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The following is a statement by M ayor Vera Katz regarding an
upcoming visit she and a delegation from Oregon will make to New
York City:
that responds rationally and m or­
a lly to th e te rr o r is t th re a t.
Forming and sustaining an effec­
tive alliance against terrorism will
ultimately require us to offer the
Islamic peoples an alternative to
bin Laden’s hatred - changes in
W estern policies that give them
peaceful options for achieving their
legitimate aspirations.
If we fail to do so, those w ho
threaten our fam ilies will gain
strength from a never-ending line
o f fanatical soldiers w ho are willing
todiefortheirhatred. Ifw efail.our
adversaries will eventually obtain
weapons o f mass destruction -
and use them.
We must succeed, or many more
innocent people will die.
The great American poet, M aya
A ngelo, has observ ed that “if
Americans can discern between
our inclination toward revenge and
our search for justice, we will pre­
vail.”
W hat M aya A ngelo was saying
to us, I believe, is that humanity has
a choice that is both clear and com ­
pelling. W hichever o f the w orld’s
great faith traditions we choose to
follow , only a shared search for
justice will preserve the lives o f
those w e love.
W e are no longer engaged in a
cold w ar confrontation in which the
nations o f the world must either be
“with Am erica” or against us. W e
have reached a point in human
history w here everyone’s survival
depends upon our collective ef­
forts to achieve a universal and ju st
peace.
R ep . E lijah E. C ummings
b in L a d e n a b o u t
chilling reports that
The Congress authorized
he was trying to ac­
the President to use force to
quire
chemical and
deal with the terrorists who
n
u
clea
r w eapons.
attacked our people on Sep­
“Acquiring
weapons
tem ber 11. W e did not grant
for
the
defense
of
the President’s request for
Muslims
is
a
religious
broader, open-ended author­
duty,” bin Laden re­
ity.
plied.
“If I have in­
Protecting the A merican
Rep. Elijah E.
deed
acquired
these
Cummings
people requires that w e be
w e a p o n s , th e n I
just.asw ellasdeterm ined. In
thank G od for enabling me to do
this moment o f ournational sorrow,
so.”
we must do everything within our
The knowledge that bin Laden
power to prevent further, far-more-
is seeking to obtain - and is fully
deadly terrorist attacks.
prepared to use - nuclear and chemi­
O ur intelligence services now
cal weapons o f mass destruction
believe that an international terror­
persuaded me to join my colleagues
ist netw ork — trained and funded
in the Congress in giving the Presi­
by a man named O sam a bin Laden
dent reasonable authority to re­
- played a major role in the attacks
spond. O ur first duty is to protect
upon New York City and W ashing­
the lives o f the A merican people.
ton, D.C.
All Americans must realize, how­
In 1998, bin Laden declared pub­
ever, that the difficult challenge o f
licly that the overriding mission of
bringing a single terrorist to justice
his terrorist organization is “to kill
will only reduce - not eliminate -
Am ericans and their allies - civil­
the deadly threat that we face.
ians and military.” This, he said,
O ur intelligence services tell us
clearly and without apology, “is an
that bin Laden now provides fi­
individual duty for every Muslim
nancing and training for terrorist
w ho can do it in any country in
groups around the world. Even
w hich it is possible to do it."
without bin L aden's leadership and
1 am Convinced that no sane fol­
financial support, these terrorists
lower o f the Islamic religious tradi­
would continue to threaten us.
tion w ould plot and carry out the
That is why the President and
deaths o f thousands o f innocent
those
o f us w ho serve in the C on­
civilians for any reason. By the
gress
know
that, acting alone, the
witness o f their peaceful lives, the
United
States
cannot successfully
M uslims w hom I know and admire
m
eet
the
threat
o f terrorism. Only
make it clear that Islam does not
an
international
alliance that in­
permit Muslims to kill or harm any­
cludes
many
o
f
the
Islamic nations
one — except to pfotect them ­
can
provide
the
intelligence
and
selves, their families and their coun­
other
support
necessary
to
iden­
tries.
tify, find and defend us against the
In both their actions and their
w orld-wide terrorist network.
w ords, how ever, the terrorists
T o preserve the lives o f our
within bin Laden’s netw ork reject
people,
the United States must lead
Islam ’s standard o f justice.
the world in creating a new kind of
During a 1999 interview with
international security sy stem -o n e
Tim e M agazine, a reporter asked
by
S T A T E M
"It is fitting that the pioneering spirit o f O regon jo in s the nation
on restoring the path to econom ic health.
"A s a form er N ew Y orker, I am looking forw ard to leading this
delegation, as Portland dem onstrates their support for N ew York, not
ju st financially, but in a hum an sense.
