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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
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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. rather limited in duration and scope.” on heightened alert since the Sept. 11 at- “We want to be able to hit our enemies Keaney fears that military action against tacks in New York and at the Pentagon — without creating more enemies,” he said. targets in Afghanistan could have the side took further precautions. Strategy: Brumberg doesn’t envision that effect of destabilizing the government of The sharpest warning Sunday came from American ground troops will be deployed neighboring Pakistan. the State Department, which said that all in great numbers but said all military op- If Muslim fundamentalists take control Americans currently in Afghanistan “should tions should be kept open. The Clinton ad- of Pakistan from its current military leaders, leave the country.” U.S. citizens traveling or ministration made a big mistake in the it would almost certainly heighten tensions working in other countries were urged to Kosovo conflict by declaring that the Unit- with India. Both nations have nuclear monitor local news, maintain contact with ed States would not send in the Army, opt- weapons and have clashed along their bor- the nearest embassy and limit travel. ing instead to wage war only from the air, der. The military action “may result in strong, Brumberg said. That may have prolonged In some worst-case scenarios, the war on anti-American sentiment and retaliatory ac- the conflict, he said, as Serbian forces knew terrorism could unintentionally lead to a tions against U.S. citizens and interests they would not have to face American sol- nuclear exchange between India and Pak- throughout the world,” the State Depart- diers. istan, costing millions of lives, Kearney said. ment’s warning said. In the current crisis, the American mili- “There are many unanticipated conse- The nation’s top military official warned tary must keep its adversaries guessing, quences when a country goes to war that that Americans won’t ever be completely Brumberg said. And the specter that the can lead to greater calamities,” Keaney said. safe from terrorist attack. Associated Press There will be lists of people arrested, and United States is prepared to use extreme MIXED REACTION: “You cannot defend at every place, at force such as B-52 bombers has another Members of the Quaker Friends Center in Philadelphia listen to various speak- details of plots spoiled. But all it would take, he warns, is a single terrorist action to make every time, against every conceivable, imag- benefit: It forces Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ers responding to the military strikes in Afghanistan. Throughout the nation, the military action all the country’s efforts seem inadequate. inable — even unimaginable — terrorist at- to cooperate with coalition-building efforts drew cheers from sports fans, tears from peace activists, cautions from authorities about the “I think we will have some failures in this tack,” Defense Secretary Donald H. Rums- to avoid a massive U.S. strike, and the civil need for patience, and fear of retaliation from some residents. feld told reporters. “The only way to deal chaos that would certainly follow, he said. with it is to take the battle to where they “We want to make it clear to them that Dorfman was busy trying to fold up his are, and to root them out, and to starve they don’t want us to go crazy,” Brumberg prize and decamp, but it had rained the them out.” said. “The region is afraid of the effect of night before and the flag, made of a heavy American force.” nylon polyester, was soaking wet, adding a In the long term, however, Brumberg is few tons to its heft. skeptical that the United States can win a He persuaded a local pilot to use a heli- war on terrorism. The historical record of copter as a blow-dryer. The copter made foreign military ventures has been mixed, pass after pass just above the flag, making he said, and success will be tough to define. the fabric ripple and roll as it went. Volun- There won’t be much cause for celebra- teers looked on at the sight, waiting for tion if alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden is their cue to begin the epic effort of folding brought to justice or killed and the Taliban it back into a truck-sized cube. remain in power, he said. But if the Taliban “No shoes on the flag, people,” Dorfman are toppled, the United States may have to reminded, as he paced like a football coach intervene with thousands of troops and aid on the sidelines. workers to avoid further misery in It was a convivial event overall, with peo- Afghanistan. ple working shoulder to shoulder, laughing It is not a time for optimism, he said: “I’m and taking pictures of one another. How of- worried. I think the economy is in much ten do people get the opportunity to stand worse shape than anyone has acknowl- in their socks in the middle of a sea of stars? edged, and there is a possibility of another attack. The morale issue is very important.” Search-and-rescue teams have gone over the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa., “I think retaliation’s going to happen [in numerous times already, of course, but in- New York], but I don’t fear it,” said Ron vestigators said a recent windstorm might Associated Press Whillock, who was boarding an Amtrak have dislodged debris or exposed remains PICK A SCREEN: John Apollinaro of Toronto, train to Washington, D.C. “I look at it as a not found earlier. More than 200 workers Canada, watches Osama bin Laden’s prere- random act — much like I would look at an from 13 counties were recruited for the ef- corded statement on CNN. Apollinaro had his earthquake or a tornado — and I can’t do fort. pick of screens at the electronics store in Lon- anything to affect that.” This field was owned by a local coal-min- don, Ontario, Canada, on Sunday shortly after Less than 2 miles from the trade center ing company but rented out to a farmer the U.S.