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Complete Coverage: From Shadow To Light
  • It began with a shocking image, the north tower of the World Trade Center shooting black smoke into a cloudless September sky. Five years later these photographs recall a harrowing moment in history, one that we're still working to understand.

RECENT COVERAGE

  • The Nation That Fell To Earth
  • Did the U.S. overreact to Sept. 11? Niall Ferguson, one of the world's leading historians, speculates on how future generations will judge the war on terrorism—and on what it will take for America to win it
  • America in the World: What We've Learned Since 9/11
  • All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends. The war on terrorism has long since lost its crisp moral lines. We may agree that terrorism is wicked, but we're still unsure about how to answer it
  • Setting The Record Straight
  • Skepticism about the official explanation of Sept. 11 damage to the Pentagon has fueled many debates and a few other Internet-fueled conspiracy theories that still thrive

ROAD TO RECOVERY

  • Out Of The Ruins
  • Ground zero today is part spectacle, part shrine--and quintessentially New York
  • A New Blueprint
  • Developer Larry Silverstein has made peace with the politicians. Will the rebuilding of ground zero finally become a reality?
  • Tales Of The City, Revisited
  • Three years after 9/11, Manhattan looks shiny and clean for the G.O.P. convention. But what has become of its icons: its money, its people and, of course, Rudy? An update on a mending metropolis
  • Will We Be Safer?
  • O.K., so we won't walk the dog in a space suit. But expect bold innovations to cope with terrorist threats
  • Can He Fix It?
  • As critics get louder, bush fights back with a plan to reform homeland security. An inside look at how he's managing the crisis

INVESTIGATION

  • The Secret History: They Had A Plan
  • Long before 9/11, the White House debated taking the fight to al-Qaeda. By the time they decided, it was too late. The saga of a lost chance
  • Can We Stop The Next Attack?
  • Six months after sept. 11, America has taken the fight to al-qaeda. But behind the scenes, the CIA and FBI have been in a desperate scramble to fix a broken system before another strike comes.
  • While America Slept
  • What did Bush know before 9/11? Why was so little done? How Broken is the System?
  • Inside The War Room
  • Relying on instinct, and trusting his team, George W. Bush unleashed a new kind of war against a new kind of enemy--and faster than you might have guessed
  • The CIA's Secret Army
  • Because of past scandals, the agency had largely dropped its paramilitary operations. But the war on terrorism has brought it back into the business
  • Pentagon Warlord
  • Donald Rumsfeld's secret plan to defeat Saddam relies on special forces, igh-tech weaponry and a defense secretary involved in every detail

AL-QAEDA

  • Can Bin Laden Be Caught?
  • After a year of silence, al-Qaeda's leader resurfaces. But with his health in question and his inner circle shrinking, the U.S. hopes it may not be for long
  • Rush Hour Terror
  • After a strike in the heart of London, suspicion again falls on Islamic radicals. Inside the hunt for the bombers
  • Struggle For The Soul Of Islam
  • Three years after 9/11, an inside look at the ongoing global battle between moderates and hard-liners over the future of a faith--and its relationship with the West
  • Halting the Next 9/11
  • The commission's report proposes dramatic reforms to help thwart another attack. But do they make sense, and will they ever be implemented?
  • Who's The Enemy Now?
  • With al-Qaeda's leaders on the run, the terrorist threat is evolving--and getting scarier. Here's why
  • Remember Afghanistan?
  • Tied down in Iraq, the U.S. is still struggling to pacify the country, root out the Taliban and snare bin Laden. Inside the other war
  • Inside the Kingdom
  • SAUDI ARABIA Two years after 9/11, the Saudis are finally cracking down on terrorists at home. But many Americans remain skeptical that the Saudi brand of Islam is compatible with the war against terrorism
  • Al-Qaeda's New Home
  • Scattered and on the run, bin Laden's network is rallying new recruits to battle U.S. forces in Iraq
  • The Biggest Fish of Them All
  • Now that terrorist mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is snagged and al-Qaeda is damaged, authorities are angling anew to land Osama bin Laden
  • Architect Of Terror
  • Pakistani authorities nab Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the al-Qaeda bigwig who helped mastermind the Sept. 11 attacks. Can he help the U.S. locate bin Laden?
  • Why Can't We Find Bin Laden?
  • His taped voice proves to Washington that he's alive and signaling spectacular attacks. An inside look at what the U.S. is doing to nail him--and why the campaign has fizzled so far
  • The Hunt For Bin Laden
  • With the taliban routed, u.s. And allied forces hit the ground to take out their main target. Inside the extraordinary search
  • Inside Al-Qaeda: Hate Club
  • An in-depth look at al-Qaeda, the sprawling terror network through which Osama bin Laden exploits the borderless globe with a secret army driven by a ruthless new brand of extremism

