Newsweek articles from October 2001

Newsweek archives from October 2001

Bylines.
October 1, 2001... Tracking Osama bin Laden's terror network has been a complex and confusing task even for veteran investigators. But as we set out to piece together the trail that led to Sept. 11, we were able to draw on the expertise of NEWSWEEK journalists...

Screeching to a Halt: Returning to work, the nation faces a sharply altered economic landscape.(economic effects of World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)(Economy)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Shhh. it's supposed to be a surprise. On Oct. 4, Terri and Ed Trombley planned to wake their two daughters--Kathleen, 5, and Laura, 10--and announce: "Come on, we're going to Disney World!" They'd board a plane and be hangin' with Mickey by...

Not All Bad for Business: Demand for security provides a boost for tech firms.(effects of World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)(Economy)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Unlike millions of Americans, some rescue workers actually completed their phone calls in the hours after the terrorist attacks. That's because Iridium, the Leesburg, Va., maker of satellite phones, rushed nearly 700 handsets to New York and...

Corrections.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2001... Corrections In "Grits, Guts and Rudy Giuliani" (SPECIAL REPORT, Sept. 24), we described the murder rate in New York as "surging." In fact, homicides, which rose slightly in 2000, are down 11 percent in 2001 and 68 percent since Giuliani...

Mail Call.(Letters)
October 1, 2001... American Tragedy, American Heroes Stunned by the horror of Sept. 11, more than 4,000 NEWSWEEK readers shared their thoughts with us. Here are some of their voices. I'm grateful to you for creating such a terrific Special Report (Sept. 24)...

War, The Health Of The State: For America, there are only two kinds of years--the war years and the interwar years.(The Last Word)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... It is just 10 years since the senate barely passed, 52-47, the resolution authorizing the use of force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. Tom Daschle, now majority leader; Joseph Biden, now chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Carl Levin,...

The Day the World Changed, I Did, Too: Just weeks ago, I thought of myself as a musician and a poet. Now I'm calling myself a patriot.(My Turn)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... I never thought listening to "God Bless America" would make me cry, but I guess crisis brings out parts of us that we didn't know existed. I have thought and felt things in the past several days that I never would have expected to. When I...

Bush's Battle Cry: Drawing on prayer and a sense of personal mission, W becomes a war president.(George W. Bush after World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)
October 1, 2001... Before he spoke his words of war for the world to hear, George W. Bush wanted to pray in private with the ordained of all faiths. It was hours before the most fateful speech of his life. Twenty-seven clergymen had been invited to meet with him....

Powell in The Middle: He favors a limited war, but the hawks want to hit Iraq. Behind the debate.(Secretary of State Colin Powell and the response to terrorism)(The Commanders)
October 1, 2001... On Sept. 11, Colin Powell seemed to be, not for the first time, out of sync with his boss. The secretary of State was sitting down to breakfast in Lima with Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo when an aide handed him a note: the first tower had...

Inside the Mullah's Mind: The Taliban leader rules by faith and fear. A look at the enemy we face.(Mullah Mohammed Omar)(The Battleground)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The only known photo of Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Islamic Taliban militia and self-styled "supreme leader of the Muslim faithful," is grainy, out of focus and more than five years old. Released by the BBC last week, it shows a...

A Dictator's Dilemma: As war looms, Pakistan's ruler worries about extremists in his own Army.(The Battleground)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Coming from a military dictator, it was the kind of request that might be taken as a sign of weakness. "Trust me," Gen. Pervez Musharraf pleaded in a television address to the people of Pakistan. Musharraf was defending his decision to give...

The Allies Who Made Our Foes: How the Arab states we call our friends sow seeds of terror--and what we should do about it.(Saudi Arabia and Egypt pose particular problems)(The Battleground)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... There is a debate raging within the Bush administration over what to do after it strikes Afghanistan. Some argue for a relentless attack on the Qaeda network of terrorist groups. Others want to broaden the war to fight states like Iraq, Iran...