-British strikes began against Taliban ruins, a coalition of groups opposed to U.S. who used it to grow oats. Oat stubble was targets in Afghanistan. military action in Afghanistan prayed and all that met the Boeing 757 when it bore Associated Press into the ground at 500 miles per hour, leav- rallied before marching to Times Square. campaign. I think we will have more Amer- PEACE ACTIVIST: Manal Elzeny shows where “No war in our name!” chanted people in ing a burned-out crater 45 feet deep. Road barricaded: The only road to the ican citizens as victims.” she stands during a war protest in Fresno, the crowd marching up Broadway.” Police estimated that about 1,000 people partici- site was barricaded and guarded by police Calif. She said peace is needed for the “good pated in the march. and state troopers. It’s considered a crime Ask an ABC executive about Bill Maher of future generations.” “The people who are going to be hurting scene, and searchers were told not to talk these days, and you will sense palpable dis- are not the people who started this,” said publicly about what they were finding. comfort. Call it a case of on-the-edge ma- Stuart Rockefeller, one of the marchers. Many of the searchers stayed in the same terial going over the edge. Reaction to the military action was much hotel, the Ramada in Somerset, about 12 Three weeks ago, near the height of the Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Sunday that different among some workers at the dis- miles away. In the evenings, they filled the shock over the terrorist attacks, Maher, host unless there are specific threats, no bridges, aster site. hotel bar. of the irreverent late-night talk show “Po- tunnels or public places would be closed. “It’s big-time payback,” said Charles Rios, One night, in the lobby, a beefy guy in a litically Incorrect,” said that the suicide hi- He urged New Yorkers to go about their 38, who works for a company involved in baseball cap and T-shirt that read “Natural jackers were arguably fearless in carrying Bridge Fire & Rescue — Co. 11,” spent 40 business and said today’s Columbus Day Pa- the trade center cleanup. “I’m so happy Associated Press out their mission and that U.S. policy was rade in Manhattan would go on as planned. now.” minutes on his cell phone, describing in de- THE BIG PICTURE: President Bush’s address cowardly for opting to make war from the “We have to go about our normal way of Earlier Sunday, several hundred workers tail what he’d done that day. He talked loud air. life,” he said after marching in a parade on removed their construction helmets and to the nation about the U.S.-British attacks enough for anybody nearby to hear. People called for his head. The White Staten Island. Giuliani said he had been paused for a half-hour prayer service amid on the Taliban in Afghanistan is shown on the He said groups were assigned to comb House used the remarks as an example of briefed about the impending retaliatory the rubble. scoreboard display during halftime at the square sections of the field. He’d spent the why people must “watch what they say.” strikes Sunday morning but followed “The work that all of you are doing here Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals game entire morning and afternoon on his hands Like a deer caught in the headlights, Maher through on his commitment to appear at is God’s work, it is holy work, and we ap- in Pittsburgh. The Steelers came onto the and knees, and found enough human re- seemed stunned by his own misstep. The mains to fill two plastic freezer bags. Most the event. preciate it and love you for it,” Fire Depart- field for second-half warm-ups during the perpetual cynical smirk of his public per- At a later briefing for reporters, Giuliani were bone fragments and pieces of skin and ment Chaplain John Delendick said. speech. sona vanished, to be replaced by a repen- said more security checkpoints were being flesh. A couple of his colleagues found fin- tant, humble, even melancholy expression. set up, likening the security presence to that gers and toes. One finger still wore a ring. Out, too, went many of his advertisers and established in the days after the attacks on Ted Dorfman has a 15,000-pound Amer- and coal miners. Dorfman thought his flag He also found jewelry, purse items, paper a number of his affiliates. would rally spirits, and besides, he’d never and camera film, which will be sent to fam- the World Trade Center. ican flag. Unfurled, it’s 100 feet longer than But do not expect ABC to cut seen it completely laid out and wanted to. ilies when possible. No action: “The core of the plan is that there is a sig- a football field, covering roughly two acres. him loose anytime soon. In the mirrorlike He’s 51, an Army veteran from nearby The largest piece of debris found that day nificant number of armed police officers Each star is 13 feet tip to tip. world of public relations, the uproar may Greenburg, Pa., an hour away. He makes a was 6 feet by 2 feet, some unidentified part and members of the National Guard who Dorfman bought it on eBay last summer have actually extended his time by making living as a financial consultant but on this of the plane. Most was the size of a quarter will be guarding sensitive areas,” he said. for $12,500, or 83 cents a pound, which was it unlikely the network will yank him for day looked more like a farmer. He wore or smaller. Basically, the plane and the 44 Although Giuliani did not identify “sen- a steal. It reportedly cost more than $1 mil- mediocre ratings. Although that is an op- denim head to toe, and his face had the look people on board were “vaporized.” Only 12 sitive areas,” in the past they have included lion to make. The previous owners gave up tion that has been considered from time to of a worn mitt, only handsomer and with victims so far had been identified. local, state and federal office buildings and on building a “superstructure” to display it, time, it might now be seen like buckling un- glasses. He came across as the kind of guy “It was an interesting day,” the man said. courthouses. Many of those were to be and the flag sat dormant in storage for five der. who is always busy and always apologizing He said he wanted to get to some beer, and closed today because of the Columbus Day years. There is a sense among his staff and as- for it. He was congenial, even while shout- said