NEWSWEEK MEDIA LEAD SHEET/November 8, 2004 Issue (on newsstands Monday, November 1).

		The cover story in the Nov. 8 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, Nov. 1) focuses on why solving the Iraq crisis will be harder than either Bush or Kerry has admitted. Plus, a Henry Kissinger essay on the global challenges ahead, the quest to reel in Osama, and the shadow of Bush v. Gore on the 2004 election. Also, the legacy of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, actors who tend to be "show killers," and life after Red Sox victory. (PRNewsFoto) NEW YORK, N.Y. USA

COVER: "The Slog of War" (p. 25). Both George Bush and John Kerry have suggested that we can still win the Iraq war by training Iraqis to maintain order. But the truth is, neither party is fully reckoning with the reality of Iraq-which is that the insurgents, by most accounts, are winning, report Senior Editor Michael Hirsh, Baghdad Bureau Chief Rod Nordland and Correspondent Babak Dehghanpisheh. "Things are getting really bad," a senior Iraqi official in interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's government tells Newsweek. The insurgents have managed to infiltrate Iraqi forces, enabling them to gain key intelligence. "The infiltration is all over, from the top to the bottom, from decision making to the lower levels," says the senior Iraqi official. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370525/site/newsweek/ (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041031/NYSU010 ) WAR ON TERROR: "Tale of the Tape" (p. 28). Just a few weeks ago, America's finest intel agents and analysts believed they might be on the verge of a big breakthrough in the manhunt for Osama bin Laden, report Investigative Correspondents Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball and Washington Correspondent Richard Wolffe. But, ultimately, bin Laden was nowhere to be found. Back in Washington, the intel community could only sit back and watch a videotape of their target. In the wake of the tape, Newsweek has learned, the FBI is expanding its operations to a second-tier list of several hundred more suspects, pulling in manpower from other agencies. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370527/site/newsweek/ SYRIA: "A Jihad Without Borders" (p. 30). Saddam Hussein's Baath Party supposedly was abolished after the fall of Baghdad. But the Pan-Arabist political group has another branch that's anything but defunct: the ruling party of Syria, reports Correspondent Tom Masland. The Syrian government, which denies aiding the insurgency, purports to have clamped down on its Iraqi border. But smugglers don't seem intimidated. In Lebanon's biggest Palestinian-refugee camp, insurgents say they have traveled to the Baghdad battleground by way of Damascus. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370526/site/newsweek/ THE WORLD AHEAD: "America's Assignment" (p. 32). In an exclusive Newsweek guest essay, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger offers a tour of the global challenges that will face Tuesday's victor. He also emphasizes the paradox of American power: that our greatest strengths carry the seeds of our greatest vulnerabilities. While insisting on our right to act unilaterally, he reminds us that no country can single-handedly dominate the world, and that our wisest course remains to seek understanding about broad principles and objectives and foster a balance of power that will best protect our interests. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370244/site/newsweek/ NEWSWEEK POLL: With three days to go until the election, the Bush/Cheney ticket is gaining ground against the Kerry/Edwards ticket among likely voters in a three-way and two-way trial heat, according to the latest Newsweek Poll, taken over three days (Oct. 27-29). In a three-way trial heat among likely voters, Bush/Cheney lead Kerry/Edwards 50 percent to 44 percent, with Nader/Camejo at one percent. And in a two-way trial heat among likely voters, Bush/Cheney lead Kerry/Edwards 51 percent to 45 percent. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6367631/site/newsweek/ PERISCOPE: "Did the Military Ignore Warnings?" (p. 8). New evidence shows that American military forces in Iraq were slow to respond to suspected looting of Saddam-era ammunition dumps, Hosenball reports. According to U.S. officials, in late April, an Iraqi informant reported to the CIA that he saw people looting buildings at Al Qaqaa State Establishment. However, according to a source, the U.S. military never sent in any troops to frighten off the looters. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370144/site/newsweek/ MIDDLE EAST: "'He Believed He Was Everything'" (p. 40). Yasir Arafat, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, has begun what by some estimates is the final phase of his life in a military hospital outside Paris. For the Middle East, his passing could remove an obstacle to peace or it could foreshadow even deeper chaos, reports Special Correspondent Dan Ephron. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6369825/site/newsweek/ POLITICS: "A Long Shadow" (p. 42). Following last week's news that Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was being treated for thyroid cancer, sources tell Newsweek that even White House officials urgently called around Washington, searching for clues about his condition. The diagnosis alone was a reminder that the next president will likely fill at least one court vacancy. That's a task made tougher by the animosity still lingering after the controversial Bush v. Gore decision in 2000, reports Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Debra Rosenberg. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6369670/site/newsweek/ ALLAN SLOAN: "The President's Pile of Problems" (p. 47). Wall Street Editor Allan Sloan writes that no matter who's the next president, the winner will have to confront the government's addiction to borrowed money. "Even as the baby boomers' retirement draws perilously near, our interest payments are mounting, restricting our freedom of action," Sloan writes. It doesn't matter if it's Bush's fault, he writes. "What matters is whether we own up to the problem now, or whether we wait for some horrible shock-such as foreigners closing the lending spigot-to make us act." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6369681/site/newsweek/ THE TECHNOLOGIST: "The Pods Just Keep on Coming"(p. 13). Senior Editor Steven Levy talks to Apple CEO Steve Jobs about his new versions of the iPod that are coming out. One will show your photos. Another is a $349 U2 iPod, which is festooned with the band members' signatures. In addition, Apple will be exclusively selling a $149 "digital boxed set" consisting of all of U2's official recordings, plus 25 previously unreleased cuts. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6364343/site/newsweek/ SOCIETY: "Let's Talk About Sex" (p. 48). General Editor Claudia Kalb reports that a half century after biologist Alfred Kinsey published his groundbreaking controversial exposes on American sexual behavior, sex research -- whether low or high tech -- is as illuminating and contentious as ever. Kalb looks at the new and innovative sexual research methods as the "Kinsey" movie is about to be released and sexologists gather for an annual meeting in Orlando. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370247/site/newsweek/ TELEVISION: "The Curse of the Show Killers!" (p. 50). Senior Writer Marc Peyser reports on a group of television actors known as show killers. They star in several television shows that fail each time. But, as Peyser reports, it's not always the actors' fault. Sometimes it's the writing and the schedule. Some Hollywood executives say that the more failed shows an actor does, the better an actor he is. Many actors insist they aren't bothered by the show-killer stigma. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6364345/site/newsweek/ THE TIP SHEET: "The Oven of Your Dreams" (p. 57). General Editor Anna Kuchment reports that although Americans are cooking less than ever, fancy appliances are hot and companies have churned out a variety of high-end ovens. Tip Sheet roasted turkeys in three new ovens and one old one and compared the results. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370000/site/newsweek/