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LONDON - Iran could face UN sanctions if it does not accede to demands that it suspend its nuclear enrichment program, Britain’s foreign secretary warned on Tuesday. The UN Security Council has set a deadline of Friday for Iran to suspend enrichment of uranium, a process that can produce fuel for nuclear reactors or material for warheads. “The Iranians, in my judgment, would miscalculate if they believed that Russia or China would block appropriate and effective sanctions, which targeted the regime, not the ordinary population,” Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in the House of Commons. “Without going into detail, of...

A United States review indicates a lion's share of Iraq air defence batteries have been destroyed. United States officials and Western diplomatic souces say United States Central Command has assessed that allied war planes have destroyed all stationary Iraq anti-aircraft batteries in Southern and Northern Iraq.They said that many of the mobile systems have also been destroyed, particularly in southern Kuwait.The United States attacks on Iraqi anit-aircraft batteries have also been accompanied by accelerated psychological operations.On Monday United States and British aircraft operating from Turkey's Incerlik air base dropped 240,000 leaflets on two locations-South of Tall Afar and Southwest of...