Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Thursday, January 17. 1991
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 92, Issue 81
Qulf Crisis
University students
gathered around TV sets
Wednesday afternoon
with fear and disbelief as
they heard the news that
U S. planes were bomb
ing targets in Baghdad.
Sec story, Page 13
Bombs raining on
Baghdad drew thousands
of protesters to streets in
scores of U S. cities
Wednesdav Some came
in anger, some in sad
ness Some burned the
flag, some ( lung to ( au
dios in prayer.
Two of the largest and
most unruly demonstra
tions came in San Fran
cisco and New York.
where crowds estimated
at about 5.000 each light
ed bonfires, marched,
chanted and carried pro
test signs with messages
like "War Gives Us Gas
Pains
See story. Page ‘I
Inside
Many women who have
been active in the Univer
sity's (lay and lesbian
Alliance recently formed
a separate group that will
focus specifically on les
bian issues.
See story. Page 5
Last week's closure of
the Rape Urisis Network
created questions alrout
why the center closed so
suddenly, and what the
future holds for crisis ser
vices in lame County.
See story, Page 3
Sports
The up-and-down Ore
gun men's basketball
team heads north this
weekend to face the
Washington schools on
their first extended con
ference road trip of the
year.
The Ducks, who am
tied with UCLA for third
in the Pacific-10 confer
ence at 2-1 and 7-6 over
all. meet Washington in
Seattle Thursday night,
followed by a Saturday
afternoon date with the
Cougars of Washington
State in Pullman.
See story. Page 6
War in Iraq begins
Photo bt Sr ah P*t»%lon
About 2,000 people joined a march through the streets of Eugene on Wednesday night to protest a V.S. military attack on Hagh
dad.
Angry protesters fill city streets
By Brian Bloch
and Pat Malach
Emerald Stall members
A small, somber crowd of
protesters turned into a fired -
up sea of more than 2,000
strong moving through the
streets of Kugane on Wednes
day night as the community
cried out for peace in the Mid
dle Fast.
)ust hours after conflict broke
out between IJ.S. and Iraqi
troops, local protesters began a
massive gathering downtown at
the Federal Building. 211 K.
7th Ave., that concluded with a
march through downtown and
campus.
Protesters chanting slogans
such as ”(>Morge Hush, hey,
hey. hey; how many kids have
you killed today." and "Hell
no we won't go; we won't fight
for Texaco." surrounded entire
hlo< ks. waving signs calling lor
an end to military engagement
with !ra(| At one point the pa
rade of protesters covered all of
13th Avenue between Universi
ty and Kincaid Streets
"We’re here to mourn the
fact that our country has gone
to war.” said one protester.
Police stopped traffic at cross
streets along 13th Avenue as
the crowd marched through
and around campus, moving
back .toward the Federal Build
ing
II S Hup Peter DeFaz.io. who
spok.tr to the crowd at the Fed
eral building as they begun the
mart h. saitl he believes mili
tary action in Iraq will only t re
ale more tension and conflic t in
tier (lull region
"This war will not bring a
new world order." DeFazio
said. "You do not preserve
peace by launching a war."
"We're not smart enough as
.1 society to figure out a better
solution to our problems." said
Kugene City Councilor Shawn
Howies.
Although an overwhelming
anti-war mood dominated the
protest, a small gathering of 111)
to .10 war supporters waited
at ross from tile Federal Huild
ing lor the protesters to return
from the march The war sup
porters. t arryitiK fl<>Ks and volt
ing support for U S involve
me ill in the Persian (• n I f
chanted "USA " as the two
sides faced off in the street.
A small scuffle ensued when
a peace marcher grablied a flag
waved by war supporter Don
l*'risbin. but police quickly dif
fused the situation. For the
most part, the gathering re
mained peaceful
Prisbie said he and his
friends were at the gathering
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Daylight brings second wave of bombing
BAGHDAD. Iraq (AIM - Iraq
today claimed U S. warplanes
and missiles struck densely
populated areas of Baghdad
Saddam Hussein called Presi
dent Bush a criminal and
vowed to crush "the satanic in
tentions of the White House."
An acrid smell filled the air.
hut Western journalists in the
city of 4 million residents saw
no sign of major damage in the
center of the capital.
The extent of casualties was
not reported
After a lull, the U.S.-led
forces launched a second wave
of air attacks on Iraq this morn
ing. according in Western jour
nalists in Baghdad and a West
ern military officer in the Per
sian t iuIf emirate Bahrain.
Hundreds of American. Brit
ish. Saudi and Kuwaiti war
planes launched the initial pre
dawn strikes in Iraq and occu
pied Kuwait. U.S. officials
said
"The great showdown has
begun! The mother of all battles
is under wav." Saddam said in
a radio message monitored in
Nicosia.
Bright missile trails and the
blaze of warplanes lighted tin?
moonless night sky over Bagh
dad, Western journalists said
"It has been one hell of a
night here in Baghdad." said
CNN's Bernard Shaw. "Wave
after wave after wave of planes
came in When the lawnhs
lell and when those bombs ex
ploded it shook you to your
soul."
Foreigners and reporters in
the plush Al Rashid Hotel in
the center of Baghdad were ini
tially hustled down to the base
mcnt air raid shelter bv hotel
staff
Some of the Aral) guests
shouted "Death to Bush" as
they huddled in the basement
The command of the Iraqi
armed forces said the war
planes stru( k densely populat
ed residential areas of Bagh
dad. "and fled into Saudi Ara
bian airspace after unloading
their bombs from high altitudes
to avoid the ground resistance
batteries
But Americ an TV reporters in
Baghdad said most of the dam
age apparently was on the out
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