Friday, January 13, 2012

Top Three National News

1/13/12

CBS News


U.S. warns Iran leader of another "red line"
The United States government has reportedly conveyed a direct message to the supreme leader of Iran, warning him that any move by the Islamic Republic's elite Revolutionary Guard to cut off shipping traffic through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz would evoke a swift response from the world's most powerful military.

S. Korea: North tests 3 short-range missiles
North Korea fired three short-range missiles this week in an apparent routine test of its technology, a South Korean official said Friday. The North fired the KN-02 missiles, which are usually deployed against ground targets and have a range of about 75 miles, into its eastern waters on Wednesday, a Defense Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ministry policy.

4 Marines in video ID'd; Could face charges
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta described video that apparently shows U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as "deplorable" on Thursday.

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports all four Marines in the video have now been identified, and charges could be brought within hours.

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