The Road to September 11: It was a long time coming. For a decade, America's been fighting a losing secret war against terror. A NEWSWEEK investigation into the missed clues and missteps in a manhunt that is far from over.(The Terrorists)
October 1, 2001... He was more than a little suspicious. At the Airman Flight School in Norman, Okla., the stocky aspiring pilot with the heavy French accent acted oddly. He was abrupt and argumentative, refusing to pay the whole $4,995 fee upfront (he shelled...

The New Shape Of Patriotism: Still shocked, we're all patriots now. What we owe the nation--and each other.(Between the Lines)(Civil Liberties)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... I wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty, and figured my police press credential might get me there. Not a chance. They tell me at the ferry that it is "closed indefinitely," which depresses me as much as anything all week. I call a government...

Perspectives.(quotes from the news)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: either you are with us or you are with the terrorists." President George W. Bush, speaking to the nation during a joint session of Congress "He was afraid of flying." Mohamed...

Periscope.(social, economic, and military effects of World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)
October 1, 2001... CULTURE Finding Our New Voice You could measure the change by the catch in David Letterman's voice, the pain in his eyes. By the time the master of late-night detachment returned to the air, the entire culture had shifted under his,...

Beating the Second Scare: Wall Street's nightmare week, a fallout from the surprise attack, breeds its own form of hope.(Capital Gains)(Economy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... The market came down as surely as the Twin Towers did, touching Americans with another kind of dread. In its first wave, terrorism leaves you in fear for your life. In its second wave, you fear for your livelihood and your future. Most...

After The Trauma: Of the tens of thousands who survived the Sept. 11 attacks, a third may experience post-traumatic stress disorder. What it is, and how to cope.(Psychology)
October 1, 2001... Francesco Fiorello was nowhere near the Twin Towers on the morning of Sept. 11. The 30-year-old high-school teacher was 40 miles away in Ossining, N.Y., talking to his wife, Rose, also 30, on her cell phone. Rose had just come out of the subway...

What Price Security? As America vows 'never again,' it is launching a series of antiterrorism measures--from ethnic profiling to snooping through your personal e-mail.(Civil Liberties)
October 1, 2001... Here is why profiling is so alluring: of the suspected skyjackers responsible for upwards of 6,000 deaths on Sept. 11, 19 out of 19 were Arab. And here is why profiling is anathema to a just society: more than 3 million Arab-Americans live in...

A New Peace Movement, Too: Trying to voice dissent without seeming unpatriotic.(peace demonstrators in wake of World Trade Center attack)(Civil Liberties)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... These seem to be lonely days for the Birkenstock-and-beads set. As Old Glory proliferates across the country and rhetoric grows more bellicose by the day, America appears to be marching inexorably toward war. But despite the displays of unity,...

Hitting Home: Mike Kiefer was a suburban kid who dreamed of fighting fires in the big city. He is among the thousands missing in the towns where ground zero's victims lived.(Community)
October 1, 2001... You could draw an emotional contour map of the New York region last week, and put shock at its center, in the still-smoldering ruins that tenaciously refused to yield up their myriad dead. Beyond that, a band of fear among the people who live...

'We Will Not Tire...'.(A Thousand Words)
October 1, 2001... 'We will not tire... time was running out and the casualty count was rising We will not falter... carrier left Norfolk, Va. for operations in the Mediterranean...And we will not fail' pauses to gather himself in a room near the House chamber

Everything Is Under Control: Of course you know it's a lie. But doesn't it sound a whole lot better than the truth?(The Last Word)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... So I go over to the school to vote in the New York City primary, and I'm in the booth looking at all the names and the levers and the sign at the top that says information for voters, and it's deja vu all over again. This is where I stood, this...

Bylines.
October 8, 2001... When NEWSWEEK reporters first raced to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, they had no inkling of the enormity of what they were about to witness: how could they? Arian Campo-Flores remembers his first view of the devastating vista of...

'We'll Pull Through'.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks)(Economy)
October 8, 2001... Sitting in her darkened Bronx apartment, watching a video of her missing father salsa dancing, Michelle Nieves is grieving--and thinking about money. Her father, Juan Nieves, a 56-year-old Puerto Rican immigrant, worked as a salad maker at...

