I don't know about Osama bin Laden, but a lot of his friends are up there.
—Afghan commander Sardar Khan Zadran
Soldiers of the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division come under fire during Operation Anaconda, the offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters hiding in Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot mountains
Photograph by David Marck Jr.—U.S. Army/Getty Images

FROM THE DEC 30, 2002 - JAN 6, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, DEC 23, 2002

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