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The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on a surprise visit to Iraq today, but for the last few days, she's been in Greece and Turkey trying to build support for U.N. actions to stop Iran.
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Its ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, acknowledged fighting continues, but he blamed that on opposition groups he said were being armed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, which currently holds the presidency of the U.N.
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And actually today, Turkish Prime Minister also stated that that would be disgraceful for Turkey to vote for the sanctions because what -- run-up to the U.N.
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Turkey has also said it has no plans to stop buying from Iran, at least until the U.N. adopts sanctions.
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