--- title: December 24th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 27 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/3570278/december-24th-2001-vol-158-no-27-u-s/ og:title: December 24th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 27 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9849517c5279f52e/698767480b72e339186dbbdb/15504056.jpg?branch=production&width=1095&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # December 24, 2001 | Vol. 158 No. 27December 24, 2001 | Vol. 158 No. 27  Issue name December 24th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 27 | U.S. Issue date December 24, 2001 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2001-12-24/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Now, the Legal War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001484,00.html)[Terrorism: Can Al-Qaeda Find A New Nest?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001490,00.html)[Arafat's Dance Of Death](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001491,00.html)[Inside Tora Bora: The Final Hours?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001483,00.html)["We calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy..."](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001485,00.html)[The Shadowy Visitor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001486,00.html)[The Manhunt: A Trip Inside bin Laden's Caves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001487,00.html)[Payback Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001488,00.html)[A tour of Omar's palace and Osama's lair: What They Left Behind](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001492,00.html)[The Manhunt: Cornered](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001534,00.html)[Milestones: 56 Years Ago in TIME](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001494,00.html)[Notebook: Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001516,00.html)[Hill Monitor: Armey Halted; DeLay Marches On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001517,00.html)[Clean Enough to Wash Your Hands](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001518,00.html)[A Touch of Home for the Holidays](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001519,00.html)[Milestones Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001520,00.html)[Steaming Through the Embargo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001530,00.html)[An Enron Link to Energy Policy?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001531,00.html)[Heads Of State: After the ABM Treaty, More Trouble Ahead](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001532,00.html)[Bill Maher](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001535,00.html)[For The Record Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001536,00.html)[School Debate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001537,00.html)[Afflicted By War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001539,00.html)[Only In Their Dreams](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001489,00.html)[Awfully Ordinary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001496,00.html)[TIME.com This Week DEC. 17--23](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001497,00.html)[Comfort Food in Toyland](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001493,00.html)[Ali: Lord of the Ring](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001498,00.html)[Cinema: Film Review: An Epic Light on Its Feet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001499,00.html)[Cinema: Ali In History: An American Original](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001500,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: The 2001 Best and Worst](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2005583,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Cinema](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005581,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Cinema](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005580,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Design](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005624,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Television: Best and Worst of 2001](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005623,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Music](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005935,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Books](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005832,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Theater](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005966,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Advertising](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001509,00.html)[The Best and Worst of 2001: Sport](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2005583%5F2005831,00.html)[Art: When Beauty Was Virtue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001514,00.html)[The Renegade Gourmet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001540,00.html)[A New Kind of Layoff Insurance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001511,00.html)['Tis the Season to Be Thrifty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001512,00.html)[Rx: Not for the Elderly](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001513,00.html)[In Brief: Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001533,00.html)[In Brief: Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001538,00.html)[Global Briefing: Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001521,00.html)[Biotech Grows Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001522,00.html)[Cash Flows Into Biotech](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001523,00.html)[Crunching Digits for Drugs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001524,00.html)[E-Management: Can You Print It For Me?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001525,00.html)[E-Commerce: B2B Survivors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001526,00.html)[People to Watch in International Business](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001527,00.html)[Bad Times, Good Junk](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001528,00.html)[The Global Life: Private Islands](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001529,00.html)[People: Dec. 24, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001495,00.html)[Letters: Dec. 24, 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