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Iran's nuclear development and the prospects for war.

Hello again, I'm Aranalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

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The major Security Council powers are meeting today in Washington to discuss Iran's continued enrichment of nuclear fuel.

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.

On to the point, we'll look at the pros, cons, and possibilities of military action by choice

or by accident.

On reporter's notebook later on, a public rebuke to Osama bin Laden from one of his teachers. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Wamanalny, back with To the Point. A meeting today in Washington will set the

stage for efforts to get tougher UN sanctions against Iran's enrichment of nuclear fuel.

On To the Point, if diplomacy doesn't work, what are the prospects for military action?

Could the U.S. live with a nuclear-armed Iran, as it did with the

Soviet Union? Under Porter'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 mentors.

We'll hear about a powerful reprimand. First, this news update, the government of Iraq says

Blackwater USA guards were 100% guilty of sparking the deadly incident that killed Iraqi civilians

on Sunday. Condoleezza Rice says she has begun her own State Department investigation.

Meantime, the U.S. has resumed diplomatic convoys outside the green zone in Iraq.

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