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June 15, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704414504575244712375657640.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

Jordan's Nuclear Ambitions Pose Quandary for the U.S.

(Wall Street Journal) Jay Solomon - The Kingdom of Jordan is in a sprint to become the Arab world's next nuclear power. And America wants to help it succeed. U.S. and Jordanian officials are negotiating a nuclear-cooperation agreement that would allow American firms to export nuclear components and know-how to the Mideast country. The U.S. is demanding that Amman not produce its own nuclear fuel, a right Jordan enjoys as a signatory to the UN nonproliferation treaty - and is reluctant to surrender, thanks to its recent discoveries of big deposits of uranium ore. But failure to reach consensus on this point could kill the cooperation deal.

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