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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101702211.html
Divisions in Europe May Thwart U.S. Objectives on Iran
[Washington Post] Robin Wright - Britain and France, which initiated the call for joint European action against Iran, back tough new multilateral sanctions outside the UN Security Council. But other countries, notably Italy and Austria, want significantly less serious steps. Germany fell somewhere in between, said European and U.S. officials. The Bush administration also hopes to bring in other major powers that do business with Iran, such as Japan, Australia and Canada.