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State Department might list
Pakistani group as terrorists
“We may find that our self-defense requires further
actions with respect to other organizations and
other states.”
JOHN NEGROPONTE
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS
BY BARRY SCHWEID
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The State De
partment said Tuesday it might
impose sanctions on a Pakistanis
based group that is fighting for an
end to Indian rule in Kashmir.
Spokesman Richard Boucher
said the administration is taking
a “very close look” at the Jaish-e
Mohammed group, with a view
toward placing it on the list of for
eign terrorist organizations.
The group first claimed re
sponsibility for an attack a week
ago in Kashmir that killed at least
38 people.
Membership on the list means
it is illegal for Americans to pro
vide material support and U.S. fi
nancial institutions must block
their assets.
Secretary of State Colin Pow
ell plans to visit India and Pak
istan over the next few days. His
goal will aim to strengthen the
U.S. coalition against terrorism.
Powell’s visit will be a show of
support for Pakistan’s belea
guered president, Gen. Pervez
Musharraf, whose support for the
United States Is not widely en
dorsed by the Pakistani people.
On Monday, mobs stormed
Quetta, a city near the Afghan
border, lobbing firebombs while
chanting glory to Osama bin
Laden and hatred for America.
Pakistan’s ambassador to the
United States, Maleeha Lodhi,
said Tuesday, “It’s a difficult sit
uation, but we think it’s manage
able.” She said her government
will stick to its support for the
war against terrorism.
“We know there is a price to be
paid for standing up for the right
thing, and we are paying that
price every day,” she said in an
interview in the Capitol. “But we
are encouraged that the majority
of people in Pakistan support the
position that our government has
taken,” and the rioters are just “a
very vocal minority,” primarily
people from religious schools and
religious parties.
Powell’s agenda is broader
than simply shoring up Mushar
raf, according to a senior U.S. of
ficial. He seeks more information
sharing on terrorism with both
Pakistan and India and greater fi
nancial cooperation in choking
off support for the al-Qaida net
work headed by bin Laden in
Afghanistan.
Cooperation on the military
level also needs to be upgraded,
said the official, speaking on con
dition of anonymity.
Beyond stops in India and Pak
istan, Powell’s travel plans have
not been pinned down, including
the day he will depart the United
States.
In its war on terrorism, the Bush
administration is struggling to main
tain the backing of Arab and other
Muslim states even as it warns that
it may take its war against terror
ism beyond Afghanistan.
The airdrop of relief packages
to the Afghan people is part of the
effort. So are repeated assertions
by President Bush and other se
nior U.S. officials that the fight is
with terrorists, not Islam.
“The United States of America
is a friend to the Afghan people,
and we are the friends of almost
a billion worldwide who practice
the Islamic faith,” Bush said Sun
day in announcing that the joint
U.S.-British strike on
Afghanistan had begun.
A warning the fight may go be
yond Afghanistan was contained
in a letter to the United Nations.
“We may find that our self-de
fense requires further actions with
respect to other organizations and
other states,” John Negroponte,
the U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations, said Monday.
By all accounts, the al-Qaida
network has cells in several na
tions, most of them predominant
ly Muslim. Bush has told these
governments they must choose be
tween supporting the fight against
terrorism and U.S. hostility.
To help Musharraf, the admin
istration and Congress have
worked together to lift almost all
sanctions against Pakistan. A
move to end the remaining ones
is near completion on Capitol Hill.
Despite the concerted U.S. ef
fort, Shibley Telhami, a Univer
sity of Maryland professor, said:
“There are people in the Arab
and Muslim world who simply
will not be satisfied by what the
United States will do. There is a
lot of sentiment built up over the
years. Clearly, the United States
is not trusted.”
There are people throughout
the region who are so frightened
by the prospect of having groups
linked to bin Laden dominate the
Middle East that they are looking
for an opportunity and a reason
to stand up to their extremists, he
said. “I think the U.S. can help in
that way.”
Extremists pose an even
greater threat to Arab regimes
than they do to the United States,
said Robert Satloff, executive di
rector of the Washington Insti
tute for Near East Policy.
“Anything the United States
can do to address that threat can
only bolster regional stability,”
Satloff said.
The logical next step of the
campaign would be to go after
Hezbollah, the Palestinian group
cited again last week by the State
Department as a terrorist orga
nization, he said.
Other than al-Qaida, Hezbol
lah has killed more Americans
than any other group, he said.
