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The executive director of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association says his sources inside the federal government warn that Washington’s weekend retreat in a dispute over grazing land in Nevada was only a move to distract attention and diffuse tensions, because a raid on the family’s ranch still is planned. And there probably would be violence involved, said Richard Mack, the former sheriff of Graham County, Ariz. “I don’t think it would be possible” to launch a raid without violence, he told WND Monday. “I don’t think the Bundys would lie down and be taken.” He cited the vow...

Russian opposition delays referralConfrontation grew Tuesday over a U.S.-European push to haul Iran before the UN Security Council, with Tehran threatening to limit UN inspections, resume ultra-sensitive fuel work and saying it could even be forced to quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Speaking in Tehran, Iran's pointman on nuclear issues, Ali Larijani, also said Tehran would base its business dealings with individual countries - especially in the oil sector - on whose side they took in the dispute. He was speaking as Britain, France and Germany lobbied members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to haul Iran before the...