Syrian President Bashar Al Assad watches as Pope John Paul II boards his plane at Damascus airport May 8, 2001 at the end of the Pontiff's four-day visit to Syria.
A customer buys a box of bullits and a target of Osama Bin Laden October 3, 2001 at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, VA. Guns sales have risen across America since the September 11th terrorist attacks. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)