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After Sept. 11, Omar responded defiantly to Western pleas, ultimatums and then bombs, vowing that Taliban and al-Qaeda soldiers would never lay down their arms, and that he would never give up either himself or bin Laden. Town after town fell, and one militia commander after another defected. With anti-Taliban forces and U.S. jets pounding Kandahar, Omar tried to negotiate his own surrender in exchange for his freedom. The deal fell through, however, and Omar told his top commanders that they could make their own choice: stay and fight, or flee, as he planned...
...children could die this winter unless sufficient aid reaches the country. Even though around 7,000 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters are detained in camps, and others are trying to flee the country, isaf has much to do as the search goes on for Osama bin Laden...
...tribesmen and soldiers died after leaders in the village of al-Husoun refused to hand over suspected al-Qaeda members, responding to the military operation with gunfire and grenades. Officials said that some suspects were arrested, but several leaders escaped. Even so, Washington praised the move by Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland...
...should have been TIME's Person of the Year? Osama bin Laden George W. Bush Rudy Giuliani N.Y. Rescue Services...
...graves alone were the measure, Osama bin Laden would own this year; we lost more lives on Sept. 11 than in any terrorist attack in U.S. history. And bin Laden did more than kill people. We had just packed up and stored away the century of Hitler and Stalin?both Men of the Year in their time?which we imagined had shown us the depths to which a despot could sink. To watch bin Laden sit in delight and create a skyscraper with his hand?like a child playing Here's the Church, Here's the Steeple?then slowly crumple...