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Tensions Sour between Iran and the West
Is the US hoping to overthrow the current leaders of Iran's Islamic Republic? If those leaders believe that, will they be more likely than ever to develop a nuclear bomb?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenIs the US hoping to overthrow the current leaders of Iran's Islamic Republic? If those leaders believe that, will they be more likely than ever to develop a nuclear bomb? Will tough talk in the presidential campaign convince them there's no other choice? Also, the video of US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters, and more on 200 pardons by Mississippi's outgoing Governor Haley Barbour. Does his explanation make sense in a state notorious for locking up suspects based on false evidence?
Banner image: Iranian security forces inspect the site where a magnetic bomb attached to a car by a motorcyclist exploded outside a university in Tehran on January 11, 2012, killing a scientist and injuring two other people, according to Iranian news agencies. Photo by Sajad Sfari/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesVideo Shows US Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban Fighters
A video that appears to show four US Marines urinating on the bodies of dead militants in Afghanistan has gone viral, condemned by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Will it turn the Afghan public against the war effort? Julian Barnes reports from the Pentagon for the Wall Street Journal .
Read the story8 minThe US and Iran: Diplomacy or Confrontation?
The US has categorically denied any role in yesterday's assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist or the recent deadly attack on an Iranian missile facility, and says an attack on Iran is not inevitable.
Read the story38 minBarbour's Pardons and Mississippi's History of Unjust Prosecutions
Mississippi's former Governor Haley Barbour waited two days before explaining why he pardoned 200 convicts before leaving office this week. He said most already had been released and that all deserved the right to get jobs, vote and be licensed to hunt.
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