goodbye. holiday. The new owner says it’s the biggest sociates that his statements were blown out ing orders with a bullhorn. The mayor said heightened security American flag in the world, and no one of proportion and misread to mean that he “No smoking on the flag, please,” he said. would include checks of bags and require- around Shanksville, Pa. — gawking at it from was criticizing U.S. soldiers as cowardly He brought it to the area — a grassy field Bill Harrison is a retired U.S. Army lieu- ments that workers show photo identifica- one end to the other — felt much like chal- when, if anything, he was criticizing poli- that seconds as a parking lot for a local race tenant general, former commanding gen- tion to get into buildings. lenging his claim. People were glad for the cy. “He said, ‘I didn’t realize so many people track — soon after the crash. It took a crane eral of Fort Lewis and now mayor of Lake- “What we have to ask of people right now distraction, happy for the symbolism — a were pained by this,’ ” said Nancy Geller, an and a couple hundred volunteers to unload wood, Pierce County, Wash. ... is to have more patience when check- patriotic Band-Aid for a nation-sized executive producer of the program. “That and unfurl its glory. Local residents held vig- There was always a definable enemy and points have to be done, more checking of wound. hurts him. He has a heart.” luggage or bags has to be done, or if we get ils around it for almost two weeks. a clear objective when Harrison plotted war The crash of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11 games during his long Army career. But the Maher declined to be interviewed. But in a threat and we have to evacuate a build- shook up this rural community of farmers A wet task: On the day we found him, an unpublished opinion article, he seems ing.” war on terrorism is different. And the like- ly culprits work for a cause, not a country. to understand his predicament. “ ‘Losing my He asked New Yorkers to “just realize that timing this late in my career’ is a line that we have to be ... a lot more careful now than “We’ve got to learn to fight war in differ- ent ways,” Harrison said. “I don’t believe came to mind,” he writes, “and the song it’s maybe we have in the past, and almost ac- from is ‘Send in the Clowns’ — not the star- cept it as part of our way of life.” that the military alone can defeat interna- tional terrorism. I think it will be a compo- ring role I was hoping for.” nent for the overall campaign. A cruise mis- Armed National Guardsmen arrived, as sile is limited in what it can do.” previously scheduled, at John F. Kennedy Buildup necessary: The massive military International and La Guardia airports to buildup is necessary, however, to let U.S. help with security. friends and foes know that the country “They’re checking the bags a little more means business, Harrison said. He said he closely,” said Jason Franks, who was flying expects some sort of surgical strike, not an Sunday from Kennedy airport to Dallas. “But intensive effort to topple the Taliban or pro- aside from that, everything seems normal.” longed ground action in Afghanistan to stop At Grand Central Terminal, security had a civil war. been stepped up after the terrorist attacks, “I don’t think we want to create a vacuum and an adjoining street had been closed to there,” he said. “I think the fight against the traffic. On Sunday, passengers were re- Taliban will be more political than military.” minded to watch their bags and warned Although there is always ambiguity in that unattended luggage would be warfare, the war against terrorism involves searched. even more uncertainty than conventional At Pennsylvania Station, more plain- conflict, Harrison said: “You’re talking about clothes officers were on patrol and bomb- people who hate us for reasons maybe we sniffing dogs had been deployed. don’t understand, and they have goals we may not understand. We don’t know who they are or where they are.” He is not sure that such a war will guar- Dan Brumberg, an associate professor at antee peace and security. Georgetown University, is an expert in Mid- “There is no way any nation can protect dle East politics and works with democrat- itself against a dedicated terrorist willing Associated Press ic activists in Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, the to give up his life. I am concerned it could West Bank and Jordan. GETTING THE NEWS: Baseball fans at the Dev- happen again. Any thinking American is il Rays-Yankees game watch President Bush’s Part of the goal of the Sept. 11 attacks was bound to be concerned,” he said. almost certainly intended to provoke a mas- address to the nation. The Yankees beat the sive American military retaliation against Associated Press Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1-0 Sunday. The Devil targets in the Arab world, Brumberg said. NOT JUST CLOWNING: Fans of the New Orleans Saints display their sentiments at the Louisiana Rays (62-100) became the first AL team to lose He thinks the terrorists hoped that a U.S. Superdome after hearing that American and British forces had begun bombing the Taliban in Thomas Keaney is senior adjunct profes- 100 games since the 1996 Detroit Tigers. New strike would trigger an anti-American up- Afghanistan. The Saints defeated the Minnesota Vikings 28-15 Sunday. sor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins York will face Oakland in the playoffs. 