September 30, 2001 Diary: America Responds

Anti-war protesters descend on D.C.
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Anarchists in black bandannas, peace activists with banners and signs, and police in riot gear Saturday took over the streets of downtown Washington during the first major national anti-war protest since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Taliban say they know where bin Laden hiding; accused aid workers back on trial in Afghanistan
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 12:06 p.m.) Under threat of a U.S. military strikes, Afghanistan's hard-line rulers said explicitly for the first time on Sunday that Osama bin Laden is still in the country and they know where his hideout is.

Bush condemns Taliban
Sunday, September 30, 2001
President Bush condemned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for harboring Osama bin Laden and his followers on Saturday, and the United States pressed its military and diplomatic campaign against terror.

Anxiety triggered across America
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Bridal shops say the weddings are on, but real estate agents say their phones aren't ringing. Thousands of workers nationwide are being laid off, but Mercedes Benz dealers in Southern California report strong sales.

U.S. anticipates more from bin Laden after strike
Sunday, September 30, 2001
U.S. intelligence officials say they believe that Osama bin Laden long ago began orchestrating a significant terrorist counterpunch to what he expects would be certain U.S. retaliation for the attacks on New York and Washington, a Bush administration official said Saturday.

Taliban say they have bin Laden, U.S. rejects conditional offer of negotiation
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Updated Sunday at 10:56 a.m.) The Taliban said Sunday they have Osama bin Laden under their control, but a conditional offer to negotiate his fate with the United States was quickly rejected by the White House.

Ashcroft says `serious threat' of more strikes against US
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Updated Sunday at 4:19 p.m.) Attorney General John Ashcroft warned of a "very serious threat" of new terrorism against Americans that may increase if the United States retaliates for the Sept. 11 attacks.

After U.S. terrorist attacks: Is globalization's honeymoon over?
Sunday, September 30, 2001
This past weekend, as earlier momentous events swept across a troubled planet, a few unexceptional things unfolded at the margins. David Phillips of Albany, N.Y., checked his e-mail at the Surf & Sushi Internet Cafe in Berlin. Simone Williams of Australia, backpacking across Europe with her boyfriend, flew from Malta to Rome.

Bush, advisers work on military response while White House drafts plans to stimulate the economy
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Updated Sunday at 8:49 a.m.) President Bush and his top security and intelligence advisers met in a strategy session at Camp David while White House aides worked on a plan to boost the nation's economy and provide more help to people left jobless by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Reaching out
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Journal-World Editorial

Even though many of us have been touched by our national crisis, we shouldn't forget the charitable needs closer to home.

Travel in turmoil: The return trip begins
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Where to go? When to go? Should I go at all? How can I be safe? Car or boat or train instead of planes? Should I book a tour or cruise for next year or wait? A tidal wave of questions is sweeping across the travel world in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedies.

Answers to travel queries
Sunday, September 30, 2001
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have upended travel plans of millions of Americans. Here are some tentative answers to questions I've heard since the incidents. Remember that situations are changing rapidly, so consult with your travel provider or a travel agent for up-to-date details.

Feds must focus on enablers
Sunday, September 30, 2001
By Jim Hoagland
Washington Post Writers Group

Money sets Osama bin Laden apart from other Middle Eastern fanatics and murderers. A fortune derived from Saudi Arabia's vast oil revenues buys his organization survival and "success."

Volunteers find remains at Pa. site
Sunday, September 30, 2001
About 250 volunteers found more debris and human remains Saturday in the area where United Flight 93 crashed, but no additional victims were identified, a coroner said.

Jackson decides to stay put
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Jesse Jackson said Saturday that he will not travel to Afghanistan to mediate its dispute with America, but he will appeal for the handover of suspected terrorists and the release of aid workers being held there.

Mideast instability said to be goal of bin Laden's al-Qaida
Sunday, September 30, 2001
A key reason that the U.S. drive for a coalition against terrorism has attracted so many Middle East governments can be glimpsed in three days of court testimony that emerged earlier this year in New York.

Reality of term limits strikes N.Y.
Sunday, September 30, 2001
By David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group

When New York City residents voted last Tuesday in the mayoral primary, they had a choice of five Democrats and two Republicans. But the man the polls said most of them wanted to vote for — incumbent Mayor Rudolph Giuliani — was nowhere on the ballot.

