THE ATLANTA BOMBING

By Elaine Shannon

Federal investigators now believe last July's Centennial Olympic Park explosion (a possible witness is still being sought) and two other unsolved ATLANTA BOMBINGS may have been the work of a deranged loner, not a political extremist group as first suspected. After the bombings of an Atlanta abortion clinic and a gay nightclub, claims of responsibility were lodged by "units of the Army of God," a nom de guerre used by some violent antiabortion protesters. But agents scouring the South have identified no group with the motive, opportunity and means to have perpetrated the bombings. Investigators suspect the political rhetoric might be just a red herring concocted by an individual who simply gets a thrill out of setting bombs and who may yet be planning another spectacular blast.

--By Elaine Shannon