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VINDICATOR EDITORIAL Americans are called again to redefine nation The world held its breath for 25 days ported by the collective will of the world,” that the events of September 11 pleased ers and the side of infidels, may God keep refugees. waiting for the inevitable, and on Sunday President Bush told the nation. That is as it him, that he has an overwhelming hatred you away from them. Every Muslim has to As a nation, America has shown bin the inevitable happened. should be and as it should remain. of America, that he makes no distinction rush to make his religion victorious.” Laden to be a liar when he accuses the The United States and its primary ally, This is not a war against the Afghan between American soldiers and Ameri- That is a lie. It is bin Laden who is at- United States of waging war against all Great Britain, began what will be a long, people, and it is certainly not a war can office workers or airplane passengers tempting to turn this into a war between Muslims. The American people must now difficult and costly endeavor — bringing against Islam. It is a war against terror- and that he has a perverted understand- Western nations and all Muslims, when it show that he is equally wrong when he to justice Osama bin Laden and others ism, a terrorism that has shown its ugly ing and unbridled contempt for Ameri- is truly only a battle between those who accuses this nation of being soft, of being who supported, directly and indirectly, face before, but never in such a horrible can culture. value freedom and a radical Islamic fun- unprincipled and of lacking resolve. contortion as it did on September 11, the attacks on the World Trade Center In an interview in May 1998 with John damentalism that says men are free to ob- What’s ahead: The war against bid Laden when nearly 7,000 innocent lives were and the Pentagon. Miller, an ABC News correspondent, bin jectify all women and to murder anyone and his ilk will not be quick or clean. There snuffed out in a matter of hours in New The targets of this operation, as defined Laden said, “We have seen in the last will be casualties unlike any we have seen in York City, Washington, D.C., and Somer- who does not fit their definition of a true by President Bush Sunday, are the Al-Qae- decade the decline of the American gov- more than a generation. There will almost set County, Pa. believer. da terrorist training camps and military ernment and the weakness of the Amer- certainly be more acts of terror aimed at The enemy: Osama bin Laden is the per- Proud record: In contrast to bin Laden’s installations of the Taliban regime in ican soldier who is ready to wage Cold claims, Americans have come to the aid of American civilians. sonification of this enemy, and he is an en- Wars and unprepared to fight long wars. It is up to America to define itself at this Afghanistan. emy who should not be underestimated. Muslims in Kuwait, when that nation was Wide support: The president made a This was proven in Beirut when the overrun by Saddam Hussein a decade ago, moment in history. We can be the nation We will never know whether even he fully that bin Laden sees — weak, corrupt and point of stating early in his address that the understood the impact that the attack on Marines fled after two explosions. It also and to Muslims in Kosovo, when they were United States and Great Britain have re- the World Trade Center would have. Could proves they can run in less than 24 hours, the targets of ethnic cleansing by Serbs five too ready to run. Or we can be the people ceived pledges from Canada, Australia, Ger- he have known that both buildings would and this was also repeated in Somalia.” years ago. More recently, in the world of described Sunday by President Bush in many and France to join forces in this oper- be reduced to rubble? Could he have envi- Yesterday, in a pre-recorded statement economics, the United States supported a his call to battle, when he declared: “We ation. More than 40 countries in the Mid- sioned the enormous ripple effect this au- released on Arab television within hours bailout of Indonesia, the most populous will not waver, we will not tire, we will dle East, Africa, Europe and across Asia, he dacious act of terrorism would have on the after the U.S. attack, bin Laden said: Muslim nation on Earth. Even as the United not falter and we will not fail.” noted, granted air transit or landing rights U.S. and world economies? “These events have divided the whole States is waging war against the Taliban, it The president asks us to take the hard- and others shared intelligence. “We are sup- But we do know, from his own words, world into two sides. The side of believ- is providing food and medicine for Afghan er road, but the choice is easy.
WAR | Allies launch SPEECHES FROM KEY PLAYERS BUSH | This is just strikes the start
Continued From A1 ‘Collective will of the world’ Continued From A1 Given a chance: As for regime’s leader and bin Laden both Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, Bush survived. supports America, Bush says said, they have known for more than “By the grace of God, Mullah Omar two weeks the price of peace with and bin Laden are alive,” Taliban Am- the United States: The closing of ter- ASSOCIATED PRESS and relentless operations to drive have learned, so suddenly and so bassador Abdul Salam Zaeef told re- rorist training camps, the handover them out and bring them to justice. tragically, there can be no peace in a porters in Islamabad, Pakistan. President Bush’s address to the na- of al-Qaida leaders and the release At the same time, the oppressed world of sudden terror. In the face of Independent verification of his tion Sunday after the beginning of of all foreign nationals detained in people of Afghanistan will know the today’s new threat, the only way to claim was impossible. Rumsfeld told airstrikes in Afghanistan, as tran- Afghanistan. generosity of America and our allies. pursue peace is to pursue those who reporters in midafternoon that it was scribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc. “None of these demands were As we strike military targets, we will threaten it. too soon to know how successful the met,” he said. “And now the Taliban also drop food, medicine and sup- We did not ask for this mission, strikes were. He said he did not know On my orders, the United States will pay a price.” plies to the starving and suffering but we will fulfill it. Associated Press of any casualties or planes being military has begun strikes against al- Finally, Bush left open the possi- men and women and children of The name of today’s military op- ADDRESS: President Bush addresses downed. Qaida terrorist training camps and bility that the Taliban government Afghanistan. eration is Enduring Freedom. We de- the nation on the military actions that The Taliban vowed to fight. military installations of the Taliban might not be the only one to be tar- The United States of America is a fend not only our precious freedoms, The