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Taliban may poison food and blame it on U.S., officials say By Jonathan S. Landay and Barry Shlachter Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON (KRT) Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia might be preparing to poison hu manitarian food supplies and blame the United States, the Pentagon said Wednesday. "We are going to make sure that this is as widely known as fast and as far as we can," said Rear Adm. John D. Stufflebeem, the deputy director of op erations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He indicated that U.S. aircraft may drop leaflets and broadcast radio messages warning Afghan civilians against ac cepting food from the Taliban. Stufflebeem’s allegations repre sented an unusual disclosure of top secret intelligence and underscored the Pentagon's sensitivity to what it says are efforts by the Taliban to use deception to weaken global support for the U.S. bombing campaign. There was no way to confirm his al legations independently. "The United States has obtained information that the Taliban might intend to poison humanitarian food stuffs," he said at a news conference, giving no details. "There are reports that the Taliban might poison the food and try to blame the United States." There is "no truth that we would poison" the food, Stufflebeem said. The United States is the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to the estimated 6 million people be lieved to be facing starvation and ex posure in Afghanistan this winter. The United States has been pursu ing a major information warfare op eration as part of its offensive against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. The U.S. government accuses bin Laden of engineering the Sept. 11 ter rorist attacks. Gen. Tommy Franks, the com mander in chief of Central Com mand, also accused the Taliban of ex aggerating civilian casualties and hampering American efforts to pro vide aid in Afghanistan. As commander of the Tampa, Fla. based Central Command, Franks holds the same position as Gen. Nor Redistricting continued from pagel munity, it’s different.” The three redistricting plans have been color coded as '‘Indigo,” “Violet'- and “Green.” and they would impact all eight of the cur rent wards. Westmoreland residents, who are a part of Ward 1 under existing boundaries, would switch to Ward 3 under the “Green” scenario. This option would move Ward 3 to the east, with Chambers Street as its eastern boundary. Councilors kept the “Green” sce nario at the end of their Wednesday work session after Councilor Gary Rayor, who was originally opposed to keeping the plan, changed his vote. Councilors Nancy Nathanson and Gary Pape supported the “Green” option because they wished to keep the Bethel commu nity together. “I don’t think Bethel should be divided into 3 (wards),” said Pape. Each of the redistricting plans is designed to have equal populations within a range of 5 percent, at an average of 17,237 people per ward. The U.S. Census lists the popula tion for Eugene in 2000 at 137,893. The “Violet” scenario moves Wards 1 and 2 to the north. The “In digo" scenario follows neighbor hood association boundaries, which some residents spoke in fa vor of at a Monday night public hearing. “Laurel Hill fits in much better with the University area.” said Tom Slocum, who was in favor of “Indigo.” While the “Indigo” scenario in corporates current neighborhood associations, it does not address the fact that two associations in West Eugene are combining into one. “Jefferson and Westside are unit ing, and all of these (plans) divide that,” said Scott Meisner, the coun cilor for Ward 7. The Eugene City Council will review the three scenarios on Nov. 14 and plans to decide on the final option Nov. 26. New ward bound aries have to be in place by the end of December as required by federal law. Sue Ryan is a community reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached at sueryan@dailyemerald.com. Mascot continued from page 1 Puddles, a live white duck, ap peared at sporting events, former Athletic Director Leo Harris made an agreement with Walt Disney to have Donald Duck be the Univer sity’s official mascot, Richard said. After Disney’s death, the Disney Corporation demanded to see the contract between Harris and Dis ney in order to continue letting the University' use the Donald Duck image, Richard said. As the Uni versity archivist at the time, Richard was put in charge of find ing the contract. He was not able to come up with a written agreement, but instead found a photograph of Disney, wearing a University let terman jacket, and Harris shaking hands. “The only proof of the contract was that photo,” Richard said. The photo was enough, and to this day the University is the only organization of any kind to use Disney artwork without a fee, ac cording to The Register-Guard’s 1978 article. The only other obstacle to Don ald Duck’s reign as mascot oc curred in 1978. Steve Sandstrom, an Oregon Daily Emerald staff member, created Mallard Drake hoping Mallard would become the new mascot. According to an issue of the Emerald published at the time of the elections, Sand strom and the student group “Committee to Appoint Mallard Drake as University Duck” be lieved Donald Duck was too well associated with Disney and want ed something more specific to the University. However, efforts from an opposing student group, the “Retain Class in Your Bird Com mittee,” ensured that students voted to keep the Disney charac ter as the mascot. Students today continue to sup port the duck. “How many universities can say that their mascot can be found nat urally on their campus?” sopho more theater arts major Martha Mosqueda said. Helen Schumacher is a freelance reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. man Schwartzkopf did during the Persian Gulf War. Central Command has authority over U.S. forces from Pakistan, across the Middle East to North Africa. U.S. officials are concerned that the alleged Taliban disinformation could undermine support for the U.S. anti-terrorism drive from Arab and other Muslim countries where bin Laden enjoys considerable pop ular support. In an effort to counter Taliban claims, the Pentagon has owned up to a number of incidents in which it says U.S. weapons mistakenly hit civilian areas. Franks, midway through a Persian Gulf tour to reaffirm regional sup port, said at a stop in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Wednesday that the U.S. military has been "absolutely open and absolutely honest about the ca sualties that we have caused and we will continue to do that." (Knight Ridder Newspapers correspondents Tom Infield and Andrew Maykuth contributed to this report.) (c) 2001, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. keep in touch www.dailyemerald.com zswoo Locally owned LUBE, OIL, FILTER DOWNTOWN 1320 Willamette 485-2356 2975 West 11th 344-0007 OPEN Sundays*^. • Chassis Lube • New Oil Filter • Up to 5 Qts. 10W-30 Kendall Oil • Clean Front Window • Vaccuum Front Floor Boards Kendall k\w\ motor oil POMIHTMUUmCTIW 3/4 or 1-ton & Extra Cab Trucks Additional •* Appointment necessary Most light cars & trucks CIP ■ Community I Internship Program . I ★ The Community Internship Program is the link between the community, the University, and its i'B students. 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