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riONAlP riAi E\VS L BATTALION 9A Thursday, September 2, 2004 Fix Her Up ere mis hile an :y Sima Earlier, 400peorl s to free d every lx he mosti children." rstage-tali of food: Sharon Aeschbach • THE BATTALION Senior mechanical engineering major Brian Auer works on a motorcycle at a shop in Bryan Wednesday afternoon. inning the War on Terror Controversy :rs. it By Pauline Jelinek THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U WASHINGTON The war on terror might eventually be won, depending on one’s defini tion of winning. 1 Victory might mean a drop in the number of terror attacks, or a drop in the death tolls they in flict. But almost no one foresees a complete end to terror tactics that have succeeded in getting attention for Islamic extremists and others. Witness the Middle Ast, for example. J| President Bush ignited a con tinuing controversy early this week by saying he doesn’t think the war is winnable; then he reversed himself, saying flatly that it is. jj The truth is probably more nu- anced, say experts on the military, Islam and international issues. And though Bush asserted that the United States is winning now, there’s wide disagreement on that as well. f It won’t be time to even think about declaring victory until the United States goes “many years” without a catastrophic attack like the Sept. 11, 2001, assaults that killed some 3,000 Ameri cans, said Michael O’Hanlon, a defense analyst for the lib eral-oriented Brookings Institu tions, which operates as a sort of loyal-opposition commentator here when Republicans hold the White House. Even then, O'Hanlon said, at tacks would continue, perhaps at the level of the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off of Yemen that killed 17 sailors. “The best we can hope for is to reduce the level of conflict, the deadliness of conflict and the frequency,” agreed Shireen Hunter, Islam specialist at the Center for Strategic and Interna tional Studies, a national secu rity-oriented research group. That will require protecting the homeland, crushing the cur rent generation of al-Qaida and it’s sympathizers and stemming the rise of new generations of like-minded Islamic radicals, analysts said. Americans are split on how it’s going. A survey last month showed four in 10 saying the war is being won. four in 10 saying that it isn’t and the rest not sure. Analysts appeared more worried. The war’s not being won, O'Hanlon said, “because we’re doing a good job against the first generation of al-Qaida but not... the second.” Al-Qaida was scattered from its haven in Afghanistan, ar rests of some leaders and opera tives have been made around the world and international coalition efforts have stemmed the flow of some money used to finance ter rorist activities. “We are doing damage to the other side,” said Joshua Mu- ravchik of the American Enter prise Institute. At the same time, some U.S. actions have increased contempt for America among Muslims, thus helping terrorists recruit new followers, O’Hanlon and others said. Volunteer Opportunities Fair Service...Weavlna Students into ttieir community! September 7 & S ICsCC a.m. - 2sOC p.m. HSCI I VI M O H Learn about opportunities to serve In tfie Ervan/Collette Station Community! Sponsored by Volunteer Services Centar/Oepertment of Student Acttvttoa Depertment of Student ActMttea' prognma end services ere funded In pert by Student Services Fee mmmm m THE CANYON AT POST OAK MALL Invites Y’all out Thursday, September 2 nd for the 1 st Annual TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! S 1 off with Student ID& S 1 off with TOGA TOGA PARTY Thursday’s “Bladder Buster” Special S 1 Chuggers ‘tilyou can’t hold it anymore! Fridays and Saturdays 21 and Up Wednesdays and Thursdays 18 and Up Specials Friday & Saturday: $ 1. 00 longnecks, 8-11 p.m. $ 1. 00 off with Student ID Wednesday: CORONA BEACH PARTY * Specials good only if in beach attire $ 1. 50 Coronas all night $ 1. 50 Margaritas all night For more information call The Canyon @ 696-3031 at it wasp®' ndependeft iravery )f his 'orrij< th the Unit® ks on a fa rted by favored f [i i to const d they mif September 9th - Corner oS Southwest Pkwy. and Texas Ave.