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Cyan EDITION: XXXX Yellow Magenta Black K EXTRA NEXT UPDATES will be available in vending boxes at noon and 4:30 p.m. TheVindicator Monday, October 8, 2001 www.vindy.com 35 cents AMERICA FIGHTS War on Afghan terrorism begins Allied campaign blasts military installations “Initially, the terrorists may burrow deeper into The war aims to eradicate caves and other entrenched hiding places,” he said. “Our military action is also designed to clear the way for sustained, comprehensive and relentless opera- terrorist networks. tions to drive them out and bring them to justice.” COMBINED DISPATCHES Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. Anti-terror fight Britain promises Taped message 11 attacks on America, vowed new terror in a state- ment videotaped from his hiding place, presumably in American and British forces struck Afghanistan, and released Sunday. has just begun, to fight beside has purpose: Bin Laden was not specifically a target in Sunday’s at- Afghanistan with a massive military bar- tacks, according to Defense Secretary Donald Rums- Bush declares U.S. forces motivation rage Sunday, unleashing the first pun- feld. He said the war on terror aims at much bigger ishing assault in a war to destroy the ter- targets than bin Laden alone: the eradication of ter- rorist networks. The Taliban had a chance to British submarines have joined Bin Laden insists that the mili- rorists who attacked the United States Food air-dropped: In addition, some 35,000 rations tary assault is a war on Islam. on Sept. 11 and the radical Islamic of food and medical supplies were air-dropped for the meet demands, Bush said. the operation. suffering Afghan people. Bush said the move under- regime that protects them. scored that the war is not directed against the Afghans, LONG ISLAND NEWSDAY LONDON (AP) — Britain kept its BOSTON GLOBE but against the terrorists in their midst and the regime WASHINGTON — Sunday’s promise to stand shoulder to shoul- CAIRO, Egypt — Suspected terror The beginning of America’s retaliation was that shelters them. der with the United States against airstrikes on Afghanistan are only the mastermind Osama bin Laden, in a delivered by 15 land-based B-1, B-2 and B- The strikes started 26 days after the most devastat- terrorism, adding its firepower to the ing attack on American soil since the Civil War. The opening phase of a “sustained, com- taped address broadcast Sunday, 52 bombers, 25 carrier-based warplanes and prehensive and relentless” military first wave of attacks Sunday against thanked God for the attacks on New Sept. 11 terrorist assaults killed an estimated 5,600 campaign against Osama bin Laden’s Afghanistan. York and Washington and warned 50 cruise missiles from U.S. and British war- Americans in New York, suburban Washington and terrorist network and its Taliban pro- Prime Minister Tony Blair, speak- Americans they could not live in se- ships, including submarines, in the Arabian Pennsylvania, and blasted the nation out of an era of tectors, President Bush said. ing live on television, announced curity until Palestinians had peace peace and confidence into a state of war and fear. that British missile-firing sub- Sea. They struck Afghanistan’s air defenses, In a televised speech from the and U.S. forces left Saudi Arabia. In London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair ac- marines joined the operation. its air force and terrorist training camps. White House announcing the at- The address, carried by the Arab knowledged that the new campaign carries risks for He said British warplanes would tacks, Bush described them as “care- satellite channel Al-Jazeera, was his Afghan civilians were killed in the attack, the Afghan civilians who might be killed, and it could ig- attack Afghan targets in the next few fully targeted” but made it clear that first since the Sept. 11 attacks attrib- Taliban’s ambassador to Pakistan said today. He nite new terrorist assaults. days and that other British forces But, Blair said, “the dangers of inaction are far, far the overall strategic parameters of uted to his Al-Qaida network. He refused to say how many but termed the at- were standing ready. greater — the threat of further such outrages, the threat the campaign would be wide-rang- spoke during the day, meaning the “We made clear following the at- tacks “huge.” to our economies, the threat to the stability of the ing in nature. speech preceded at least by hours “Today we focus on Afghanistan, tacks upon the United States on Sept. “There were casualties,” Ambassador Abdul world.” 11 that we would take action once it the U.S.