United States and Great Britain “This attack by America is a ter- regime in Afghanistan. geted for military action. “Every na- friend to the Afghan people, and we but also the freedom of people launched in Afghanistan. rorist act,” said Zaeef, the Taliban These carefully targeted actions tion has a choice to make,” he said. are the friends of almost a billion everywhere to live and raise their ambassador to Pakistan. “Poor and are designed to disrupt the use of “In this conflict, there is no neutral worldwide who practice the Islamic children free from fear. lives. common Afghans will die, for which Afghanistan as a terrorist base of op- ground. If any government sponsors faith. I know many Americans feel fear They are dedicated. They are hon- America will be responsible. This is erations and to attack the military orable. They represent the best of our the outlaws and killers of innocents, The United States of America is an today. And our government is taking an attack on an independent coun- capability of the Taliban regime. country, and we are grateful. they have become outlaws and mur- enemy of those who aid terrorists strong precautions. All law enforce- try. We will fight to the last breath.” We are joined in this operation by To all the men and women in our derers themselves. And they will and of the barbaric criminals who ment and intelligence agencies are our staunch friend, Great Britain. military, every sailor, every soldier, take that lonely path at their own The attack: The initial strike in- profane a great religion by commit- working aggressively around Amer- volved 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles, Other close friends, including Cana- every airman, every Coast Guards- peril.” da, Australia, Germany and France, ting murder in its name. ica, around the world and around the man, every Marine, I say this: Your The president did not identify launched from American and British This military action is a part of our clock. ships. Gen. Richard Myers said 15 have pledged forces as the operation mission is defined. The objectives are whom he might have in mind. But unfolds. campaign against terrorism, anoth- At my request, many governors clear. Your goal is just. You have my other administration officials have bombers and 25 strike aircraft, both er front in a war that has already have activated the National Guard to sea and land-based, also were in- More than 40 countries in the full confidence, and you will have mused about the possibility that an Middle East, Africa, Europe and been joined through diplomacy, in- strengthen airport security. We have every tool you need to carry out your old U.S. adversary, Iraqi President volved. telligence, the freezing of financial called up reserves to reinforce our Rumsfeld said the strikes were de- across Asia have granted air transit duty. Saddam Hussein, might have had a or landing rights. Many more have assets and the arrests of known ter- military capability and strengthen signed to eliminate the Taliban’s air I recently received a touching let- hand in the Sept. 11 attacks. shared intelligence. We are support- rorists by law enforcement agents in the protection of our homeland. defenses and destroy their military ter that says a lot about the state of National mood: Bush, whose ad- ed by the collective will of the world. 38 countries. In the months ahead, our patience aircraft. Afghanistan’s rulers are America in these difficult times, a ministration has already warned that More than two weeks ago, I gave Given the nature and reach of our will be one of our strengths — pa- known to have a small inventory of letter from a fourth-grade girl with the start of military operations might Taliban leaders a series of clear and enemies, we will win this conflict by tience with the long waits that will surface-to-air missiles as well as a father in the military. trigger new terrorist attacks, ac- specific demands: Close terrorist the patient accumulation of success- result from tighter security, patience “As much as I don’t want my dad knowledged that “many Americans shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. training camps. Hand over leaders of es, by meeting a series of challenges and understanding that it will take Afghan sources in Pakistan said the to fight,” she wrote, “I’m willing to feel fear today.” the al-Qaida network. And return all with determination and will and time to achieve our goals, patience give him to you.” attack had damaged the Taliban mil- foreign nationals, including Ameri- purpose. in all the sacrifices that may come. This is a precious gift. The greatest itary headquarters and destroyed a can citizens unjustly detained in Today we focus on Afghanistan, Today, those sacrifices are being she could give. This young girl knows radar installation and control tower your country. but the battle is broader. Every na- made by members of our armed what America is all about. BLAIR | Leader at the airport in the southern Afghan None of these demands were met. tion has a choice to make. In this con- forces who now defend us so far Since Sept. 11, an entire generation city of Kandahar. Smoke could be And now, the Taliban will pay a price. flict, there is no neutral ground. If any from home, and by their proud and of young Americans has gained new promises support seen billowing from the high-walled By destroying camps and disrupt- government sponsors the outlaws worried families. understanding of the value of free- compound of Mullah Mohammed ing communications, we will make and killers of innocents, they have A commander in chief sends dom and its cost and duty and its Omar, the Taliban leader, these it more difficult for the terror net- become outlaws and murderers America’s sons and daughters into sacrifice. Continued From A1 sources added. work to train new recruits and coor- themselves. And they will take that battle in a foreign land only after the The battle is now joined on many One Pentagon official said that dinate their evil plans. lonely path at their own peril. greatest care and a lot of prayer. fronts. We will not waver, we will not York and Washington. while highly visible attacks were be- Initially, the terrorists may burrow I’m speaking to you today from