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Two Countries, Neither of Which Believes the Other Will Fight
Two aircraft carrier strike groups sit in the Persian Gulf. Reconnaissance and refuelling jets are massing across the Middle East. On Thursday, American and Iranian negotiators meet in Geneva in what is being called a last chance to find a way out before a strike is ordered.