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Selling bunker-busting bombs to UAE.

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Israel isn't the only country gearing up for a confrontation with Iran. The Obama administration may soon start selling “bunker-buster” bombs to the United Arab Emirates, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday. The 4,900 precision-guided bombs would give the UAE the ability to target the bunkers and tunnels where Iran is believed to be working on nuclear weapons, according to a recent report by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency. The Obama administration is trying to bolster the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council to contain Iran, but U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that military action against Iran could have “unintended consequences” in the region.

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