-led assault on Afghanistan. Salam Zaeef told The Associated Press. “Civilians but the battle is broader,” the presi- Although not acknowledging re- What’s expected: Bush warned that Americans face dent said. “The battle is now joined was clear who was responsible,” died. It was a very huge attack.” the possibility of terrorist reprisals both at home and Blair said. “There is no doubt in my sponsibility for the strikes, he sanc- Zaeef did not explain where he got his informa- on many fronts. We will not waver, tioned the terror they caused as ret- abroad. As a precaution, Vice President Dick Cheney mind, nor in the mind of anyone who tion, and he could not say where the deaths pur- was moved to an undisclosed location while Bush re- we will not tire, we will not falter ribution for what he described as 80 and we will not fail.” has been through all the available ev- portedly occurred. mained at the White House. The State Department years of U.S.-led oppression in the The initial objective of the cam- idence, including intelligence mate- Air Force crew members who participated in the warned Americans abroad to be alert. National Guard Muslim world. paign, Bush said, was to destroy the rial, that these attacks were carried strikes described a smooth and successful mission. and police security was beefed up around the nation. training camps, communications fa- out by the Al-Qaida network headed More threats: “To America, I say “A normal day training in the States was more dif- The headquarters of Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban cilities and command structure of by Osama bin Laden.” only a few words to it and its people. ficult,” said a B-1 bombardier who was identified regime in Kandahar was destroyed in the first wave of the Al-Qaida network that bin Laden Blair has been the most outspoken I swear by God, who has elevated the only as “Vinny.” missile strikes, according to Al-Jazeera television in leads. But that goal, he said, was a world leader in support of the Unit- skies without pillars, neither Amer- Qatar. But the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan said the ed States after the attacks on New ica nor the people who live in it will Alliance to expand: Bush promised a broad inter- way station toward a broader one. national alliance in coming days. He noted that Cana- da, Australia, Germany and France have pledged to See Bush on Page A3 See Blair on Page A3 See Bin Laden on Page A3 commit military forces as the campaign rolls on. See War on Page A3 TARGETING TERROR: THE INSIDE STORIES DEFENSE IN AFGHANISTAN LOCAL REACTION NATIONAL REACTION WORLD REACTION The U.S.-led airstrikes in Afghanistan on Sun- Sunday night’s attack on the Afghan capital was Planned as a tribute to victims of the terrorist News of attacks brought both cheers and wor- Western European nations gave swift and solid day were aimed at crippling the ruling Taliban for real. Yet there was little sign of initial panic attacks, a concert Sunday evening at Youngs- ries for Americans. Wall Street analysts expect- approval to the attacks on Osama bin Laden. militia’s small but worrisome air defenses. A6 on the streets. A8 town State took on new significance. A9 ed a brief rally, then a drop. A10 Some Arab, Muslim states denounced them. A11 Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K Page A2 TheVindicator MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2001 TARGETING TERRORISM | V ignettes Nation assessed attack as day-to-day life goes on COMBINED DISPATCHES roar in states such as Pakistan and Saudi University and executive director of the For- The State Department issued a strong Arabia, destabilize the governments there eign Policy Institute and the Center for warning to Americans traveling overseas as and lead to Islamic revolutions. Strategic Education in Washington, D.C. officials braced for the possibility of reprisal “The desire to inflict that much pain must Keaney said the war on terrorism is like- attacks against the United States. “The have been calculated to provoke a wild ly to have less of a military component than American people need to be alert,” White bloodletting from the U.S. that would ignite other wars. Instead, he thinks it will be House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. “Gov- the whole region,” he said. “To the extent waged by investigators, diplomats and in- ernment and law enforcement agencies are Bush can avoid that, he won’t play into the telligence officials. taking all necessary precautions, but threats hands of these people.” “The military action will be the culmina- do remain. This is a war.” So far, Brumberg is impressed with the tion of a lot of police work. The military will The FBI reported no new threats or re- Bush administration’s restraint and its lim- be the real end of the line,” he said. “My ports of retaliatory action. Still, agencies and ited goal of ending state-supported terror- guess is that the military campaign will be organizations across the country — already ism, particularly in Afghanistan.