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...wholly objectionable to put Osama bin Laden's face on the cover of TIME? Although we did so because bin Laden is the focus of the news and the terrorism investigation, plenty of you thought we made the wrong choice. "We have to live with the devastation and loss he caused, but we don't need to look at that evil face, big and bold on the cover of your magazine," wrote an angry woman. A California critic wondered, "Why, with the thousands of images of heroism and patriotism available at this time, did you choose him for your cover...
...least 12 families who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center attacks plan to sue Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Such efforts used to be considered almost comically futile, but with the passage in 2000 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act, Congress has enabled terrorism victims to sue successfully some foreign governments. How do you get them to pay up? From assets frozen...
...found and frozen about $300 million in Osama bin Laden's and the Taliban's money, and while some of it could revert to a future Afghan government, this may not deter potential plaintiffs--including victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. "For families of victims, suing bin Laden and the Taliban is a way of fighting back," says Pamela Falk, a law professor at the City University of New York. If Congress lists Afghanistan as a terrorist state, she says, "the prospects have never looked better...
Casting a cold eye on Iraq, which experts believe has stockpiled as much anthrax as any other nation on Earth--except possibly Russia--is not merely an automatic response to threatening times. Intelligence reports indicate that an Iraqi agent has met with an associate of Osama bin Laden. Also, Mohamed Atta, the Sept. 11 hijacker, reportedly had a June 2000 encounter with an Iraqi operative in Prague. There is as yet no evidence linking Iraq to the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, but with four verified exposures to anthrax in the U.S. and a highly unstable situation...
...INVOLVED Of 28 charged, 22 were convicted, including alleged bin Laden associate Raed Hijazi. Hijazi, who denies the charges, is being retried after he was sentenced to death in absentia...