... But Let's Not Go Overboard.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks)(The Fight Ahead)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Even as workers continue clearing the rubble from the former World Trade Center, a major rebuilding effort has already begun just a few steps away, on Wall Street. That attempt, which is far less visible than the heavy equipment at the Trade...

Where the Money's Going.(Economy)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Donations for Sept. 11 disaster relief are soaring toward $1 billion, an outpouring that dwarfs contributions after other national disasters. But where will it all go? Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, says,...

Living A New Normal.(Culture)
October 8, 2001... If a nation really did have a collective psyche, right about now America's friends might suggest that it could possibly be time to, you know, maybe see somebody about this? Just think of the stress points. The largest terrorist attack ever, the...

Mail Call.(Letters)
October 8, 2001... Civility, Glory and Normalcy We heard from more than 2,000 readers last week in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 tragedy, many urging restraint and finding hope in national unity. "We must not allow our anger over the attacks to drive us to...

My Turn: Finding the Courage to Be a 'Marine Mama': My son is prepared for possible deployment, but I search for strength in my grandmother's experience.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... As a novice runner, I take advantage of any motivational tool I can find to get myself going. One of my favorites is a tape of the cadence calls used by Marine drill instructors to encourage performance. As many times as I've heard it, I still...

Unmasking Bioterror.(successful biological warfare difficult but not impossible)(The Next Threat)
October 8, 2001... Martin Quintino figures he's ready. On the day after the atrocities of Sept. 11, the 22-year-old Miami salesclerk bought one gas mask, one chemical bodysuit, a pair of camouflage gloves and an airtight hood that seals off the head and neck, all...

Intelligence: Gearing Up For a Shadow Struggle: This battle won't be quick. From spies to Special Forces, nation-building to high tech, how America should be fighting this conflict against terror.(The Fight Ahead)
October 8, 2001... The evidence against Lotfi Raissi seemed pretty damning. The Algerian pilot had allegedly given flying instructions to four of the suspected hijackers in the suicide attacks on New York and Washington. Raissi swore that he was totally innocent,...

Commandos: The Real Tip Of the Spear: A new war's front line.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks)(The Fight Ahead)
October 8, 2001... It is usually the disasters that people remember. In 1979 it was the helicopters of Desert One lying burned and gutted in the Iranian desert; inside were eight dead Delta Force commandos and pilots who never got off the ground in a botched...

Rising Above The Ruins: Nation-Building.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks)(The Fight Ahead)
October 8, 2001... The gorges of Ghorband form a natural fortress. To get to the dugouts along the front lines, you take a road that snakes around towering crags, above a river valley of astonishing beauty. Mud-brick and stone villages cling to the hillsides,...

The Once and Future King? Exclusive: 'I have to get back to my country,' the Afghan monarch says.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks)(The Fight Ahead)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 8, 2001... Sitting in his villa outside of Rome, Afghanistan's exiled king, Zahir Shah, 86, told NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth in an exclusive interview that he is eager to return to the land of his birth. Ousted from power in 1973 after a 40-year rule, Zahir...

Bush's Reality Check: He knows how hard this is. But as Bush rattles sabers against bin Laden, his tough talk may give him much-needed room to maneuver.(The President)
October 8, 2001... Aboard Air Force One, on the way to Chicago, the talk turned to crop-dusters. George W. Bush mused aloud about how terrorism had turned a lowly form of aviation into a potentially lethal weapon. "Who would have thought of crop-dusters?" he...

The Media's 'Balancing' Act.(Between the Lines)(The Culture)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... The once legendary Sen. Hiram Johnson was the first to say it, back in 1917. But the idea is as old as human conflict: in war, truth is "the first casualty." From the phony reports on Sept. 11 ("The State Department's been hit by a car bomb!")...

