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Published 12/22/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - U.S. officials say they want answers from Russia on whether it is selling advanced surface-to-air missiles to Iran. The U.S. insists such a move could threaten American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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