Table of Contents

10 QUESTIONS: Oliver Stone on interrogating Fidel Castro and memories of John Kerry as a fellow Yale student 8

LETTERS 11

NOTEBOOK

TOUGH QUESTIONS: Now that the White House has released the famous Aug. 6 briefing paper, the 9/11 commission will have plenty of questions about the response at the time and whether the FBI has been fixed since then 19

MILESTONES 25

IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein on the great divide between "tactical" and "strategic" foreign-policy makers 27

SPECIAL REPORT

The War Flares Up As Iraqi resistance grows, TIME captures it in pictures from Fallujah to Ramadi 28

No Easy Options With the timetable for turning over control of Iraq in jeopardy, the Bush Administration faces a set of difficult choices 34

TAKING FALLUJAH: How the Marines are striking back 43

MUQTADA AL-SADR: A young militant cleric calls upon his followers to "terrorize your enemy" 46

WHAT NEXT? Three experts weigh in on what the President can do to get the U.S. out of Iraq 52

BUSINESS

Radio Days Fed up with noisy DJs and cookie-cutter programming, listeners pay up and tune into Internet and satellite radio 55

SCIENCE

Speedy Delivery Why let childbirth get in the way when you can schedule a C-section? 58

SHORT OF BREATH: The "other" lung disease is far more common than cancer--and preventable 62

RELIGION

The Zohar A mystical Jewish text has a new English translation 64

ARTS

Friends for Life How a lovably lightweight sitcom redefined family values 68

THEATER: Will Stephen Sondheim score a hit with Assassins? 72

BOOKS: A debut novel on slavery wins a Pulitzer 74

YOUR TIME

HEALTH: Misdiagnosing strep; too much TV?; cholesterol combo 97

TECH: Blogs go video; touch screens with feeling; a virtual Capri 98

MONEY: Smart uses for a tax refund; flying cheaply gets high marks 100

PEOPLE: Beckham scores; pregnant on prime time; a new Popeye 103

ESSAY: Andrew Sullivan on why a gas tax is worth the sacrifice...... 104

COVER: Photograph by Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images