Sources: U.S. was aware of ‘new’ Iranian nuke site for years

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States was aware of Iran’s unfinished uranium enrichment site for several years, senior U.S. officials told CNN on Friday.

U.S. officials have known about the facility since President George W. Bush’s administration, according to the officials who declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations.

Iran came to realize fairly recently that the facility was no longer secret, so Washington found itself in a race with Iran to reveal the facility to the international community, the officials said.

Iran revealed the site’s existence in a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday, the agency confirmed Friday.

That letter led the Obama administration to provide intelligence on the site to its allies — including China and Russia, in an attempt to get the two countries to support sanctions on Iran.

Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/25/sources-u-s-was-aware-of-new-iranian-nuke-site-for-years/

[stray cat]

1. thats neen clearly stated - the question was always where to bring it up

to the international community

[spotbird]

2. Someone let Obama know that we can't afford another war

In fact, we can't afford the two we're in now.

[nyy1998]

7. I don't see how this leads to another war

I actually think Obama is handling this very smartly by lobbying Russia and China. Iran can't build any nuclear materials without Russia and China is emerging as one of their largest buyers of oil. Obama is trying to hit them where it really hurts and it won't cost us a soldier.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. Sure we knew about Iran's nuclear ambitions, Halliburton has been helping them out.

[rayofreason]

5. Got a link...

...to back up your claim about Halliburton?

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7119752/

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-halliburton-charged-with-selling-nuclear-technologies-to-iran/

[rayofreason]

8. Thank for the link.

I did not know that US companies offshore subsidiaries could do business with Iran. This is something that needs to be addressed, and yes, they should feel ashamed for doing it.

Given what the Iranian government has been up to (nukes, crushing opposition rallies, etc.), there should be airtight sanctions on Iran.

[joeycola]

4. k and r.

[ShortnFiery]

9. Perhaps - Iran NOW switching from Dollars to Euros in the Oil Industry sparked our memory?

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