[Financial Times-UK] Andrew Ward - George W. Bush on Tuesday said a missile defense system was urgently needed to protect the U.S. and Europe from Iran, warning that Tehran could have the capability to strike the U.S. and Europe with ballistic missiles within eight years. Robert Gates, U.S. defense secretary, on Tuesday sought to mollify Moscow by indicating that Washington might delay activating the European facilities until the threat from Iran was indisputable. "We would consider tying together activation of the sites in Poland and the Czech Republic with definitive proof of the threat - in other words, Iranian missile testing," he said during a visit to Prague.
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