--- title: September 16th, 2002 | Vol. 160, No. 12 | 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/3570361/september-16th-2002-vol-160-no-12-u-s/ og:title: September 16th, 2002 | Vol. 160, No. 12 | 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/blt4673fe89068bda57/698767542dce011d1d9dba4e/15504093.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # September 16, 2002 | Vol. 160 No. 12September 16, 2002 | Vol. 160 No. 12  Issue name September 16th, 2002 | Vol. 160, No. 12 | U.S. Issue date September 16, 2002 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2002-09-16/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Iraq: Not as lonely as he looks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003238,00.html)[Making His Case](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003239,00.html)[What Does Saddam Have?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003240,00.html)[Going Door To Door](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003241,00.html)[In The Line Of Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003242,00.html)[Can Inspections Keep Iraq in Check?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003264,00.html)[The Presidency: What Makes Dad Clench His Jaw](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003265,00.html)[The New Dust Bowl](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003237,00.html)[Archaeology: Who Killed King Tut?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003245,00.html)[Creating Spaces](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003249,00.html)[13 Years Ago In TIME](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003236,00.html)[Close Call](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003256,00.html)[Hard Times for Hamas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003257,00.html)[One Murder, Two Juries](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003258,00.html)[Milestones Sep. 16, 2002](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003259,00.html)[Chinese Kremlinology: Will Jiang Go?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003266,00.html)[Urban Extreme](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003267,00.html)[Verbatim: Sep. 16, 2002](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003268,00.html)[TIME.com This Week SEP. 9-SEP. 15](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003248,00.html)[A Healthy Gamble](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003243,00.html)[Getting Teed Off](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003244,00.html)[Treacle-Down Theory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003250,00.html)[The Lady Is a Tramp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003251,00.html)[Body Issues: Foreign Fitness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003252,00.html)[Look Who's on the Telephone!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003253,00.html)[How Healthy Are These Fries?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003254,00.html)[Brave New Rules](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003260,00.html)[Snapping Up a Printer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003261,00.html)[Campus Tip: Extra Credit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003262,00.html)[Off-Season: Friendly Francophones](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003263,00.html)[A Swarm of Little Notes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003269,00.html)[Health Care: Out of Medicine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003270,00.html)[Books: Wedded To Work](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003271,00.html)[Fishing For Dollars: What a Catch!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003272,00.html)[Let's Talk Trash](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003273,00.html)[People: Sep. 16, 2002](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003246,00.html)[Letters: Sep. 16, 2002](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003255,00.html)[I'm O.K. 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