the We ask a lot of those who wear our tire, we will not falter, and we will Defense officials gave no details ing carried out, other operations deeper into caves and other en- Treaty Room of the White House, a uniform. We ask them to leave their not fail. Peace and freedom will pre- about the attacks with Tomahawk would not be seen publicly. Officials trenched hiding places. Our military place where American presidents loved ones, to travel great distances, vail. cruise missiles by British submarines have said previously that U.S. special action is also designed to clear the have worked for peace. to risk injury, even to be prepared to Thank you. May God continue to operating in the Indian Ocean. Up to forces have been operating inside way for sustained, comprehensive We’re a peaceful nation. Yet, as we make the ultimate sacrifice of their bless America. three British submarines were in the Afghanistan. area. Roughly an hour after the first vol- A British task force — with 23,000 ley of cruise missiles, Taliban forces personnel and 24 navy ships con- came under attack from the North- ducting long-planned military exer- ern Alliance, Afghan opposition Blair: The Taliban ‘chose to side with terror’ cises in Oman — has been made forces who fired multiple-rocket available to back the operations launchers from an air base about 25 LONDON (AP) — Following are key livered to the Taliban to yield up the ment, I can confirm that last ple. Islam is a peaceful and tolerant against Afghanistan. Additional miles north of Kabul. excerpts from Prime Minister Tony terrorists or face the consequences. Wednesday the United States gov- religion, and the acts of these people British warplanes have also been Bush spoke less than an hour after Blair’s speech at 10 Downing Street on It is clear beyond doubt that they ernment made a specific request that are wholly contrary to the teachings sent to the region. the first explosion could be heard in Sunday, announcing British forces had will not do this. They were given the a number of U.K. military assets be of the Koran. ... The Ministry of Defense scheduled Kabul, followed by the sounds of joined the U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. choice of siding with justice or siding used in the operation which has now a morning news conference today in with terror and they chose to side begun, and that I gave the authority anti-aircraft fire. Power went off None of the leaders involved in London. An emergency session of with terror. for these assets to be deployed. throughout the city almost immedi- No country lightly commits forces to this action want war. None of our na- Parliament will be held tonight, with There are three parts, all equally They include the base at Diego ately after the first of five thunder- military action and the inevitable an address from Blair, his office said important, to the operation in which Garcia, reconnaissance and other air- tions want it. We are a peaceful peo- ous blasts. risks involved. Sunday. we are engaged — military, diplo- craft and missile-firing submarines. ple. But we know that sometimes, to But we made it clear following the safeguard peace, we have to fight. attacks upon the United States on matic and humanitarian. The missile-firing submarines are in The military action we are taking use tonight. The air assets will be Britain has learned that lesson Sept. 11 that we would take action P AKISTAN will be targeted against places we available for use in the coming days. many times before in our history. We once it was clear who was responsi- know to be involved in the al-Qaida ... only do it if the cause is just. But this BIN LADEN | ble. There is no doubt in my mind, network of terror or against the mil- On the humanitarian front, we are cause is just. The murder of almost nor in the mind of anyone who has itary apparatus of the Taliban. assembling a coalition of support for 7,000 innocent people in America Message has purpose President been through all the available evi- This military plan has been put to- refugees in and outside Afghanistan, dence, including intelligence mate- was an attack on our freedom, our gether mindful of our determination which is as vital as the military coali- way of life; an attack on civilized val- rial, that these attacks were carried to do all we humanly can to avoid tion. ... Continued From A1 out by the al-Qaida network master- ues the world over. We waited so civilian casualties. ... dream of security before we live it in warns minded by Osama bin Laden. that those responsible could be I wish to say finally, as I have said Palestine, and not before all the infi- Equally, it is clear that his network We have set the objectives: to many times before, that this is not a yielded up by those shielding them. del armies leave the land of Mo- is harbored and supported by the eradicate Osama bin Laden’s net- war with Islam. It angers me, as it That offer was refused. We have opposition Taliban regime inside Afghanistan. work of terrorism and to take action angers the vast majority of Muslims, now no choice. So we will act. And hammed. Peace be upon him,” bin It is now almost a month since the against the Taliban regime that is to hear bin Laden and his associates our determination in acting is total. Laden said, wearing green camou- flage fatigues and a white Afghan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pres- atrocity occurred. It is more than two sponsoring him. described as Islamic terrorists. We will not let up or rest until our ident Gen. Pervez Musharraf called weeks since an ultimatum was de- As for the precise British involve- They are terrorists, pure and sim- objectives are met in full. headdress with a Kalashnikov rifle on Afghanistan’s opposition not to perched beside him. take advantage of the U.S. and British Those responsible for the Sept. 11 military attacks against Osama bin In taped address, bin Laden expresses disdain for America attacks, he said, acted in God’s name. Laden and his allies in the ruling Tal- The brief speech sounded familiar iban. ASSOCIATED PRESS years. Its sons are killed, its blood is have followed injustice. They sup- embassies were bombed in 1998), themes for bin Laden, who since shed, its sanctuaries