From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Violence and Politics, Iraq, the U.S. and Iran.

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Iran has suspended talks with the U.S. on Iraqi security denouncing U.S. attacks on Shiite militias in Baghdad.

The U.S. accuses Iran of supplying the militias with weapons.

Charges and counter charges amid increasing violence in a complex political labyrinth.

On to the point, does support for the Maliki government mean taking sides in a Shiite civil

war?

Is the U.S. fighting a proxy war with Iran?

We'll update conditions on the ground and the prospects for stability in Iraq before both

U.S. and Iraqi elections.

On reporter's notebook later on, turnouts in Indiana and

North Carolina. First, the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from

the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again. Warren Alney, back with To the Point. In Iraq, violence has increased in Iran,

has broken off talks with the U.S. on Iraqi security. The Maliki government has backed away from claims that Iran is arming outlaw militias. On To the Point, we'll update conditions that

seem more complicated by the day, both militarily and politically.

On reporter's notebook, there are massive turnouts today in Indiana and North Carolina.

We'll get some informed speculation on what the results might be.

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