This March 14, 2007, file photo provided by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency shows crews loading a bomb, the massive ordnance penetrator, in a test at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. The conventional 30,000-pound penetrating bomb is designed to defeat deeply buried targets such as bunker and tunnel facilities. (Courtesy of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency/AP/File)
4:36 pm ET -A new You-Gov poll finds 44 percent of Americans favor, and 35 percent oppose, a strike against Iran. Fewer Europeans favor force, but more are convinced Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb.
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