The Schlumberger office building in Tehran. The oil-services firm, based in the Caribbean, acknowledges that US-developed technology has been used in Iran despite sanctions, but says it followed ''all applicable laws and regulations.'' (Globe photo)From Boston.com:
TEHRAN - In the oil fields of Iran, a 2,000-pound drilling tool shaped like a metal pipe probes deep under the earth for fresh supplies of crude, the lifeblood of one of the most formidable foes of the United States.
While helping to enrich Iran's economy, the drilling tool also presents a potential risk to American security, were it to fall into the wrong hands. It is powered by a radioactive chemical that scientists say could fuel a so-called "dirty bomb," capable of spreading radiation across many city blocks.
The tool is the type of sophisticated technology that the United States has sought for 13 years to prevent from reaching Iran, a country the US government says is financing terrorism with its oil profits.
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My Comment: We have found the enemy .... and it is us.