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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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