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Monday, June 08, 2009

Obama Shows Iran Carrot, Clinton stick

After the US president said he is ready for talks with Iran without pre-conditions, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns the country of full "retaliation" should it launch a nuclear attack on Israel.

"I don't think there is any doubt in anyone's mind that were Israel to suffer a nuclear attack by Iran, there would be retaliation," Clinton said in an interview with ABC News aired on Sunday.

Iran, a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), does not possess any nuclear weaponry. Its controversial nuclear program has been in the headlines around the globe over the past few years.

The country says its program is directed at the civilian applications of the technology. The West, headed by the US and Israel, however, accuse it of developing an atomic bomb.

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