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That's the dilemma that vexes the U.S. and its allies as they try to quell the guerrilla campaign across Iraq that shows few signs of abating. U.S. commanders say they have inflicted punishing blows to al-Sadr's army; the military claims that hundreds of the cleric's fighters have been killed in the fighting in Najaf. But the fear of alienating peaceful Shi'ites forced the Allawi government to hold back from its threats to launch a decisive strike against rebels inside the shrine. And so late last week, even as al-Sadr claimed to be handing over...
...standard show. But despite the financial benefits, there are some questions about the long-term effect on creative decisions if advertisers control content. ABC's Pedowitz insists that creative approval remains with the network, even in the case of a plot line involving the teenage daughter's dilemma over whether to have an abortion, an issue more sensitive than sponsors might be comfortable with. "Time will tell," says media consultant Erwin Ephron. "But what this new MindShare model underscores is that people are willing to do things they haven't been willing to do in the past...
...cased. But there's less of a consensus, including in more terrorism-prone places like Israel and France, about whether U.S. officials should be forthcoming about how they came by that intelligence and what exactly they are doing about it. "To publish or not to publish--this is the dilemma of the intelligence officer every day, every minute," says Colonel Yossi Daskal, a retired head of the terrorism section of Israeli military intelligence...
...into the company, the holders of bonds of two subsidiaries are being offered the chance to convert 100% of their debt into equity in the new firm. They happen to be largely Italian bank and retail investors. That may end up playing well to a home audience. Bondi's dilemma is that he needs the foreigners on his side...
Manila Gives In When Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz was kidnapped by insurgents outside Fallujah on July 8 and threatened with decapitation unless the Philippines' 51 peacekeepers were pulled from Iraq, Manila was presented with an all-too-familiar dilemma. (Similar demands have been made of Japan, South Korea and Italy.) Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last week chose to recall her country's troops a month before they were scheduled to leave, and may have saved De la Cruz, 46, a father of eight. But she damaged relations with Washington and may well have encouraged more kidnapping...