Monday, October 8,2001
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 30
U.S., Britain bomb Afghanistan
An F/A-18C Hornet is launched Sunday from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, operating in the Arabian Sea. The carrier is part of Operation Enduring Freedom, a strike against
terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime. The strikes are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations.
Groups denounce U.S. military acts, urge peace
■A demonstration took place on
campus Sunday as part of a national
day of action for peace
By Lindsay Buchele and Marcus Hathcock
Oregon Daily Emerald
Local Eugene peace groups gathered
in the EMU Amphitheater on Sunday to
protest the United States’ military action
against Afghanistan.
Nearly 150 people attended the rally,
which was organized in part by the Uni
versity Survival Center. The protest, part
of a national day of action for peace
called by the National Coalition for
Peace and Justice, was scheduled before
the United States began air strikes Sun
day morning, but the focus of the rally
remained the same: “One planet, one fu
ture, one people.”
The demonstration opened in song,
continued for more than an hour with
speeches and ended with a march
around campus. Speakers touched on
everything from their frustrations con
cerning government policy to their dis
appointment with the American pub
lic’s response to U.S. military action.
University sociology professor
Michael Dreiling said 90 percent of the
U.S. population supports military ac
tion against terrorism, a fact that has him
just as scared as he was after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks.
“I’m confused on how to communicate
to this 90 percent,” Dreiling said. “I want
to say they are being ignorant, stupid,
racist — but these are words of anger.
They won’t create a connection, and peo
ple won’t understand hurtful words.”
Dreiling also said that the symbols
that were attacked — the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon — are symbols
of capitalism and military might, which
have escalated the poor foreign policy
that instigated these attacks.
Turn to Demonstration, page 7
TURKMENISTAN
PAKISTAN
Russell Weller Emerald
■ Sunday’s military response to
terrorism is just the beginning,
according to President Bush
By Steven Thomma
Knight Ridder Newspapers
(KRT) American and British forces
struck Afghanistan on Sunday with a
massive military barrage, unleashing
the first punishing assault in a war to
destroy the terrorists who attacked the
United States Sept. 11 and the radical
Islamic regime that protects them.
“The battle is now joined on many
fronts,” President Bush told the nation
in a televised
speech from the
White House Treaty
Room. “We will not
waver. We will not
tire. We will not fal
ter. And we will not
fail. Peace and free
dom will prevail.”
The beginning of
America’s response
was delivered by 15
land-based B-l, B-2
and B-52 bombers,
25 carrier-based war
Inside
Muslim community
members discuss
concerns and fears
at local conference
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U.S. tightens
security all over the
nation in response
to events in
Afghanistan.
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planes and 50 cruise missiles from U.S.
and British warships, including sub
marines, in the Arabian Sea. They struck
Afghanistan’s air defenses, its air force
and terrorist training camps.
Bush promised a broad international
alliance in coming days. He noted that
Canada, Australia, Germany and France
have pledged to commit military forces
as the campaign rolls on. And he said
more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia,
Europe and the Middle East have grant
ed air transit or landing rights, and that
many already have shared intelligence.
“Initially, the terrorists may burrow
deeper into caves and other entrenched
hiding places,” he said. “Our military
action is also designed to clear the way
for sustained, comprehensive and re
lentless operations to drive them out
and bring them to justice.”
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind
behind the Sept. 11 attacks on America,
vowed new terror in a statement video
taped from his hiding place, presum
ably in Afghanistan, and released Sun
day. It appeared to have been made
before the attacks, for bin Laden spoke
in daylight, while the attacks began at
9:27 p.m. local time.
“America has been filled with horror
Turn to Bombing, page 8
Student groups offer different perspective of Columbus Day history
■A series of events intends to
educate and inform students
about Native American issues
By Anna Seeley
Oregon Daily Emerald
Columbus Day is a time when
many Americans can take a break
from school or work in honor of
the famous explorer. But for Na
tive Americans, the day signifies
the start of an ongoing struggle for
, their rights.
Today kicks off a week-long se
ries of events called “Indigenous
American Genocide — Continued
Resistance” sponsored by the Na
tive American Student Union,
MEChA, the ASUO and the Multi
cultural Center. Its purpose is to
educate and inform people of the
Native American struggle and
protest against Columbus Day,
Annelia Norris, CO-director of
NASU said.
“People forget issues that affect
indigenous people of Jhis coun
try,” she said. Christopher Colum
bus “wasn’t a good man, and we
want to further people’s education
about what his legacy has left.”
This week’s events include a
speak-out in the EMU Amphithe
ater, a candlelight vigil and NASU
members petitioning against
Columbus Day’s status as a na
tional holiday. Cultural activities
will end the week’s events in cel
ebration, Norris said.
Sociology Professor Charles
Hunt’s lecture on Columbus is
also included in this week’s
events. In it, he speaks on how
Columbus really treated Native
Americans.
Contrary to how he has been
portrayed in schools, Columbus
was not a hero, according to
Hunt. He believes Columbus
should be taught as an important
man, but the way he affected the
Native Americans should be told
as well.
“He is important because he be
gins modern globalization, which
is still going on today,” he said.
Columbus exterminated be
tween 100,000 and 500,000 Na
tive Americans, Hunt said.
Columbus cut off their hands,
burned them alive, worked them
to death and set dogs on them, he
said.
“He killed a lot of people,”
Hunt said. “The man committed
genocide.”
Turn to Columbus Day, page 8
NASU Events
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amphitheater
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amphitheater
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showing Sms in the Multicultural
Center
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Professor Charles Hunt in 150 Columbia
Friday: Dancing and music in the
amphitheater
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