home in rural Pulaski County.
Vasilko declined to confirm what police found in the search, but
said it is possible there will be more charges against Anderson.
At the request of the federal government, U.S. Magistrate Judge J.B.
Johnson Jr. has sealed the documents related to the search of
Anderson's home, including an inventory of what agents found there.
Until this week's fireworks, Anderson was best known as host of a
far-right radio program broadcast over short-wave radio from his
house. He promoted anti-government, racist and anti-Semitic views,
and often espoused violence, according to groups that monitored the
show.
Earlier this year, the Kentucky State Militia kicked him out because
of his extremist views.
There has been a war of words in cyberspace this week over Ander-
son's case, with some people on a Web site catering to militia
members supporting him and others castigating him, according to
information supplied by Mark Pitcavage of the Anti-Defamation
League.
"If any `patriot' turns their back on Steve now ... shame on them,"
one supporter, "California Republic," said in a posting.
Police said Anderson may have outdoor survival gear with him, but
James Latham of Radio for Peace International, which monitors
extremist broadcasts, said it is possible Anderson has holed up with
a supporter somewhere. Extremist groups tend to have an "effective
underground" to hide and help members, he said.
One Web message posted this week makes clear, however, that Anderson
would not be welcome at the homes of some militia members.
"Steve Anderson is not, and has never been, a true patriot," the
message said. "He is yet another of the scumbags who have hijacked
the militia/patriot movement to promote his own agenda. ... If
you've followed Steve's posts over the years, on this and other
boards, it's fairly plain to see that his paranoid fantasies finally
got the better of him."
Published Saturday, October 20, 2001, in the Herald-Leader
Police fear fugitive may not give up
Intensive search fails to yield armed former militia member
STAFF, WIRE REPORT
MIDDLESBORO -- Five days after a former militia member fled into the
mountains after allegedly shooting up a police cruiser, police
yesterday remained concerned that the heavily armed man would not
give up peaceably.
"We're aware of the type of person he is, and we're taking every
precaution to ensure our safety and to ensure his safety," said
Trooper Buddy Simpson, spokesman for the Kentucky State Police post
in Harlan.
Despite an intensive search, as of last night police have been
unable to find Steve Anderson, a Pulaski County man who police say
opened fire on a Bell County police cruiser Sunday night.
Bell County Sheriff Harold Harbin said yesterday that police "don't
know if he's hiding out, or if somebody is out there helping him.
"We're still getting leads, but we haven't had much luck yet."
Bell County Deputy Larry Elder, the father of the officer who was
shot at, said authorities found six pipe bombs in Anderson's truck,
which had been abandoned on a mountain road about a mile outside
Middlesboro after the shootout. He said they also found 6,000 to
7,000 rounds of various types of ammunition and a grenade box.
Authorities have been concentrating their search in a heavily
forested area near Kentucky's border with Tennessee and Virginia.
"If he's still in the woods, he's got to be getting cold and
hungry," said Don York, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, which is offering a $5,000 reward for
information that leads to his arrest.
Anderson, 54, is charged with attempting to kill a police officer.
He is accused of shooting repeatedly into the police cruiser, then
fleeing in a camouflaged 1990 Chevrolet pickup truck.
Bell County Deputy Sheriff John Hoskins said Anderson "tried to saw
a cruiser in half" with fire from the rifle after Deputy Scott Elder
pulled him over to alert him to a broken tail light. Hoskins said
the shooting left the cruiser's windows shattered and the car's body
riddled with 25 bullet holes. When Elder pursued in the damaged
cruiser, Hoskins said Anderson made a U-turn and chased him,
shooting at him again.
Patrick Perry, a spokesman for the Kentucky State Militia, said he
was not surprised by the incident. He said Anderson may have been
patrolling for terrorists when the shooting occurred.
"I kind of thought he was prone to do something like that," Perry
said. "He was sort of a lone wolf type."
Police have scaled back the ground search on the mountain where they
found Anderson's truck abandoned. But officers still are following
up on leads being phoned in by local residents, Simpson said.
"We're still doing everything within our means to try and locate
him," he said. "We're not focusing our efforts only on Bell County."
York said authorities are counting on residents to help find
Anderson.
"We want the public to know that someone who would do something of
this nature would probably not hesitate to become violent at someone
else. That's one of our main concerns."
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