U.S. President Barack Obama secretly authorized the transfer of 55 "bunker buster" bombs to Israel, The Daily Beast website reported on Sunday. According to the report, the U.S. delivered the GBU-28 Hard Target Penetrators to Israel in early 2009. While the sale was originally approved by the Bush administration, the Obama administration made a secret decision to release the weapons early in its term. According to The Daily Beast, the bombs could be "potentially useful in any future military strike against Iranian nuclear sites." The full article will be published on Monday in Newsweek.
Report: US secretly sold Israel 55 bunker busters
Originally approved by the Bush administration, the deal was carried out secretly early in Obama's term • The bombs, designed to penetrate underground targets, could be utilized by Israel if it chooses to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
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