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New York Times

September 13, 2001

Bush Says Attack Was 'First War of the 21st Century'

By JAMES BARRON

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today identified Osama bin Laden, the Islamic militant who has taken refuge in Afghanistan, as a prime suspect in engineering the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Although Islamic extremists have been mentioned as possible suspects in the attacks, and State Department officials have privately pointed the finger at Mr. bin Laden, Secretary Powell's announcement was the first public accusation of the Saudi exile by a top administration official.

Attorney General John Ashcroft said today that investigators were making progress in tracking down those involved in the attacks. He also said that the hijackers had "significant ground support" and that the "number of associates was significant." although he provided no details. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz spoke, too, of a "campaign, not a single action" against terrorists and their sponsors.

In Germany, prosecutors said they were investigating what they described as

an Islamic terrorist cell in Hamburg that could have been involved in the terrorist strikes in the United States.

As rescuers in New York continued their somber searches in the still-smoldering rubble of the World Trade Center, President Bush declared today, "We have just seen the first war of the 21st century."

"Now that a war has been declared on us," the President said after speaking by telephone with Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, "we will lead the world to victory, to victory." ....

Elson Boles, Ph.D.
Dept. of Sociology
Saginaw Valley State University