Saturday, September 24, 2011

Israel Secretly Receives 55 Bunker Busting Bombs From The U.S.


U.S. Quietly Supplies Israel With Bunker-Busting Bombs -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has quietly supplied Israel with bombs capable of destroying buried targets, like terrorists’ arms caches or perhaps sites in Iran suspected of being part of that nation’s nuclear weapons program, American officials said Friday.

The administration’s transfer of bunker-busting bombs, first reported in an online article by Newsweek, began in 2009. American officials who confirmed the shipments spoke on the condition of anonymity, because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. They declined to comment on the number of bombs that had been supplied to Israel or on their capabilities.

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More News On Israel Receiving Bunker Busting Bombs From The U.S.

Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs
-- Daily Beast
Report: Obama gave 'bunker-busters' to Israel -- Politico
US 'sold bunker-busting bombs to Israel' -- SKY News
Iran: Obama Sold 55 Anti-Bunker Bombs To Israel -- AGI News
Obama Weak on Israel? Unprecedented Sale of Bunker-Busting Bombs Suggests Otherwise -- IBTimes
The Bunker Busters and the Measure of Support for Israel -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

My Comment
: Apparently this is not as big of a story as others are saying.

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