Thursday, September 24




Protesters gather outside Federal Building

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Westwood resident Thomas Michael holds a sign while UCLA extension student Stephanie Armstrong waves an American flag. By Chris Goodmacher Daily Bruin Contributor About 100 people from various organizations gathered outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard Sunday to protest the United States’ bombing of Afghanistan, which began that morning. Read more...



U.S. attacks Afghanistan

  The Associated Press President Bush poses for a photo in the Treaty Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Oct. 7, after announcing air strikes on Afghanistan. Read more...


Statement by President Bush

Courtesy of the White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) 1:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.  These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations, and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime. Read more...