{"id":396556,"date":"2019-02-20T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/when-saudi-arabia-gets-the-bomb\/"},"modified":"2019-02-20T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:31:45","slug":"when-saudi-arabia-gets-the-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/when-saudi-arabia-gets-the-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"When Saudi Arabia Gets the Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"attachment_109438\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/02\/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi_King_Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia_Melania_Trump_and_Donald_Trump_May_2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/02\/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi_King_Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia_Melania_Trump_and_Donald_Trump_May_2017.jpg 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/02\/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi_King_Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia_Melania_Trump_and_Donald_Trump_May_2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/02\/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi_King_Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia_Melania_Trump_and_Donald_Trump_May_2017-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/multiple-whistleblowers-raise-grave-concerns-with-white-house-efforts-to\">House Oversight and Reform Committee<\/a> revealed that, based on the testimony of \u201cmultiple\u201d whistleblowers, the Trump Administration has been attempting to rush through a transfer of \u201chighly sensitive U.S. nuclear technology\u201d to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without Congressional approval in violation of federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Committee\u2019s revelation on Tuesday, we knew that since 2017, the Trump Administration has been in negotiations with the kingdom over a \u201c123 agreement\u201d which would allow American corporations such as Westinghouse to transfer technology to the Saudis for the construction of two nuclear power plants.<a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/FDB1C699-0FC7-44FB-93F5-2BF4F1DFB30A#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0 These agreements are permitted under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, subject to Congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSaudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This alarming remark from the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia came during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-iran-nuclear-bomb-saudi-arabia\/\">interview<\/a>with the prince which aired on the March 18, 2018 \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Venezuela, Saudi Arabia sits on the largest oil reserves on the planet.\u00a0 Why does it need nuclear power?\u00a0 The Saudis give several reasons.\u00a0 Under his ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/vision2030.gov.sa\/en\">\u201cVision 2030\u201d<\/a>plan, MBS, as the crown prince is known, is out to diversify the Saudi economy and make the kingdom&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/02\/20\/when-saudi-arabia-gets-the-bomb\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee revealed that, based on the testimony of \u201cmultiple\u201d whistleblowers, the Trump Administration has been attempting to rush through a transfer of \u201chighly sensitive U.S. nuclear technology\u201d to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without Congressional approval in violation of federal law. 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