A New Chapter for Laura Bush: She expected a quiet First Ladyship, but now history's changed that. How the crisis is reshaping her role--and possibly her marriage.(The President)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Always a lover of words, Laura Bush is finding that her own carry more weight than she could have imagined just weeks ago. Last Tuesday she was in New York City and left a bouquet of sunflowers tied with a red-white-and-blue ribbon at a midtown...

The Nagging Fear of Nukes: U.S. planners must consider the awful what-ifs.(The Next Threat)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Anyone who doubts the threat of nuclear terrorism should ask the Russians about it. In 1993 Chechen saboteurs left a package of highly radioactive cesium in Moscow's Izmailovo Park. Authorities managed to avert disaster, but the incident is one...

Newsmakers: This week: Sports Moves On, MSNBC's anchorwoman gets a dye-job.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... The Games Must Go On The two biggest sports stories of the year barely registered on the national seismograph last week. Michael Jordan announced his return to the NBA, and Barry Bonds inched closer to Mark McGwire's home-run record, but...

Perspectives.(quotes from the news)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... "Everyone is very twitchy right now." Brig. Gen. J. D. Hunter, on fighter jets that have scrambled several times in the past two weeks because of false alarms on commercial flights "We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a...

Periscope: NEWSWEEK's look behind and beyond the news.(brief analysis of current events)
October 8, 2001... EXCLUSIVE Piecing Together The Puzzle The Syrian army colonel just disappeared. He was being watched by U.S. intelligence for his role as an expert in biological and chemical warfare when he vanished last February. "Is the colonel working...

Now's The Time For a Stimulus...(The Fight Ahead)(the need for an economic stimulus)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... The case for an "economic stimulus" is that our present predicament is unprecedented. We are reacting to both the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history and the aftermath of the biggest economic boom in U.S. history. American spirits and...

Technology: A High-Tech Home Front.(The Fight Ahead)(using technology to create stronger security against terrorist attacks)
October 8, 2001... At the airports, the much-maligned minimum-wage screeners confiscated nail clippers and corkscrews while cops and soldiers patrolled the corridors. Lines formed at the borders, traffic slowed on the highways, and bridges and tunnel approaches...

Stepping Out.(A Thousand Words)(theater actors promote tourism)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Broadway has long been called "the fabulous invalid," and in the days after Sept. 11, it looked like one. Audiences dwindled, shows closed and many with jobs took pay cuts just to keep their doors open. But last week the theater world fought...

An Answer as Hard As the Question.(Bylines)(trying to understand the World Trade Center disaster)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Islam vs. the West. History is filled with military battles between Christians and Muslims (and Jews), from the Crusades to the colonial era to the 20th century's intifadas and Balkan nightmares. In the last three weeks, Americans have dug deep...

Pork Barrel or A Kick-Start? To bolster the faltering economy, our leaders are throwing open the federal coffers. A little caution is in order.(Economy)(excessive short term spending may have disastrous long-term effects)
October 15, 2001... Until Sept. 11, Washington seemed to have only one gear: neutral. Squabbling over the Social Security "lockbox" was the order of the day. The lockbox may have been a little silly, but it did keep spending and tax cutting under some sort of...

Storming the Fortress of Hidden Terrorist Funds: Banking: Investigators and lawmakers are hot on the money-laundering trail of Al Qaeda and other networks.(Global Enterprise)
October 15, 2001... Even before President George W. Bush unveiled his "most wanted" list of suspected terrorist financiers, bankers around the world were rushing to make sure they weren't holding the wrong moneybags. Accounts had already been frozen in Britain and...

Eyeball to Eyeball, at A Distance: Business travel: How videoconferencing may provide the alternative in a time of anxiety and fear.(Global Enterprise)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Craig Brandofino, who runs videoconferences for the New York accounting firm Ernst & Young, was looking for ways to leverage the firm's top-of-the-line system. Only half its capacity was in use at any one time. The Sept. 11 attacks changed all...