“N ew Y ork took care o f me 60 years ago, w hen the citizens o f the
city em braced me and my fam ily as w e em igrated from Europe
“Ironically, it w ill be alm ost to the day that I w ill return to the city
to offer my support in return, this tim e as a m ayor - p ro o f that the
A m erican dream does happen.
“M ayor G iu lian i’s asked for people to com e back, to help the city
m ove on econom ically and em otionally. I am proud to be a part o f
w hat I hope w ill becom e a national m ovem ent.”
Vera Katz, Mayor of Portland
University Hails Knight Gift
U niversity o f O regon leaders
are heralding the announcem ent
by U O alu m n u s an d N IK E
founder Phil Knight that he and
his wife Penny are renewing their
longstanding com m itm ent to the
university.
In m ak in g this a n n o u n c e ­
m en t, K n ig h t rec alle d th e re ­
sp e ctiv e leg acies o f h is alu m ­
nus fa th e r and h is N IK E c o ­
f o u n d e r a n d c o a c h , B ill
B o w erm an , say in g , “F o r m e
alm a m ater b ecam e m o re than
ju s t an e x p re ssio n .”
“W e are gratified that tw o o f
o u r m ost generous and com m it­
ted supporters are back am ong
our ranks,” said U O President
D ave Frohnm ayer. “ T his is an
im portant m om ent for the U ni­
versity o f O regon as w e prepare
to celebrate 125 years o f ex cel­
lence. W e have alw ays consid­
ered Phil and Penny to be im por­
tant m em bers o f the UO fam ily,
and this gesture is yet another
exam ple o f their selfless com m it­
m ent to the university and the
people o f Oregon. They are m ak­
The H onorable E lijah E.
Cummings represents Maryland's
Seventh Congressional District in
the United States House o f Repre­
sentatives. He currently serves as
First Vice Chairman o f the Con­
gressional Black Caucus.
ing a very real difference in the
lives o f our students.”
As part o f their renew ed com ­
m itm ent, the K nights will per­
sonally contribute to the A utzen
Stadium expansion in a w ay that
allow s the project to m ove for­
w ard . T h e d o n o rs h av e r e ­
quested that the size o f the gift
be kept confidential.
"This com m itm ent represents
an investm ent, not only in the
U niversity o f O regon, but in O r­
egon itself. T his gift com es at a
tim e w hen O regon’ s econom y is
facing significant challenges,
and this project w ill provide an
econom ic stim ulus to our state
and region and w ill bring im por­
tant jo b s to our com m unity,”
says Frohnm ayer.
The
K n ig h ts
have
a
longstanding history o f support
for the UO, including the largest
single private gift to the univer­
sity. The donation o f $25 million
in M ay 1996 helped fund the
W illiam W. K night Law C enter
as w ell as an endow m ent fund to
recruit and retain top faculty.
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Letter to the Editor
Oppression Gives
Rise to Hatred
Even as we grieve for the appalling loss
o f life at the W orld T rade C enter and feel
dism ay at the targeting o f innocent people
by terrorists, it is im perative that w e recog­
nize the underlying cause o f such attacks.
It is the hatred that U.S. governm ent
policies engen d er in the M ideast and
around the world. At the sam e tim e that we
denounce terrorism , w e need to acknow l­
edge that it w ould have no soil to grow in
w ere it not for the oppressive foreign
policies o f our ow n governm ent:
• U ncritical support o f Israel, to the tune
o f $2 billion in annual aid, even w hile it is
exterm inating and dispossessing the P al­
estinians.
• O ngoing bom bing o f Iraq and em bar­
goes against the entire populations o f Iraq
and C uba because o f opposition to their
leaders. T he actions against Iraq have
caused the deaths o f m ore than 1.5 m illion
people — w hich I can only call terrorism .
• F inan cial an d m ilitary su p p o rt o f
rightw ing dictatorial regim es that torture
and im poverish th eiro w n people through­
out the M id e ast, S o u th an d C e n tral
A m erica, A sia and A frica.
• R uthless prom otion o f corporate glo­
balization, which is impoverishing the Third
W orld at an astonishing rate, through
institutions like the W orld Bank and W orld
T rade O rganization, and escalating bru­
tality against the anti-corporate m ove­
ment.
• C ontem pt for the im perative o f ending
racism by US officials w ho w alked out o f
the recent W orld C onference A gainst
Racism.
M artin L uther King Jr. once said, “riot
is the language o f the unheard." So too,
terrorism arises w hen people see no means
o r hope o f gaining basic hum an rights or
necessities o f life by dem ocratic, peaceful
m eans. If we are unable to learn this simple
and oft repeated lesson o f history, we are
doom ed to w itness tragedies like that o f
S eptem ber 11 again.
Jnrdana Sardo
Northeast Portland
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