are attacked, ported the butcher over the victim, Iraq was struck and Afghanistan was Musharraf called for a short mili- Text of Osama bin Laden’s taped re- 1996 has waged his campaign from and no one hears and no one heeds. the oppressor over the innocent struck. Hypocrisy stood in force be- tary campaign, targeting bin Laden’s marks, aired on an Arab television sta- mountain redoubts in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida terrorist network, which When God blessed one of the groups child. May God show them His wrath hind the head of infidels worldwide, tion after the U.S. and British strikes of Islam, vanguards of Islam, they de- and give them what they deserve. He pointedly focused on issues the United States believes was be- Sunday. The remarks, which refer to behind the cowards of this age, hind the Sept. 11 terror attacks on stroyed America. I pray to God to ele- I say that the situation is clear and America and those who are with it. that will prove most compelling to the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York vate their status and bless them. obvious. After this event, after the sen- an Arab and Muslim audience — the New York and Washington. and Washington, appear to have been These events have divided the Musharraf said the attacks were Millions of innocent children are ior officials have spoken in America, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the plight made before Sunday’s strikes. The text whole world into two sides. The side “against terrorists, terrorism, their being killed as I speak. They are be- starting with the head of infidels of Iraq under U.N. sanctions, and the is translated from the Arabic. of believers and the side of infidels, sanctuaries and their supporters.” ing killed in Iraq without commit- worldwide, Bush, and those with him. may God keep you away from them. presence of U.S. troops on land Mus- Musharraf said he had told Presi- ting any sins, and we don’t hear con- They have come out in force with their I bear witness that there is no God Every Muslim has to rush to make lims consider sacred. dent Bush and British Prime Minister demnation or a fatwa (religious de- men and have turned even the coun- his religion victorious. The winds of but Allah and that Mohammad is his cree) from the rulers. In these days, tries that belong to Islam to this How it’s viewed: “It was very ef- Tony Blair that “this action should faith have come. The winds of messenger. Israeli tanks infest Palestine — in treachery, and they want to wag their fective,” said Jamal Khashoggi, not be allowed to be taken advantage change have come to eradicate op- of by the northern alliance,” refer- There is America, hit by God in one Jenin, Ramallah, Rafah, Beit Jalla, and tail at God, to fight Islam, to suppress deputy editor of the Arab News in pression from the island of Muham- ring to the Afghan opposition coali- of its softest spots. Its greatest build- other places in the land of Islam, and people in the name of terrorism. Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. “He pinpointed mad, peace be upon him. tion fighting the Taliban. ings were destroyed, thank God for we don’t hear anyone raising his When people at the ends of the the matters that are in the hearts of To America, I say only a few words “The northern alliance must not that. There is America, full of fear voice or moving a limb. earth, Japan, were killed by their all Muslims, whether they are in In- from its north to its south, from its to it and its people. I swear by God, draw mileage out of this action and When the sword comes down (on hundreds of thousands, young and donesia or Morocco.” west to its east. Thank God for that. America), after 80 years, hypocrisy old, it was not considered a war who has elevated the skies without the post-action has to be balance,” In the speech, bin Laden demand- he added. What America is tasting now is rears its ugly head. They deplore and crime, it is something that has justi- pillars, neither America nor the peo- Pakistan has maintained close ties something insignificant compared to they lament for those killers, who fication. Millions of children in Iraq is ple who live in it will dream of secu- ed the estimated 5,000 U.S. troops for years with the Taliban and is the what we have tasted for scores of have abused the blood, honor and something that has justification. But rity before we live it in Palestine, and leave Saudi Arabia, territory consid- only country that recognizes the Is- years. Our nation (the Islamic world) sanctuaries of Muslims. The least when they lose dozens of people in not before all the infidel armies leave ered sacred because it is home to Is- lamic militia as the legitimate gov- has been tasting this humiliation and that can be said about those people Nairobi and Dar es Salaam (capitals the land of Muhammad, peace be lam’s two holiest shrines, at Mecca ernment of Afghanistan. this degradation for more than 80 is that they are debauched. They of Kenya and Tanzania, where U.S. upon him. and Medina. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K
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We anticipate a black future for America. Instead of remaining United States, it shall end up separated states and shall have to carry the bodies of its sons back to America. “ – Osama bin Laden-- Usama bin” Laden, 1998
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TERRORBy Eric Schoenborn and Jonathan Boho / Scripps Howard News Service ince the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the question has been asked S repeatedly: Why? Why would someone commit acts of such devastation against citizens of the United States? The answer may lie in the words of Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, who U.S. officials believe is the man most likely responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Few have articulated the reasoning behind terrorist attacks against U.S. targets as well as bin Laden, who on Aug. 23, 1996, issued a declaration of jihad, or holy war, against U.S. troops in the Middle East. That declaration was expanded in a February 1998 edict to kill Americans, including civilians, “in any country in which it is possible to do it.”
