Iran, Sudan, Syria, and other countries the U.S. has named state sponsors of terrorism have received millions of dollars in U.N. nuclear technology aid-and Hillary Clinton won't stop the flow of cash. Laurel Adams of the Center for Public Integrity reports.
The State Department is refusing to block U.N. nuclear technology aid to countries that are on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime.
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The reason, says Hillary Clinton's department, is that such a clampdown would hinder other countries that have nothing to do with terrorism.
The U.S. provides $20 million a year to help finance the International Atomic Energy Agency, which promotes peaceful use of nuclear energy. But some Iaea funds have gone to countries that could potentially use nuclear technology to build weapons, the Government...
The State Department is refusing to block U.N. nuclear technology aid to countries that are on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Why Obama Won't Touch Gun Control
The reason, says Hillary Clinton's department, is that such a clampdown would hinder other countries that have nothing to do with terrorism.
The U.S. provides $20 million a year to help finance the International Atomic Energy Agency, which promotes peaceful use of nuclear energy. But some Iaea funds have gone to countries that could potentially use nuclear technology to build weapons, the Government...
- 3/22/2011
- by Laurel Adams
- The Daily Beast
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