u m e : XXIX ISSUE:
DATE: 11/11/01
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A world in chaos:''^America declares war
Jessica Vitak
Chief Copy Editor
“If there is no peace in Afghani
stan, there will no peace anywhere
in the world,” militant religious
party leader Muhammad Noor said
at a Pakistani student rally in Quetta
Tuesday.
The enthusiastic response
screamed out across the crowds:
“Death to America!”
Riots and destruction character
ize many Arab countries today in
answer to the United States’ launch
ing of air strikes across Afghanistan
Sunday night. More than 80 percent
of Allied targets have been dam
aged or destroyed in the continu
ous stream of attacks since then.
Chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff, Gen. Richard Myers, says that
while some targets will not to be hit
again, “not a lot is left of their land-
based communications systems.”
Myers said that among other tar
gets hit during the first three days
of bombing were airfields, the in
frastructure of Osama bin Laden’s
terrorist training camps and A1
Queda, the group’s headquarters.
According to reports from The
Associated Press, explosions could
be heard near Kandahar, the
Taliban’s spiritual headquarters,
and Kabul, the capital. The United
Nations said Tuesday that four
workers were killed and four oth
ers were injured as a result of the
Kabul bombings.
In the United States, security
measures have been stepped up
drastically since the bombing be
gan. The Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation immediately informed all
law enforcement agencies in the
country to stay at “the highest level
of vigilance” and stand ready for a
reprisal from the terrorists.
The F.B.I. has taken extensive
measures to prevent another attack,
calling several agents off of surveil
lance investigations of terrorist sus
pects to pursue potential leads sur
rounding a Taliban retaliation.
“The investigative staff has to
be made to understand that we’re
not trying to solve a crime now,”
one law enforcement official said.
“Our No. 1 goal is prevention.”
F.B.I. spokesman John
Collingwood says the bureau
stands behind the decision, even
though many believe a few more
weeks could turn up critical leads.
“The F.B.I. must continue invest
ing toward maximum prevention
capacity on every front,” he said.
Federal, state and local groups
have quickly followed suit, with
extra security measures being
taken on all fronts. Many of the
emergency measures and precau
tions have been planned since
shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks on
the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon.
The U.S. Coast Guard, conduct
ing its largest port defense opera
tion since World War II, closed off
New York Harbor to most commer
cial ships. “We at a heightened
state of alert at every one of our
major ports, more than 300 ports,”
Coast Guard spokesman Cmdr.
James B. McPherson said. Sev
enty-two security zones have been
established around the country.
The Federal Aviation Adminis
tration notified all airports to in
crease security measures in hopes
of maintaining safe flights on the
commercial airlines.
Motorists entering New York
through the tunnels are being rou
tinely stopped and asked to open,
their trunks for searches. Enhanced
numbers of patrols have been lo
cated around the city, especially
around bridges, tunnels and gov
ernment buildings.
The Environmental Protection
Agency, the National Security
Council and the Energy Depart
ment have also taken extra precau
tions since Sunday to prevent pos
sible future attacks.
War
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Miami Herald KRT Photograph CarlJust / Photographer
A group of young boys chant anti-American slogans during a rally sponsored by Muslim extremist
clerics in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Three faculty hold forum on China
Erin Cunningham
Reporter
While many people may not
place a trip to China high on their
to-do list, three Elon faculty mem
bers journeyed to the Middle King
dom and experienced everything it
had to offer this summer.
Jim Brown, Jessica Gisclair and
Don Grady spent five weeks travel
ing around China as part of a fac-
ulty-exchange-program, teaching
subjects like public speaking and
intercultural business communica
tion. They taught students at South
east University in Nanjing, which
has more than 30,000 students.
The trio took at least 1,000 pic
tures during their time in China ac
cording to Gisclair, and they had
trouble selecting which to show to
the group gathered in Yeager on
Monday evening for the interna
tional forum titled “China: Perspec
tives from Inside the Middle King
dom. “
“The People’s Republic of
China, with a population of more
than one billion isn’t just another
country; it’s another world,”
Gisclair, assistant professor of com
munications, said.
They visited many cities in ad
dition to the fast-paced Nanjing.
Gisclair was astonished by the mag
nificence of Beijing. “It is diverse,
beautiful and it will surprise you,”
she said.
They were told the true test of
manhood was going to visit the
Great Wall of China, so naturally
they went. Gisclair said she was
honored to share the experience of
seeing the wall, which has stood for
more than 2,000 years, spanning 17
provinces and 50,000 kilometers,
with people from all over the world
and from every station in life. “The
diversity of Beijing was apparent on
the Great Wall,” she said.
China
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