Mail Call: Again last week, nearly 2,000 readers wrote to us about terrorism and tragedy, pride and patriotism.(Letters)
October 15, 2001... 'And America Will Survive' It's late. I'm tired. I didn't sleep much last night. Thank you. Thank you for publishing in your last three issues the pictures of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath that kept me from sleeping. I needed...

A Rehearsal For Killing Osama: The language of lawyers cannot control the 'forward leaners' the nation needs right now.(The Last Word)(America has faced many tests and trials, of which the hunt for Osama bin Laden is only the latest)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... "The rules have changed," said President Bush as he put the U.S. military on a path to participation, with some unpleasant people employing savage tactics, in an extraordinary manhunt. The target was the world's most notorious criminal--someone...

The Politics of Rage: Why Do They Hate Us? To dismiss the terrorists as insane is to delude ourselves. Bin Laden and his fellow fanatics are products of failed societies that breed their anger. America needs a plan that will not only defeat terror but reform the Arab world.(Special Report)
October 15, 2001... To the question "Why do the terrorists hate us?" Americans could be pardoned for answering, "Why should we care?" The immediate reaction to the murder of 5,000 innocents is anger, not analysis. Yet anger will not be enough to get us through...

The Making of a Mujahed: Schooled in the peaceful precepts of Islam, a young Afghan drops his books and prepares for war.(Special Report)(devout student of Islam will leave school to fight with the Taliban)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Ahmad Dallah, 18, a soft-spoken student of religion, admits he has never picked up a rifle and has spent only two weeks of his life in Afghanistan, visiting the ruins of his family home in Kabul. But when school ends in two weeks, he will pack...

From Rants to Rights: Once a revolutionary, Shala Sherkat is a fervent feminist.(Special Report)(Iranian magazine editor is typical of many who deplore the violence of the World Trade Center disaster)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... More than two decades ago Shala Sherkat was part of the crowd in Tehran chanting against America the Great Satan and trying to bring down the shah. Today she preaches a gentler kind of revolution: Iranian feminism. Sherkat, managing editor of...

Muslim Warriors--For America: Arab-Americans must bridge a gulf of misunderstanding in the U.S. military. Most just want to blend in.(Special Report)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Suheira hadn't cried in public until that moment. The New York-based writer had steeled herself when she got the news that acquaintances had been killed in the World Trade Center attacks. She had remained strong for her immigrant parents, who,...

Chapter I: The Rulers: The Middle East desperately wanted to become modern, but failed.(Special Report)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... It is difficult to conjure up the excitement in the Arab world in the late 1950s as Gamal Abdel Nasser consolidated power in Egypt. For decades Arabs had been ruled by colonial governors and decadent kings. Now they were achieving their dreams...

Chapter II: Failed Ideas: How does a region that once yearned for modernity could reject it so dramatically?(Special Report)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... About a decade ago, in a casual conversation with an elderly Arab intellectual, I expressed my frustration that governments in the Middle East had been unable to liberalize their economies and societies in the way that the East Asians had done....

Chapter III: Enter Religion: The origins of "Islamic fundamentalism".(Special Report)
October 15, 2001... Nasser was a reasonably devout Muslim, but he had no interest in mixing religion with politics. It struck him as moving backward. This became apparent to the small Islamic parties that supported Nasser's rise to power. The most important one,...

Part IV: What To Do.(Special Report)
October 15, 2001... If almost any Arab were to have read this essay so far, he would have objected vigorously by now. "It is all very well to talk about the failures of the Arab world," he would say, "but what about the failures of the West? You speak of long-term...

A Merger of Mosque and State: Is suicide bombing allowed? The meaning of the Quran can depend more on politics than on scholarship.(Special Report)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Sheik Muhammad Rafaat Othman is a lonely man. Though he teaches Islamic law at the most prestigious Islamic school in the Middle East, Cairo's Al-Azhar University, he has no congregation to preach to. The soft-spoken professor, who wears thick,...

Yes, I Follow Islam, But I'm Not a Terrorist: The tragedy of Sept. 11 gives Americans the chance to learn about a religion they have never understood.(My Turn)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... As an Egyptian-American and a Muslim, I've always been dismayed by the way Islam has been generally misrepresented in the media and misunderstood by most Americans. Since the tragic events of Sept. 11, Islam has been in the spotlight, and...

