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•v THE PRICE OF TERRORISM: DAY THREE Anti-American protestors burn and beat an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a rally in Pakistan, above. A group of young Pakistani boys chant anti-American slogans during a rally sponsored by Muslim extremist clerics, photos by carl just/krt campus Retribution from the air BY RON FOURNIER ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The United States hit Afghanistan with a third day of airstrikes, crushing Taliban air defenses, radars and airports to the extent that American war planes can fly unchallenged night and day, the Pentagon said Tues day. “The skies are now free,” Pres ident Bush said. The administration pushed for the surrender of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network and the ouster of the Taliban regime that shelters him. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged Afghan dissidents to “heave the al-Qaida and the Taliban leadership ... out of the country.” In a home-front scolding, Bush accused Congress of leaking in formation about the global inves tigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Wash ington. “You have a responsibility, and some members did not accept that responsibility,” Bush said. He warned lawmakers not to talk about troop deployments, either. In the skies over Afghanistan, U.S. bombs streaked day and night toward sites connected with the ruling Taliban. Sources inside the Taliban said bombs struck around Kandahar, the militia’s head quarters, and the northwest city of Herat. Anti-aircraft fire and the roar of jets rattled the capital, Kab ul. Four security workers for a United Nations-affiliated mine clearing operation were killed dur ing Monday night’s strikes. Rums feld said it wasn’t clear whether U.S. bombs or Taliban anti-air craft fire killed the men. In an appeal to the United States, U.N. spokeswoman ♦ ATTACKS, SEE PAGE 3 FBI investigates U.S. anthrax cases BY AMANDA RIDDLE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOCA RATON, FLA. — Federal officials suspect foul play, not an environmental source, is at the root of two Florida anthrax cases that have left one man dead and hundreds of co-workers getting tested for the disease. The FBI sealed off the offices of American Media Inc., where both men worked. The Palm Beach County Health Department tested 743 people con nected to the building on Monday i and expected 100 others Tuesday, said Alina Alonso, the depart ment’s director of clinical services. How the bacterium got into the newspaper’s office remained un known. But federal investigators have eliminated the obvious envi ronmental sources of anthrax, said Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In Washington, Florida Sen. Bob Graham met with CDC Direc tor Jeffrey Koplan. “I asked Dr. Ko plan what would be the likelihood that such a disease could have oc curred without human interven tion. His words were, ‘Nil to none,’” Graham said. The concern raised by the death ♦ NO IMMEDIATE CONCERN ABOUT ANTHRAX IN SOUTH CAROLINA, SEE PAGE 2 Friday of Sun photography editor Bob Stevens intensified after an thrax was found in the nose of a second employee and on an office computer keyboard. Because of the second case, Dr. Landis Crockett, director of dis ease control for the Florida De partment of Health, said foul play was a likely explanation. On Tuesday, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the federal government is continuing to investigate. Anthrax can’t be spread from person to person, but all 300 peo ple who work in the AMI building — and anyone who spent more than an hour inside since Aug. 1 — were advised to visit health of ficials. The second anthrax exposure involved a mailroom employee identified by co-workers as 73 year-old Ernesto Blanco. Officials said he had anthrax bacteria in his nose, but he hasn’t been diagnosed with the disease. Only 18 cases of inhalation an thrax were reported in the United ♦ ANTHRAX, SEE PAGE 5 Braving a new world USC students don’t put study abroad on hold BY JESSICA FOY THE GAMECOCK International Programs and USC students planning to study abroad next semester aren’t deterred by the recent tragedies or President Bush’s declaration of war qp terrorism. Each year, some students choose to leave USC for a sum mer, a semester or even a year to study in another country. After the latest events, many students are questioning their safety here in the United States. But those who choose to study abroad must also ques tion their safety outside the country. Many of them have decided to keep their original plans to study abroad and have the full support of USC’s International Programs. Patricia Wilier, director of International Programs for Stu dents, emphasized the signifi cance of studying abroad. “The importance of interna tional education and the impor tance of understanding what life is like in other countries is as important now or even more important now than it ever was,” she said. Wilier and the staff at Inter national Programs for Stu dents recognizes that a lot has changed in America and the rest of the world the past month. Though they haven’t can ♦ ABROAD, SEE PAGE 5 Study Abroad Fair Today, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Greene Street in front of the Russell House (rain location, RH Ballroom) Representatives from study abroad programs across the world will share information about their programs. Past study-abroad % participants exchange |i| students gO will be fj? there to W answer questions. Soldiers from the Pakistan military patrol around the America Center in Islamabad, photo by peter TOBIA/KRT CAMPUS Bin Laden spokesman renews jihad call ASSOCIATED PRESS' CAIRO, EGYPT — Osama bin Laden’s spokesman on Tuesday called for a holy war against U.S. interests everywhere and praised the hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Cen ter and Pentagon for their “good deed.” “America must know that the storm of airplanes will not stop and there are thousands of young people who look forward to death like the Americans look forward to life,” Sulaiman Abu Ghaith said. The message from Abu Ghaith was the second statement from al-Qaida since the launch of U.S. led airstrikes against Afghanistan on Sunday. Bin Laden issued a videotaped message that same day, though it appeared to have been recorded before the attacks began. Abu Ghaith, who addressed his message “to the entire Islam ic nation,” said President Bush had launched a “crusade” against Afghanistan with the launch of strikes and Muslims worldwide must respond. Well before the attacks on Afghanistan began, Bush had called his war on terrorism a cru sade, but a day later the White House apologized for using the loaded term that recalls the Christians’ medieval wars against Muslims in the Holy Land. Jihad, or holy war, “is a duty ♦ JIHAD, SEE PAGE 4 USC’S PAST October 22,1959 The Gamecock football team lost to the Clemson Tigers 27-0 in the last Big Thursday game to be played during State Fair week in Columbia. f 1» WEATHER Today Tomorrow Sunny, Sunny, 78/56 80/59 i INSIDE TODAY’S ISSUE USC volleyball will face Clemson Gamecocks, Tigers to meet in rescheduled match. ♦ PAGE 10 < Tiffany art comes to Columbia Art museum features stained glass exhibit. ♦ PAGE 7 ONLINE POLL Military strikes Do you agree with the action taken by the U.S. against Afghanistan? Vote at www.daiIygatnecock.com. Results are published Fridays.