...may attack Iran if a diplomatic solution over the country's nuclear program is not reached "quickly. " Lula, who makes his first trip to Israel next week, said in an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz...

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...sanctions to cripple Iran's trade in oil and gas. Iran says its nuclear program is solely for power generation, denying accusations that it is seeking to develop a nuclear weapon. Editing by John O'Callaghan)

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...dispersed, with much of it deep underground.) An attack would also risk the unforeseen consequences of another Mideast war, including skyrocketing oil prices. Sanctions buy time to isolate the regime...

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...might attack if negotiations to contain Tehran's ambitions failed. While diplomatic patience has its limits, "we're not there yet,'' Mullen said. He said a military strike would have repercussions throughout the...

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... attack U.S, Israeli, and Gulf area allies with missiles. The Aegis/Patriot missiles they are deploying are not effective against nuclear missiles. Hence why the government was developing the GMD, ABL, and KEI...

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...threats to attack Iran. Mike Mullen, chairman of the US's Joint Chiefs of Staff, has cautioned that an Israeli air attack on Iran would be high-risk and warned against Israel striking Iran. George Friedman, head...

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... bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran is holding out on a United Nations-backed deal on its nuclear program that includes enriching uranium for non-weapons use. A The country had until the end of 2009...

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...airspace and for its actions in the Gaza War. On September 6, 2007, the Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on a target in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria. According to Media and IAEA investigative...

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...he referred to later in life. His parents sent him to a Catholic school in Beirut, La Sagesse, where he volunteered at a camp for disabled children and helped run an anti-drug program. Later on, he served a nearby...

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...to the possibility that Israel or others might attack Iran militarily. Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful, but Israel, the U.S. and others suspect that Iran is constructing nuclear weapons.

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Beginning with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty and continuing through the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, there have been many treaties to limit or reduce nuclear weapons testing and stockpiles. The...

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...not halted. Another issue that was believed to have been discussed was Israeli concerns that US military and technological equipment being provided to Lebanon could fall into Hizbullah's hands. Just prior to...

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...of China in U.N. implied that U.S. resistance in allowing such condemnation would affect China's position in the nuclear program of Iran The Security Bureau reminds Hong Kong residents in Lebanon and Israel to...

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...longer. Such an Israeli attack would certainly strengthen the current Iranian regime; so, undoubtedly, would pressure to increase potentially crippling sanctions on that country over its nuclear program. Either...

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...Iraq attempted to make a Nuclear Bomb) to invasion and occupation . A less aggressive form of military sanctions could be the 15 year embargo on sales of F-16 fighter/ bomber aircraft by the United States to...

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...to produce nuclear weapons. Russia provides technical assistance to Iran's nuclear program, supplies it with weapons, and gives it diplomatic support at the United Nations. In January 2007 Israeli officials...

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...unlikely to satisfy Israel, which has attack plans already drawn up. Six men are sitting around a table, deciding the future of the world. The men, who represent the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Iran,...

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...program "an existential threat." The last IAEA board resolution slapped on Iran was in February 2006, when governors referred Tehran's dossier to the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to shelve enrichment.

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...IAEA monitoring since 2002, was bombed by enemies such as Israel. Western diplomats and nuclear experts say Fordow's planned capacity -- 3,000 centrifuges -- makes no sense as a stand-alone civilian...

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