Cracking the Terror Code: From go-go clubs to Vegas, the plotters brought modern twists to an ancient mission. Now the Feds are following the money, wondering about Iraq--and worrying about what's next.(The Manhunt)
October 15, 2001... On the night before they went out on a suicide mission to kill someone, the Assassins, the 12th-century cult of holy-warrior hit men, were given a taste of the Paradise that awaited. They smoked hashish (the word assassin derives from...

Bush's 'Phase One': First up: the terror bases. Getting ready to strike, the president's also got to keep peace on the home front.(The Battle Plan)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... The Truman balcony in the white house is a lovely spot, with a panoramic view of the Mall and monuments--perfect, George W. Bush hoped, for an inspirational chat with the Republican House leadership. But when they arrived at cocktail hour for...

The Battle on the Ground: The Taliban's true believers prepare to fight, even as enemies whittle away at their support.(The Battle Plan)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Abdul plays the Great Game pretty well. He's slightly built with a boyish demeanor and an unflinchingly calm gaze--good assets for a spy. His thin whiskers are a liability, however, when he's collecting intelligence on Taliban militiamen in...

'A Long, Hard Campaign': For the first time, the secretary of State lays out the plans for the battle against terror--and explains how it could shape a new global order.(The Battle Plan)(most other countries join with the US in an effort to defeat terrorism)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... The mass murders that were committed on Sept. 11 under the direction of Osama bin Laden and his Qaeda network have united the world against international terrorism. Some 80 countries lost citizens in the attacks. From our shared grief and...

Blame America At Your Peril: Critics of the war on terrorism don't seem to understand: someone is trying to kill them.(Between the Lines; Special Report)(public reactions to the World Trade Center disaster)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... After we attack the Taliban and the terrorists strike us again, you know what's going to happen. A big old-fashioned peace movement will emerge that blames the United States for whatever further destruction is inflicted. We'll be told that we...

Meet the bin Ladens: They had it all: money, power--and now the most wanted man on earth. A family affair.(The Battle Plan)(Osama bin Laden)
October 15, 2001... Boston real-estate agent Ellen Signaigo Brockman was paging through the newspaper one day in the early 1990s when a story about a little-known terrorist named Osama bin Laden caught her eye. A few days later, she showed the article to a...

Newsmakers.(Jennifer Lopez weds, other news)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Wedding Planner J. Lo got married. Next album: "J. Ju." Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd, her backup-dancer beau, walked down the aisle Sept. 29 at a private home in Calabasas, Calif. The bride wore an off-white, shocking (well, shockingly...

Perspectives.(quotations of the week from Senator Richard Shelby, and other newsmakers)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... "You can just about bet on it." Sen. Richard Shelby, ranking Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, on the probability of another attempted attack on America "I'm in a firing mood." Massachusetts acting Gov. Jane Swift, unaware...

Periscope: NEWSWEEK's look behind and beyond the news.(local police claim the FBI does not share information on anti-terrorism efforts)(this and other items are discussed)
October 15, 2001... THE FBI 'They're Not Sharing Anything' The Feds couldn't have sounded more effusive at a Justice Department photo op last week with state and local police chiefs to tout cooperation in the war on terrorism. With more than two dozen local...

Going Long On The Big Three: In today's unsettled times, cash, life insurance and bonds provide a needed sense of security.(Capital Gains)(The Economy)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... Everyone is waiting for things to get back to normal. But listen up: there is no "normal." We see one set of conditions and learn to run our lives accordingly. Then conditions change, and change again--always to a different game. The new rules...

The Kids Who Saw It All: Students at Stuyvesant High School return to their building this week. But they know their lives will never be the same.(Aftershocks)
October 15, 2001... What Michael Mascetti wants to remember now is another September day three years ago, during his first week as a freshman at Stuyvesant High School. He was a skinny kid back then, who just wanted to hang out on the corner with his buddies in...

