Iran's Nuclear Development and the Prospects for War
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A meeting today in Washington will set the state for efforts to get
tougher UN sanctions against Iran's enrichment of nuclear fuel. If
diplomacy doesn't work, what are the prospects for military action?
Could the US live with a nuclear-armed Iran as it did with the Soviet
Union? Also, an update on Iraq and, on Reporter's Notebook, wherever he is, Americans know about public messages from Osama bin Laden. But now a public message to Osama has been released by one of his teachers. We hear about a powerful reprimand.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) bids farewell to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner following their talks at the Pentagon in Washington yesterday. Kouchner is in the US to meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York. France has recently been leading a drive within the European Union for tougher sanctions on Iran that it has said could be adopted outside of the UN.
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Iran's Nuclear Development and the Prospects for War ()
The US wants a new resolution from the UN Security Council to increase sanctions against Iran for its continued enrichment of nuclear fuel. In Washington today, officials from France, the UK, Russia, China and Germany are meeting with Nicholas Burns, a top State Department aide. President Bush has threatened "financial isolation and/or economic sanctions" if diplomacy doesn't work. But he's also said that, "Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere" and, "we will confront this danger before it's too late." We look at the pros, cons and possibilities of military action—by choice or by accident.
Guests:
- Evelyn Leopold: United Nations Bureau Chief, Reuters News Service
- Nile Gardiner: Senior Fellow in Anglo-American Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation
- Steve Clemons: Director of the New America Foundation, @SCClemons
- Mansour Farhang: Professor of Political Science at Bennington College
- Fouad Ajami: Professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University
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Bin Laden's Mentor Speaks Out ()
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- Fawaz Gerges: Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College
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