America Strikes Afghanistan Joanna Shunk WORLD AND NATION EDITOR Sunday noon our time, Ameri can and British forces parted with secrecy and hurled 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles into night-time Af ghanistan. Targets included the Taliban's military headquarters, aircraft and radar installations, and A 1 Qaida training camps. Among the casulaties were four civilian workers whose office was located near a Taliban communi cations tower. In tandem with the bombings, President George Bush has added millions of dollars to the original humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. "The United States of America," said Bush in his address, "is a friend to the Afghan people." Pre viously, Bush said the funding was "for more food, more medicine, to help the innocent people of Af ghanistan deal with the coming winter." As a result of the bomb ings, the increased aid will directly assist Afghans displaced from their homes in Kabul and Kandahar. Several hundred thousand Afghani civilians have fled their homes in Kabul since 15 bombers and 25 strike aircraft streaked the Guilford embraces learn-in Michael Fulp STAFF WRITER The course of events on cam pus went differently than usual on Oct. 5, 2001. Instead of the typical "thank goodness it's Friday" schedule, a learn-in was spon sored by Guilford's Peace and Conflict Studies, His tory, Politi cal Science, and Reli gious Stud ies depart ments. The event was held in re sponse to the events of Sept. 11 and the interest that was shown by the teach-in that was held a week after the events. Brent McKinney spoke on the implications for transportation. 4 THE GUILFORDIAN Greensboro, NC V- ' ? If s"** /^ s Aftermath from U.S. and British bombings night sky. Kabul's electricity was struck Sunday. Since then, the bombing has continued through the week. There is speculation as to crushing of the Taliban, which re fused to bring Osama bin Laden, suspect in World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings, to trial except in one of their courts. "It's Learn-ins consist of mul tiple workshops with experts of various fields leading discus sions - not teaching, but guiding others in learning about a sub ject. In the past, Guilford has offered learn-ins during times of trouble or confusion in our See Learn-in, p. 3 unlikely that the airstrikes will rock the Taliban back on their heels," said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Monday dur ing the second day of bombing. "They do not have high-value targets or assets that are the kinds of things that would lend them selves to substantial damage from the air." Americans and Afghans alike have been concerned that the bombings may be endangering ci vilians. Fear and hope mingle in Little Kabul, California, the cen ter of one of America's largest Af ghan communities and named af ter Afghanistan's capital and tar get of the bombings. Fear for rela tives in Afghanistan is combined with hope that Osama bin Laden will be defeated. One resident said, "I love de mocracy. I love freedom of speech. I love freedom of movement," he said. "They are against that, against freedom for women. That's why 6 million Afghans are outside of the country." Nevertheless, Afghans in Little Kabul, CA, fear for weaker relatives that could not leave Af ghanistan and remain in Kabul. BRITA HELGESEN October 12, 2001 The Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, de clared the air strike to be a "ter rorist act against the Afghan na tion." "America will never achieve its political goals by launching bes tial attacks on the Muslim people of Afghanistan," said Zaeef. Sentiment at Guilford on Sun day reflected fear of retaliation in addition to fear for the Afghan people. Guilford sophomore Mel issa Taylor's biggest fear is "more attacks on the U.S., which could spark a much larger war." "The way the U.S. presents their plan, they're going to go in there and cut off the terrorists, and then it will all be over, which is the ideal scenario," said Taylor. "But technically bin Laden and the Taliban have the resources to strike us back again, and there could be biological warfare, and this mission could turn into some thing really scary." Possible terrorism has been investigated in anthrax poisoning in a Florida tabloid office. Various threats to national security have contributed to the FBl's arrests of 600 suspects in America. WWW.WASHINGTON POST. COM mm*

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