The torture issue that has preoccupied the US intelligence community in recent months has re-emerged and could disrupt a proposed civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and the United Arab Emirates. In this case, critics have accused Barack Obama's administration of sacrificing human rights and nuclear non-proliferation in order to maintain good relations with a wealthy authoritarian government in a region of vital interest to the US
[first posted to http://jid.janes.com - 13 May 2009]
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