Table of Contents: Sep. 15, 2003

Monday, Sept. 15, 2003

SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 VOL. 162, NO. 11

COVER STORY

Inside 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 32

THE COUNTERFORCE: TIME observes Riyadh's elite antiterrorism unit 52

ROOTS OF TERROR: In Pakistan, Britain and Indonesia, radicals preach a hate that breeds violence 54

AL-QAEDA: Its remnants have found a new theater of jihad in Iraq 60

10 QUESTIONS: Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the U.N. role in Iraq and his own future 8

LETTERS 9

NOTEBOOK: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigns; Democrats wait for General Wesley Clark; the G.O.P. searches for Senate candidates; the music biz fights for its life; will a Russian sub leak nuclear material? 23

IN THE ARENA: Howard Dean and the populist temptation 31

BUSINESS

THE B TEAM: Though the glory (and money) goes to the corporate hotshots, it's the less driven employees who keep the place running--if their employers can hold on to them 62

MERGERS: Vivendi wants NBC for a partner. Is it a good fit for General Electric, the network's parent? 66

CRIME

STRANGE HEIST: A bizarre bank robbery leaves a quiet pizza man dead, and many questions 67

EDUCATION

F FOR FAT: To fight the epidemic of overweight kids, should schools issue obesity report cards? 68

ARTS

Sofia's Time With a lovely new film, the director-daughter of Francis Coppola has a triumph all her own 70

CARNIVALE: A new HBO series is strange in some familiar ways 74

YOUR TIME

HEALTH: Are sugar substitutes safe?; a pill for fewer periods; a hormone that makes you feel full 87

TECHNOLOGY: New electronic encyclopedias; a video game for outdoors; an easy wheelbarrow 88

MONEY: Protect yourself against fishy mutual funds; ID theft 90

PEOPLE: Blanchett in the saddle; Kournikova out of a job; Schwarzenegger egged 93

ESSAY: Andrew Sullivan on why small-government conservatives feel betrayed by Bush 94

9/11 AND THE AL-QAEDA HUNT IN TIME

See TIME.com this week for all of TIME's coverage of 9/11 and its aftermath, from Nancy Gibbs' cover story on the day to photography from ground zero, and more. TIME.com archive members can read all of TIME's past cover stories on the attack, the war against al-Qaeda and the search for bin Laden. At Sponsored Links

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