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...Some argued that Osama bin Laden should have been 2001's Person of the Year, but I understood TIME's wish to choose an inspirational figure like New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the horrific attacks of 9/11. In 2003, however, the U.S. initiated the attack, and soldiers from several nations fought in the conflict. One person dominated the media on an almost daily basis for an entire year, culminating with his capture in full view of the world's press. The Person of the Year should have been Saddam Hussein. Rohin Francis London...
...Jamil's cell phone, which investigators found intact amid the detritus of the blasts, has led authorities to dozens of suspected collaborators. Many belong to a violent Pakistani extremist group, Jaish-e-Muhammad. Once allied with Musharraf's government, the group is now linked to al-Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, called for Musharraf's overthrow in a recent audiotape...
...backdrop. Each step closer to the Apollo landing was also a victory over the Soviets, a struggle that animated Kennedy's dream long after his presidency. The war on terrorism does not help Bush in the same way. Putting a man on Mars will not help find Osama bin Laden or his descendants. But future Presidents will fight that war too, and it just might be wise to accompany that battle with an optimistic mission to the heavens...
...reproach. She is poor, female and 12, and in mid-'90s Afghanistan, with the Taliban thug clerics in power, that means no schooling, employment or respect. Then her mother has an idea. Cut the girl's hair, dress her in robes and give her a boy's name--Osama--so she can find work as a "boy" and support the tattered family...
...anti-Dean as that he is Dean 2.0smarter, faster, fewer bugs. He is protected from attacks on patriotism in ways Dean is not, even as Clark attacks President Bush for not preventing the 9/11 attacks and brags that had he been President, he would have caught Osama by now. As a centrist from Arkansas who has probably voted for as many Republicans as Democrats, Clark may be one of the few true swing voters left. Having sharpened his stump speech and softened his style, Clark is taking advantage of all the empty space up on the New Hampshire stage...