I"" One hundred eleven years ofedtorinlfreedom Tuesday October 9, 2001 NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 Iwww. michigandaily com I La. t I 0 Is y ntin es WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States pounded terrorist targets in Afghanistan from the air for a second night, then followed up with day- light bombing today in an effort to undercut the Taliban militia sheltering Osama bin Laden. Anti- Taliban forces inside Afghanistan appeared ready to strike in concert with the American barrage. As U.S. warplanes and naval forces unleashed assaults halfway around the world, the Bush admin- istration raised its guard at home. "We've learned that America is not immune from attack," President Bush said as he created an Office of Homeland Security and put former Penn- sylvania Gov. Tom Ridge in charge. The creation of an anti-terrorism office under- scored America's heightened anxiety. The FBI said it was investigating the possibility that the anthrax bacteria detected in two Florida men was the a result of terrorism or criminal action. "Every American should be vigilant," Attorney General John Ashcroft said. The Pentagon said five long-range bombers, 10 sea-launched warplanes and 15 Tomahawk cruise missiles struck an undisclosed number of targets last night, including early warning radars, Taliban ground forces and military command sites. It was smaller than Sunday's opening attacks. After a few quiet hours, a single jet dropped one bomb near the Kabul airport before dawn today, rattling windows in the capital. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Then, around 8:15 a.m. local time, jets bombed the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, Taliban officials said. Taliban soldiers replied with heavy anti-aircraft fire. Feeding while firing, the U.S. operation dropped 37,000 packages of food rations yesterday - about the same number as Sunday. U.S. officials said the military strikes, expected to continue at least another day, were designed to destroy terrorist camps and bolster opposition forces fighting the Taliban. All of the aircraft returned safely, the Pentagon said. Bush has not disclosed his plans to follow up the air strikes. However, U.S. officials said he wants to shake bin Laden and fellow terrorists from Afghan hideouts and into the hands of American or other anti-Taliban ground forces. British Prime Minister Tony Blair hinted that the offensive would expand. "In time, (the airstrikes) will be supported by other actions, again carefully targeted," Blair said. He didn't elaborate, but the British defense min- istry said that ground orations were an option. Anti-aircraft fire lit the skies over the Afghan capital of Kabul, where electricity was cut and Tal- See ATTACKS, Page 7 r A bank set ablaze by Talban supporters to protest the British and U.S. attacks on Afghanistan bu Key defenses c The Washington Post QALAI SHARIF, Afghanistan - Rebel leaders said yesterday that two nights of U.S.- led strikes have crippled the ruling Taliban militia's key defenses but had not yet allowed them to break out of the pockets they control to contest Taliban-held areas. The bombs and missiles, which last night sent thunderclaps rolling through the valleys here north of the capital, Kabul, have destroyed radar systems and damaged Taliban air defenses and its air force, the rebels said. Afghan radio reports said last night that the Kabul airport and a television transmission tower were struck by massive explosions. But some commanders of the rebel North- ern Alliance were disappointed that the first phase of the U.S. military operation had not done more to help them advance against Tal- iban positions. U.S. warplanes and cruise missiles, for instance, did not strike the gov- ernment forces perched above the Bagram air base north of Kabul, a key juncture for any drive toward the capital. "The U.S. can't win by .bombing," Haji Almaz, a top rebel commander, said in an inter- view yesterday in his headquarters north of the rns in Quetta, Pakistan, yesterday. front lines. "Bombing is not effective against the Taliban. Soldiers (on the ground) and the Northern Alliance are effective." In some parts of the country, though, rebels said their forces have taken advantage of the American-led assault. The rebels claimed to have seized control of two districts near Mazar-e Sharif, a strategic town in northern Afghanistan, and captured 200 Taliban sol- diers. The Afghan Islamic Press agency reported that yesterday's attacks by the United States and Britain struck Mazar-e Sharif and Kunduz, another Taliban-held city close to See AFGHANISTAN, Page 7 Provost search put on hold until s regents select next 'U Bollinger could be asked to step down from Michigan post before the academic year ends By Rachel Green Daily Staff Reporter Gar The search for a new provost will be put on hold while the University's Board of Regents looks for a new president. The regents held a private, informal meeting yes- terday near campus, their first since University Presi- dent Lee Bollinger last week announced he was Bol leaving to accept the presidency of Columbia Uni- with versity. " Pfizer w1ants tax breaks for property deal. By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter the provost search is "temporarily on hold," said ry Krenz, special council to the president. As president, Bollinger chairs the provost search. Regent S. Martin Taylor (D- Grosse Pointe Farms) said he hopes this search moves more quickly than the 18-month search that replaced President James Duderstadt with Bollinger in 1997. Regents were given short notice from Bollinger regarding his departure, given that talks hiColumbia began in June, Taylor said. I think people have all put that behind them. president, What's done is done. Now it's our obligation to push forward. It's just life, so we have to go on," Taylor said. While the regents declined to comment on any official action, Taylor said he is pleased with the effi- ciency of yesterday's meeting. "I think the community should be assured by what we've done and what we've not done," Taylor said. "The Columbia board met Saturday morning; we met Monday morning." Regent Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich) would not comment on when Bollinger would be leaving Ann Arbor or whether the regents would ask him to leave before the end of the academic year. "We met and we've begun the process of planning See SEARCH, Page 7 Cooking for a cause LESLIE WARD/Daily Lynn Meadows of Chelsea expresses her desire for peace to LSA freshman Areaj El-Jawaleri at the Students for a Peaceful Alternative rally on the Diag last night. Protesters clash over war effort In the first of a series of discussions between the city of Ann Arbor and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., City Council members debated last night with company officials about pos- sible benefits and problems with the company's possible con- solidation and expansion of theit Ann Arbor laboratories. The University and Pfizer, a global corporation focusing on the research and development of new drugs, reached a $27 million agreement for a 55-acre parcel of land near North Campus two weeks ago. The agreement was later approved by the University Board of Regents. The deal would allow Pfizer to relocate current employees to its primary Ann Arbor facilities at Huron Parkway and Ply- mouth Road. The company also hopes to expand that facility to allow for space for an additional 600 jobs. nD.; .. r (lek1 ?r n rnhrlrv n-1- nt m-1nv2.Ona 'im- By Daniel Kim and Jordan Schrader Daily Staff Reporters In opposition to the bombing of Afghanistan carried out in the last two days by the United States and Great Britain, the Coalition to Stop Scape- goating and the War and Students for a Peaceful Alternative held separate peace rallies yesterday on the Diag. But anti-war chants were just half of what amounted to a day of rhetorical tug-of-war as Young Americans for Freedom led counterdemonstrations at both events. "This policy of the U.S. can only cre- ate more hatred," said Luke Massie, one of the fondrso Af the Coalition to Ston leader of the Coalition to Defend Affir- mative Action and Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, which initiated the founding of the anti- war coalition last month. "The Bush administration says this is not a war against Afghanistan. This is what (the government) said about the Vietnam War. It wasn't true then, and it is not true now," added Massie. Not to be outdone, YAF was just as vocal in its support for the American military response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "We, the Young Americans for Free- dom, support the U.S. and its effort to maintain freedom," said LSA senior Peter Anel the leading voice during JOHN PRATT/Daily LSA Student Government President Rachel Tronstein and Rep. Emily Senk cook yesterday for familia st2Uind at tha RnnId M onanlId Hns near CS Mott Children's HnHnItal. Rnnald i I I