IRAQ

  • Life In Hell: A Baghdad Diary
  • In more than 20 trips to the ravaged city, TIME's Aparisim Ghosh has navigated countless perils. His extraordinary story offers a rare insight into the daily life of Iraqi citizens
  • An Eye For an Eye
  • As the violence in Iraq grows more shocking and brutal, TIME explores the roots of the murderous rage--and why the U.S. may be powerless to stop it
  • Chasing the Ghosts
  • With doubts about Iraq growing at home, U.S. forces are struggling to put down an elusive and inexhaustible enemy. Michael Ware reports on the state of the counterinsurgency from the front lines of the biggest battle of the year
  • Person of the Year 2004
  • For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year
  • Pointing Fingers
  • The top brass says the scandal at Abu Ghraib can be blamed on a few bad apples, but did the Pentagon's zealous pursuit of intelligence give a license for abuse?

HEROES AND SURVIVORS

  • One Year Later
  • As the anniversary of 9/11 nears, most Americans are still taking stock, wondering if life really has changed. For 11 people profiled in this issue, the answer is clear
  • Facing the End
  • Some were aboard doomed airliners, others at work in buildings on the verge of catasprophe. Still others went on brave rescue missions. And a few were lucky. How people coped when hell descended
  • Glory In The Glare
  • On Sept. 11, this photo of Mike Kehoe was taken as he rushed up Tower One, earning him instant acclaim. But being called a hero is not the same as feeling like one
  • "We're Under Attack"
  • Near misses, dead phones, last words: an oral history of 9/11 by Giuliani and his aides

CULTURE

  • Let's Roll ...
  • TIME gets the first look at United 93, the controversial film that is unbearable--and unmissable

THE AFTERMATH

  • What Comes Next?
  • Get back to normal? That place may be gone forever. America is heading, slowly, for someplace new...
  • How Terror Changed One Town's Imagination
  • Tending The Wounds
  • The initial shock of the World Trade Center attack has passed. But as Americans return to work, to school and (gingerly) to play, the impact of the disaster on everyday life is just beginning to be felt

THE ATTACK

  • Day of Infamy
  • Life changed yesterday, as a stunning series of terrorist attacks not only killed Americans but smashed our sense of security. Continuing coverage.
  • America Will Never Be the Same
  • Michael Elliott on the hard war against terrorism
  • The Case for Rage and Retribution
  • What's needed is a unified, unifying, Pearl Harbor sort of purple American fury — a ruthless indignation that doesn’t leak away in a week or two
  • Special Report: The Day of the Attack
  • Heroism was everywhere as the U.S. dealt with the bloodiest day on its soil since the Civil War. Inside the hijackings, the investigation and the day the World Trade Center came down
  • Twin Terrors
  • When two hijacked airliners ripped through the World Trade Center towers, the real horror was only beginning
 
 

Multimedia

  • The Turning Point
  • Historian Niall Ferguson looks at the effects of 9/11 from the year 2031

TIME Poll

  • Fighting Terrorism
  • Would it have been more effective to have focused on eliminating al-Qaeda, or declaring a "global war on terror"? Cast your vote

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Photo Essays

  • Shattered
  • Photographs of ground zero from Sept. 11 by James Nachtwey
  • Aftershock
  • New Yorkers struggle with their anxiety in the week following September 11, 2001
  • In the Taliban's Heartland
  • TIME Photographer Majid was lucky to escape with his life when he ran afoul of a Taliban patrol in Kandahar
  • Red, White & Blue
  • In the week following September 11, 2001, New Yorkers dealt with the tragedy and put on a brave face
  • Terror Hits Home
  • Images of the attack and destruction of the World Trade Center and Pentagon
  • Taliban on the Run
  • With lightning swiftness the Taliban lost control throughout most of Afghanistan after 9/11
  • The World Reacts
  • How people around the United States and the globe dealt with the tragedy
  • Caught in the Crossfire
  • Afghan civilians and refugees are the unfortunate victims of the war between the U.S. and the Taliban

TIME Archive

  • 9/11 One Year Later
  • An anniversary can be sweet or solemn, but either way, it is only the echo, not the cry
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