Rice warns Iran that US will do what's necessary to defend Israel after missile test

TBILISI, Georgia - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of Iranian threats against Israel. Iranian officials have strongly suggested the country's missile test on Wednesday was itself a warning to Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Israel has left that option open. "We will defend our interests and defend our allies," Rice said at the close of a three-day Eastern European trip. "We take very very strongly our obligations to defend our allies and no one should be confused of that,"... [read full story]