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Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade on September 21, 2012 in front of the mausoleum of the Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran. The parade marks the beginning of the 1980-1988 war between Iran and Iraq. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian 

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said a military attack on Iran could "prove catastrophic."
Gates -- who headed the Pentagon during the administration of former President George W. Bush and remained at the post when Barack Obama became president -- said America and Israel lack the capability to wipe out Iran's underground facilities permanently, and an unprompted attack would ensure a nuclear Iran eventually, after the country digs its labs deeper underground and redoubles its resolve, the (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday.

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