Iran&#39;s nuclear threat
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One of the most serious questions raised by the debacle in Iraq is whether it has crippled the ability of the world&#39;s leading powers to contain dangerous states.
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Iran loomed as the second Bush administration&#39;s most urgent foreign policy challenge yesterday, as Colin Powell, the outgoing Secretary of State, warned that the country was
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SANTIAGO, Chile - President Bush warned Saturday that Iran&#39;s reported move to accelerate its alleged nuclear weapons program &quot;is a very serious matter&quot; and called on the Iranians &quot;to give up any nuclear ambitions they may have.
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Iran is preparing large amounts of uranium for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons, days before its promise to freeze all such activities takes effect, Western diplomats said on Friday.
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As the International Atomic Energy Agency&#39;s governing board prepares for its meeting today - during which it will discuss Iran&#39;s nuclear weapons program â-he radical Iranian regime&#39;s defiance is growing.
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Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iranâs nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda.
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The US says it is worried about Iranian support for insurgents in Iraq. Separately, the IAEA reported that Iran's progress on nuclear enrichment is slow.
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You have to hand it to Iranian diplomacy. Heads of state, scores of ministers, and senior representatives from a number of the world&#39;s most powerful nations are working ardently to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons.
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a clear rejection of the UN atomic watchdog&#39;s demand that Iran halt such activities. Uranium enrichment can be used both to produce nuclear power and to make atomic bombs.
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The diplomatic showdown over Iran&#39;s alleged nuclear ambitions could escalate into a confrontation that changes the political dynamic of
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Bloomberg - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani threatened to put Iran ``back five years&#39;&#39; if the Islamic Republic gets close to developing nuclear weapons.
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It's not going to be pretty folks.  Mr. Sarkozy praised the current diplomatic initiative by the world's powers, a two-pronged approach that threatens tougher United Nations-mandated sanctions if Iran does not stop enriching uranium for possible use in a nuclear weapon, but holds out the possibility of incentives if Iran complies.   That approach, he said, "is the only one that can enable us to avoid being faced with an alternative that I call catastrophic: an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran."
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Iran threatened today to resume uranium enrichment - an process vital to the manufacture of nuclear weapons, at âany moment.â.
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What if the controversy over Tehran's nuclear ambitions results in U.S. airstrikes? Interviews with dozens of experts paint a sobering picture: military action against Iran's nuclear facilities would have a decent chance of succeeding, but at a staggering cost. And therein lies the excruciating calculus facing the U.S. and its allies: is the cost of confronting Iran greater than the dangers of living with a nuclear Iran?
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PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac said in an interview that if Iran possessed one or two nuclear weapons it would not pose much of a danger, but if Iran were ever to launch a nuclear weapon against a country such as Israel, it would lead to the immediate destruction of Tehran.
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A briefing war erupted in Washington yesterday over the threat posed by Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions and how to counter them - a debate reminiscent of the countdown to the invasion of Iraq.
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a hostile Muslim state develops nuclear weapons, throwing the Middle East and the world into turmoil. American officials warn that fear could soon turn into reality with Iran.