re: What’s up with the Saudi Nuclear deal?

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Do you think some of Trump's personal / business connections could have heavily influenced that?

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But the trip I'm talking about to Saudi Arabia came before these business deals people keep raising hell about. I personally think it was for the reason I already listed. To have their data collection and intelligence network on board.

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BTW. I appreciate your responses and keeping it civil.

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Same to you.

Anything can become bad with the wrong usages but I believe the plans, construction and fuel is through American companies . Spent rods are to be handled by American companies. They could have went elsewhere but didn’t so hopefully the long run is good

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Bin Laden's citizenship was revoked on April 9, 1994, after he expressed support for the first 1993 World Trade Center bombings. Look it up...

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You should also look up Omar al-Bayoumi.

After the attacks a man named Omar el-Bayoumi was detained in London after being identified as a someone who met frequently with the 9-11 terrorists. He was released and immediately he returned to Saudi Arabia.

The 9-11 families have since fought for years for the release of FBI evidence on the attack to see what was known and when.

A tape made by Bayoumi in 1999 was finally unsealed in 2024 and it clearly shows someone scouting targets for something called 'the plan'. The tape was seized in a raid on Bayoumi's home following the attacks. Further, the FBI have since identified Bayoumi as a Saudi Intelligence agent.

People dismissing Saudi's role in 9-11, should 1) ask why one of their intelligence operatives was assisting the 9-11 terrorists with plans for the attack and 2) why did FBI clear him for release if they had evidence he was part of the plot?

LINK

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Further, the FBI have since identified Bayoumi as a Saudi Intelligence agent.

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This isn't true though.

What is true is that he did help 2 of the hijackers establish themselves in the US and he had financial support from Saudi companies that the FBI found suspicious. They did indeed suspect him of being linked to Saudi intelligence, but this isn't proven.

And even if it were true, it wouldn't establish a link to the Saudi government acting in any capacity to direct the attacks.

Again, the guy who was allegedly behind the attacks had had his citizenship revoked by Saudi Arabia long before the attacks ever happened precisely for supporting the idea of terrorist attacks against the US. What the Saudi Government actually DID, both before and after the attacks, is in direct opposition to the idea that they had anything to do with it.

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Really?

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Yes, really.

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Did the US provide Iran with anything to enrich uranium?

No. Based on the historical record, the United States did not provide Iran with uranium enrichment technology or enrichment facilities.

Here's what the U.S. did and did not provide:

What the U.S. did provide (before 1979)
A 5-megawatt Tehran Research Reactor in 1967.
Highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel for that reactor (this was common for research reactors at the time).
Training for Iranian nuclear scientists and engineers.
Technical assistance for civilian nuclear research.
Discussions and commercial negotiations for nuclear power reactors under the Shah.
What the U.S. did not provide
Uranium enrichment plants.
Gas centrifuge technology.
Laser enrichment technology.
Centrifuge designs or manufacturing equipment.
A domestic fuel-cycle capability for producing enriched uranium.
Where did Iran's enrichment capability come from?

Iran's indigenous enrichment program began after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Much of its early centrifuge technology was based on designs from the A.Q. Khan network, a clandestine proliferation network run by Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and numerous historical accounts, Iran acquired:

P-1 centrifuge designs from the Khan network in the late 1980s,
components and manufacturing know-how from foreign suppliers,
and later developed more advanced centrifuges domestically.
One important nuance

Although the U.S. did not give Iran enrichment technology, it did provide the Tehran Research Reactor with highly enriched uranium fuel. By today's nonproliferation standards, that seems surprising, but in the 1960s it was common practice for research reactors around the world.

In the 1990s, the international community began converting many research reactors—including Iran's—to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel to reduce proliferation risks.

Bottom line

The United States helped Iran develop civilian nuclear science and research under the Shah, but it did not provide the technology or facilities that became the basis of Iran's uranium enrichment program. Iran's enrichment capability was developed later, primarily from technology acquired through the A.Q. Khan proliferation network and subsequent domestic development.

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Google is your friend little man

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Google AI is a better friend, you pussy alter troll.

If you don't understand this enough to discuss it intelligently, you should stay shut up.

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Had Biden done it instead of Trump, Trumpers would hate it.

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True.