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Iran: US Attack Would Result in 'Quagmire'

With meeting ahead on new sanctions, Russia encourages diplomacy

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2007 4:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – A US attack would lead to a "quagmire deeper than Iraq," an Iranian official warned today, reacting to intensifying rhetoric from the Bush administration. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet Friday to discuss tougher sanctions against... Read full story »

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