“We believe that the worst thieves in the world today and the worst terrorists ON AMERICA: ON ISLAM: “The call to wage war against America was “Our primary mission is nothing but the further- are the Americans. Nothing could stop you except perhaps retaliation in kind.” made because America has spear-headed the ing of [Islam]. ... Let not the West be taken in by crusade against the Islamic nation, sending those who say that Muslims choose nothing but tens of thousands of its troops to ** the land slaughtering. Their brothers in East Europe, in of the two Holy Mosques over and above its Turkey and in Albania have been guided by Allah meddling in its affairs and its politics, and its to submit to Islam and to experience the bliss of support of the oppressive, corrupt and tyranni- Islam. cal regime that is in control. “… We believe that Allah has created us for the “Our mothers and daughters and sons are purpose of worshipping him ... Allah has ordered slaughtered every day with the approval of us to make holy wars and to fight to see to it America and its support. And, while America that His word is the highest and the uppermost blocks the entry of weapons into Islamic coun- and that of the unbelievers the lowermost. We tries, it provides the Israelis with a continuous believe that this is the call we have to answer supply of arms allowing them thus to kill and Osama bin ...” Laden in a video massacre more Muslims.” released by Al-Qaida to the ON TERRORISM: ON THE FUTURE: Middle East “The terrorism we practice is of the commend- “… Allah has granted the Muslim people and Broadcasting the Afghani mujahedeen, and those with them, Company calling able kind for it is directed at the tyrants and the for recruits, aggressors and the enemies of Allah, the the opportunity to fight the Russians and the donations tyrants, the traitors who commit acts of treason Soviet Union. “... They were defeated by Allah and action and were wiped out. There is a lesson here. The against the U.S. against their own countries and their own faith and their own prophet and their own nation. Ter- Soviet Union entered Afghanistan late in De- rorizing those and punishing them are neces- cember of ’79. The flag of the Soviet Union was sary measures to straighten things and to make folded once and for all on the 25th of Decem- * them right. ber just 10 years later. It was thrown in the Making of an emir wastebasket. Gone was the Soviet Union forev- “Our mothers and daughters are slaughtered er. We are certain that we shall — with the grace of Allah — prevail over the Americans …” The 17th child of a wealthy Saudi construction magnate, Osama bin ments against the Saudi monarchy. It is here where U.S. officials believe each day with the approval of America and its Laden began his political life when he left Saudi Arabia to join the CIA- Al-Qaida’s attention turned to terrorist activities against the United support ... you have no right to object to any re- Source: ABC News interview, May 1998 backed Afghan resistance (called the mujahedeen) in the fight to expel States. While in Sudan he was able to lay the foundation for a coalition sponse or retaliation that reciprocates your ac- the invading Soviets from Afghanistan in 1979. In the last years of that of terrorist groups with a hard-line Islamic agenda. After a series of ter- tions.” 10-year conflict, which resulted a Soviet retreat, bin Laden created Al- rorist actions against U.S. targets, pressure from the U.S. and Saudi Ara- Qaida, – translated as “the Base” – a group founded to aid the Afghan bia forced Sudan to expel bin Laden in 1996, whereupon bin Laden resistance. Bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia and became a dissident moved to Afghanistan. Bin Laden continues to live in Afghanistan as a * emir – military commander. when his country offered support to the U.S. in the Gulf War. Bin Laden “guest” of that country’s Taliban government. ** the land of the two Holy Mosques – Saudi Arabia contains two of the three holiest sites in the Islamic faith, the al-Aqsa fled to Afghanistan, then Sudan, once he was punished for his state- Mosque in Medina and the Holy Kabba in Mecca. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K
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1985 1986 Eighteen U.S. citizens are 1985 Bomb at West Berlin, taken hostage in 1996 Apartment 2001 TWA flight 847 hi- Germany, nightclub Lebanon. the last complex housing Hijacked airplanes crash kills three, including 1998 2000 jacked from Athens hostage, Terry Anderson, U.S. servicemen hit U.S. embassies in USS Cole am- into World Trade Center, to Rome. One Ameri- two U.S. servicemen; an Associated Press news with car bomb in Pentagon. WTC towers col- 1983 1983 bombing later proven 1993 Kenya and Tanza- bushed by suicide can, Navy diver bureau chief in Beirut, is 1993 Saudi Arabia – 19 nia bombed – 224 bomber in the lapse – at least 7,000 re- U.S. embassy Car bombing of to be a plot supported not released until Decem- U.S. soldiers are World Trade Center 1995 dead, about 400 bombed in Beirut, barracks kills 241 Robert Dean Steth- people killed, thou- Yemeni port of ported dead or missing; em, was killed during by Libyan leader Mo- ber 1991. ambushed in So- is bombed – six Car bombing in wounded. 2,326 wounded. Lebanon, killing 66 U.S. Marines in hamar Gadhafi. killed, about 1,000 Saudi Arabia – five sands injured. Aden — 17 dead; 39 the hijacking. malia; 18 soldiers injured. people. Lebanon. are killed. injured. U.S. servicemen dead.