Not wasting any time, are they? Next stop on the Army's World Tour: Iran. Geeez, and all this time I thought Iraq was the "Evil Home Of Terrorists".
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[/p]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is probably the No. 1 challenge to theUnited States, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursdayafter Tehran vowed no compromise in a standoff with the West over itsnuclear programs.[/p]Rice, who wants the United Nations SecurityCouncil this month to start taking action against Iran that could leadto sanctions, also repeated concerns that Washington believes Tehransupports anti-Israel militants and meddles in neighboring Iraq.[/p]"Wemay face no greater challenge from a single country than from Iran,whose policies are directed at developing a Middle East that would be180 degrees different than the Middle East we would like to seedeveloped," Rice said at a congressional hearing.[/p]Faced with thethreat of eventual international sanctions, Iran warned the UnitedStates on Wednesday it could also inflict "harm and pain" in itsdispute over nuclear programs that it says are peaceful despite Westernsuspicions it wants a bomb.[/p]