Shooting To the End: Bill Biggart was a photographer who died taking pictures of the Trade Center. When his body was recovered, so were his last frames. Here is what he saw.(Images)(Obituary)
October 15, 2001... Bill Biggart walked two miles from his apartment near Union Square to reach Ground Zero on the morning of the attack, taking pictures along the way, and he went about 100 feet too far. Other photographers were almost as close to the Twin Towers...

Clarification.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
October 15, 2001... Clarification In our Oct. 8 issue, a photo on page 23 inadvertently ran without a caption. The photo showed bodies of people from the Iraqi city of Halabja who were among the thousands of Kurds fatally gassed by Saddam Hussein in March of...

Options.(The Battle Plan)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... obstacles in any military operation in Afghanistan: the sheer inaccessibility of the country and the complicated Arab political terrain. War planners are hard at work figuring out ways to overcome both. NEWSWEEK's John Barry lays out a few...

The Harsh Nurse and Her Lessons: In the face of terrible adversity, America rose to the occasion. But can the transformation last?(The Last Word)
October 22, 2001... In the midst of the Monica Lewinsky debacle I ran into a reporter I had known for many years, and greeted him with the usual pleasantries. What he offered in return was something of a cri de coeur. "Every time I write a story, I feel like I...

Bylines.(anthrax attacks on news organizations)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Not a Matter of Whether, But When When news of the Florida anthrax attack reached Medical Editor Geoffrey Cowley, it confirmed what sources had told him for years. Back in 1997, when Cowley wrote about the threat of Iraqi bioterrorism, the...

'Lock and Download': Military contractors are thriving as the Pentagon ponies up for speedy delivery of high-tech weapons.(Business)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Terrorists scored a direct hit on the American economy, sending it spiraling into recession. The nation's defense contractors are a rare bright spot, with the stocks of many soaring by nearly 30 percent in the past month. Analysts are...

The $105 Billion Question: After the initial wave of support, there is mounting concern over the escalating cost of rebuilding New York.(Business)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Since the Sept. 11 attacks, New York has received an outpouring of emotional support, along with promises of financial aid. "Anything it takes to help New York,'' said President Bush. He vowed that "we will rebuild New York City'' as a symbol...

Danger: Handle With Care: In the wake of the latest anthrax cases, businesses from coast to coast are taking special precautions with their mail.(Business)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Let's just say no one was in a rush to check their mailboxes," says Dave Saltonstall, a writer at the New York Daily News. From Hollywood, where some movie studios stopped distributing screenplays and other mail, to Washington, where officials...

Mail Call: Overseas NEWSWEEK readers don't always see eye to eye with Americans about the events of September 11. Responses to our Oct. 15 issue.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 22, 2001... The View From Abroad The attack in New York was an act of insane terror that cannot be tolerated and must result in the punishment of the perpetrators. However, we should not forget that the real question at this time is not "Who has done it?"...

Method To the Madness: Osama bin Laden's reign of terror is no accident. This foe of modernism is a master at manipulating modern media--and the message of Islam.(International)
October 22, 2001... In this age of celebrity, Osama bin Laden knows the importance of stagecraft. He cultivates an air of mystery, and has a knack for tapping feelings of alienation and anger. Sometimes he wears flowing white robes, signifying purity, before the...

Confronting the Mob: Muslim leaders must now side with Bush or bin Laden. For most, it's a dangerous choice.(International)
October 22, 2001... In the Nasser neighborhood of the Gaza Strip, a few dozen men sit on white plastic chairs and sip bitter coffee at a wake for 13-year-old Abdullah al-Ifranji. The boy had been struck in the head by a policeman's bullet. Two days earlier,...

Next: 'Nation-Building Lite': It's hard as hell, but real victory in Afghanistan is going to require a U.N. force on the ground.(International)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Take Kabul. No, really: somebody please take Kabul. If an outside military force does not occupy the Afghan capital soon, here's what could happen over the next few weeks. The Taliban will slowly crumble into armed bands. Its fiercest opponent,...