US Promises more advanced Smart Bomb to Israel than to Saudis

The United States has agreed to provide Zionist regime with more advanced "smart bombs" than those it plans to sell Saudi Arabia under a regional defense package, according to senior Zionists' security sources on Sunday.

In an attempt to bolster Middle East allies, the Bush administration last year proposed supplying Persian Gulf states with some $20 billion in new weapons, including Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb kits for the Saudis, Reuters said on Monday.

According to the internet site of JDAM manufacturer Boeing Co., recent enhancements to the kits include laser navigators and glide wings that allow jets to drop the munitions from a distance of more than 40 miles (64 km) from the target.

Two Israeli security sources said the United States has mollified the prime minister Ehud Olmert government with an "understanding in principle" that JDAM sales to Zionist regime would include advanced technologies not on offer to Saudi Arabia.

Shlomo Dror, spokesman for Israel's war ministry, declined to give details on any specific defense deals, saying only, "The Americans are certainly taking steps to help us preserve our technological superiority, as is Israel."

Zionist regime used JDAMs extensively in its 2006 offensive against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, requiring urgent US resupplies. Surprise setbacks in the 33-day war prompted Israel's top brass to order an overhaul of the armed forces.

Zionist regime's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dropped Zionists' objection to the Saudi deal in July after receiving a US military allowance of $30 billion over the next 10 years and assurances that future JDAM sales to Zionist regime would include technology superior to that which would be offered to the Saudis. According to the Boeing Company, manufacturer of JDAMs, the newest kits include laser navigators and glide wings to enable jets to drop munitions from a distance of more than 40 miles from the target.

Believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal, Zionist regime has vowed to deny Iran nuclear weapons and hinted at the possibility of a strike like its air force's 1981 bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor.

The Islamic Republic has repeatedly declared its nuclear program is only aimed at developing an alternative source of energy to meet the future demands of the growing population.