From L.A. Times:The agreement, the first of its kind between the U.S. and an Arab nation, entails providing an Arab country with U.S. nuclear technology. Critics cite the United Arab Emirates' ties with Iran.
Reporting from Beirut -- The United States and the United Arab Emirates have hammered out a nuclear cooperation deal that would bring U.S. atomic technology and know-how to a site less than a hundred miles from Iran's shores, an envoy from the Persian Gulf monarchy confirmed Monday to state media.
The deal, if implemented, would be the first of its kind involving the U.S. and an Arab country, experts said. The agreement could, in part, placate Arab countries that are pining to obtain nuclear technology to balance Iran's controversial uranium enrichment program while dissuading them from developing dual-use technologies on their own that could be reconfigured for weapons production.
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