Report: extended family of Osama bin Laden fled United States following attacks
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 2:09 p.m.) Two dozen members of Osama bin Laden's family were urgently evacuated from the United States in the first days following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, according to the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

`Saturday Night Live' loses its sense of humor in season premiere after attacks
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 1:07 p.m.) Facing a nation rocked by recent tragedy, "Saturday Night Live" blinked. Typically irreverent, often defiantly rude in its comedy, the long-running NBC sketch series opened with a tribute to the victims and heroes of the Sept. 11 attacks.

States step up approach to anti-terrorism, look at tighter security for roads, water
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 1:01 p.m.) From the marine highway in Alaska to Virginia's motor vehicles office to the Florida coast, states are reviewing and tightening security to guard against potential terrorist attacks.

Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has seen proof of bin Laden's role in terror attacks
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 8:56 a.m.) Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that he has seen "incontrovertible" evidence linking suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden to the terror attacks on the United States.

Mideast confrontations jeopardize truce talks
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Tens of thousands of Palestinians marched Saturday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in support of their uprising against Israel. Three Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in confrontations with Israeli troops.

Clinton, Dole praise Bush's moves
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Former President Clinton, who has kept to a low-key public role after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Saturday praised the Bush administration's "measured" response to the crisis.

Empire State Building reopens observation deck
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Beth Koester's husband was only half kidding when he told her not to leave the ground while vacationing here with her mother and two sisters. She nervously wondered if she should have heeded his advice when the women were the first tourists Saturday to peer out at the city from the Empire State Building observatory, which reopened on Saturday.

Memorial tours through DeSoto
Sunday, September 30, 2001
By Joy Ludwig

In the aftermath of the nation's tragedies in New York and Washington, D.C., people may find solace in a piece of history visiting Kansas.

U.N. sends food aid to Afghans
Sunday, September 30, 2001
The United Nations on Saturday sent the first food shipments to Afghanistan since terrorist attacks in the United States, a U.N. spokesman said. Hours after the United Nations ordered member states to crack down on terror groups, Pakistani authorities shut down a militant Islamic group.

Report: Taliban arrests British journalist
Sunday, September 30, 2001
A British journalist arrested after sneaking into Afghanistan is under investigation for possible espionage charges, Taliban-run Kabul radio reported Saturday. Yvonne Ridley, 43, a reporter for the Sunday Express of London, was arrested Friday along with two Afghan companions in Dour Daba district of eastern Afghanistan, the station reported.

Chiefs fan burned in terror attacks to receive red and gold get-well banner
Sunday, September 30, 2001
When Monte Short, best known as "Arrowman," learned that a fellow die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan was in trouble, he knew something had to be done.

Attacks suggest agenda for America
Sunday, September 30, 2001
By George Will
Washington Post Writers Group

A military communique during the Spanish Civil War proclaimed, "The advance was continued all day without any ground being lost." For a while, such may seem to be the most that can be said for the visible progress of the current war.

U.S. military may have to deal with fleeing, starving Afghan refugees in wake of military action
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 1:05 p.m.) If the United States attacks terrorist targets in Afghanistan, soldiers will have to deal with not only armed resistance but also with cascades of starving, desperate and fearful refugees.

Chechen rebels spurn Putin; fighting reignites in republic
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Widespread fighting erupted Saturday in Chechnya as rebels in the breakaway republic defied Russian President Vladimir Putin's peace-initiative demand that they lay down their weapons.

Iran's foreign minister accuses the West of "double-standards" in fight against terrorism
Sunday, September 30, 2001
(Web Posted Sunday at 8:52 a.m.) The West uses "double-standards" when dealing with terrorism by ignoring Israel's "acts of terror" against the Palestinians, but blaming the Palestinians for resisting Israeli occupation, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday.

World Briefs
Sunday, September 30, 2001
• GENEVA: Attack on parliament won't change lawmakers
• Macedonia: Government pledges to honor peace plan

Nation Briefs
Sunday, September 30, 2001
• Minnesota: Airline issues apology to banned passengers
• Arizona: Senator: Nuclear weapons OK if germ warfare is launched
• Hawaii: Pentagon may fly flag from USS Arizona

Send food
Sunday, September 30, 2001