Attacks
Blair says U.S.,
Britain closer to
achieving goals
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Stephanie Bunker said: “People
need to distinguish between com
batants and those innocent civil
ians who do not bear arms.”
Bush was unapologetic. ‘There
is one way to shorten the cam
paign in Afghanistan, and that is
for Osama bin Laden and his lead
ership to be turned over so he can
be brought to justice,” he said.
Rumsfeld declined to identify
the targets of Tuesday’s assaults,
but said Taliban defenses were in
shambles. Bush called the mission
a success so far.
“We believe we are now able to
carry out strikes more or less
around the clock as we wish,”
Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon.
Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs
Chairman Richard Myers opened
their news conference with be
fore-and-after pictures of Taliban
targets. Each grainy aerial shot of
a terrorist camp or military site
was followed by a second — the
target now cratered or smoke
streaked. „
The home of Taliban supreme
leader Mullah Mohammed Omar,
about nine miles outside Kanda
har, was struck for the third time,
Taliban sources said.
There was a dwindling number of
targets left to strike in the Taliban’s
paltry military or bin Laden’s net
work, a fact that increased specula
tion about Bush’s next move. Rums
feld said Bush hasn’t ruled out the use
of ground forces; Bush wouldn't say
whether he was considering them.
U.S. officials said the adminis
tration will aid the various anti
Taliban militias, broadly suggest
ing opposition forces could get
American air cover. Special forces,
already at work in Afghanistan,
could be used to support opposi
tion forces, the officials said.
British Prime Minister Tony
Blair, who lent his forces in Sun
day’s initial raids, said, “We are
obviously closer to achieving our
objectives”
On the death of the U.N.-affili
ated workers, Rumsfeld said
America regretted the loss of lives,
but he did not apologize.
“If there were an easy way to
root terrorist networks out of
countries that harbor them, it
would be a blessing, but there is
not,”hesaid
“It’s just one of those things that
happens” in war, said Sen. John
Warner of Virginia, top Republi
can on the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
The Taliban claim dozens of
civilians have been killedin U.S.
led raids. Bush ordered the strikes
after repeated warnings to turn
‘aver terrorists including bin
Laden, suspected mastermind of
the Sept.’11 attacks.
In other action:
—Bush named two new staff
members to his gathering anti-ter
rorism team, former Gen. Wayne
A. Downing as deputy national se
curity adviser on terrorism, and
Richard Clarke as chief of cyber
space security.
—Bush formally notified Con
gress of the military action Tues
day and said he couldn’t predict
“the scope and duration of the de
ployment” There are 30.000 U.S.
troops in the region.
—The government released
new rules to quickly strengthen
cockpit doors.
—Rep. Jim McDermott, Demo
crat from Washington, broke from
the bipartisan praise of Operation
Enduring Freedom, saying claims
of success so far “smack of a cer
tain arrogance.”
BSU
Group to use site
for new building
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2
occupancy in 2003.
Poster likes the idea of being in
the middle of a new atmosphere at
use.
“USC is moving west, and BSU
is too. We are still connepted to the
old part of the campus, but are
now in the pathway to the new.”
The new property will benefit
both BSU and other USC stu
dents.
“An auditorium that will seat
close to 250 persons will be in
cluded in the new BSU building.
The building will also be central
to residences and academic de
partments, making it more visual
to students,” Poster said.
Many BSU members are excit
ed about the relocation.
Carla Wynn, a second-year stu
dent and BSU member of one year,
said, “I think the new building is
the prime location. It’s also visi
ble to students on campus.”
Other BSU members also think
students would be more willing to
come to BSU events because of the
new location.
“We’re very excited about the
location of our building. Its very
accessible to USC students,” said
Diana McCrary, a third-year stu
dent and BSU president.
With a new building on the
way, BSU wants to grow larger.
“BSU currently has 19 officers who
cover Bible study, admissions, fel
lowship and more.
Just this year alone, BSU [was]
able to reach about 500 students,”
Poster said.
Besides moving into a new
building, BSU is also in the
process of changing names. “Bap
tist Student Union (BSU) will offi
cially be changed to Baptist Colle
giate Ministry (BCM) in January
of2002,” said Chad Stillwell, BSU’s
campus minister intern.
BSU is a student organization
at USC led by students who want
to minister to the campus and
community.
BSU meets in Rutledge Chapel
on the Horseshoe on Tuesday
nights at 7:37 p.m.
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