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Iran said on Wednesday it had test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel and U.S. troops in the region, a step promptly condemned by the Bush administration as heightening tensions over the country's suspected nuclear weapons program.

The roughly 1,200 mile range of Iran's Shahab-3 rocket has been known for several years, but the test firing -- and pointed statements from Tehran about the country's "capability in hitting its enemies" -- added to a tense climate.

Iran "only furthers the isolation of the Iranian people from the international community when it engages in this sort of activity," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said at the meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations. He said Iran's missiles violate existing United Nations resolutions, and "They should . . . refrain from further missile tests if they truly seek to gain the trust of the world."

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Is this new development enough to justify a pre-emptive strike by Isreal or the US? Should Iran be allowed to develop weapons for it's own defense?

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They have the right to develop them.

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I agree with Rob. I've never understood why the U.S. is the only nation that's allowed to look out for its own defense.

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If anything, our nation is the one that should have restricted nuclear program. Think about it, we're the only ones who have actually used them against other people. Why aren't we considered the threat, rather than a nation that is still trying to acquire them?

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Never mind...

IRAN MISSILE TEST BIG BLUFF: OLD ROCKETS, BOGUS VIDEO
Fri Jul 11 2008 15:18:02 ET

Many of Iran's claims related to missile tests during "Great Prophet III" war games -- appear to be smoke and mirrors!

The missiles tested DID NOT not have 2,000-kilometer range, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Saturday.

Iran DID NOT launch a Shahab-3 missile, able to reach Israel.

It was an older missile that was out of production, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

And a video showing what appeared to be many missiles being fired -- is actually one missile, filmed from different angles!

NYT's Bill Broad is planning to quote Pentagon officials and military insiders.

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