Bush Says a Nuclear-Armed Iran Risks `World War III' (Update1)

By Holly Rosenkrantz and Roger Runningen

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said the
U.S. and Russia remain in agreement on preventing Iran from
gaining a nuclear weapon, a development that he said would risk
``World War III.''

Bush said he wasn't concerned by a meeting yesterday between
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at which both leaders said they ready to
expand ties.

``If Iran had a nuclear weapon, it'd be a (more...)