Bolton compares Iran threat to Sept 11 attacks

"Mar 15, 2006 — By Evelyn Leopold and Irwin Arieff

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, on Wednesday compared the threat from Iran's nuclear programs to the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.

"Just like September 11, only with nuclear weapons this time, that's the threat. I think that is the threat," Bolton told ABC News' Nightline program.

"I think it's just facing reality. It's not a happy reality, but it's reality and if you don't deal with it, it will become even more unpleasant."

Bolton ratcheted up the rhetoric as the five veto-holding members of the U.N. Security Council failed again to reach agreement on how to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions after a fifth round of negotiations. "

AP) Camp Shelby, Miss. Thousands of relatives and friends joined congressional delegates and other officials at a Mississippi military base on Wednesday to spend time with nearly 4,100 soldiers from across the country who are deploying to Iraq.

The deployment of the 2,600 Minnesota soldiers in the 1/34th Brigade Combat Team will be the largest contingent of that state's National Guard troops to see combat since World War II.

The rest of the brigade includes soldiers from Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Jersey and others from across the country.