Baghdad infuriated the Kurds last year by setting up the Dijla (Tigris) Operations Command, which threatened to enforce central military control over areas disputed between Kurds and Arabs.
DaimlerChrysler and Porsche say they will hold out for non-disclosure, but the government has threatened to enforce disclosure by law if companies do not do it voluntarily.The issue is now at the forefront of the corporate-governance agenda.
China's internet watchdogs have threatened to enforce real-name registration before.
Previously, Zucker had reportedly threatened to enforce O'Brien's contract and keep him off the air for 3.5 years until his contract ran out.
If the company spots negative comments, it threatens to enforce its fine print anti-disparagement clauses and sue those customers, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which filed a complaint for a federal injunction against the company on September 24.
Some conservative presidential candidates have threatened to vigorously enforce federal marijuana laws, while Bernie Sanders promises to end the drug war completely.
When Soviet Premier Brezhnev threatened to unilaterally enforce any peacekeeping mission militarily, Nixon ordered the U.S. military to DEFCON3, placing all U.S. military personnel and bases on alert for nuclear war.
Mr Sarkozy threatened to legislate to enforce these, but he has since accepted a form of self-regulation in the shape of a code of good governance for companies.Charitable observers would call Mr Sarkozy's approach pragmatic.
His opposition was so fierce that he threatened not to enforce the law if his veto were overridden.
