on worries over global supply and soaring tensions in the Middle East. State oil giant Saudi Aramco said the attack on Saturday had cut output by 5.7 million barrels per day.Credit:Earlier in the day, a senior US official told reporters that evidence from the attack, which hit the world's biggest oil-processing facility,Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi dismissed the US allegation it was responsible as "pointless".
The US official, who asked not to be named, said on Sunday there were 19 points of impact in the attack on Saudi facilities and that evidence showed the launch area was west-northwest of the targets - not south from Yemen. "There's no doubt that Iran is responsible for this. No matter how you slice it, there's no escaping it. There's no other candidate," the official told reporters.Riyadh has accused Iran of being behind previous attacks on oil-pumping stations and the Shaybah oil field, charges that Tehran denies.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier that there was no evidence the attack came from Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been battling the Houthis for over four years in a conflict widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Muslim rival Iran.
Stand down my grandsons safety is in your hands. Behave yourself! grannysforpeace
‘hope they’ve still got the child-lock on the nuke button.
Nah, it’s just Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Lockheed Martin called Trump and said they need more profit from their weapons of mass destruction.
Nice photo of Trumps patchy spray tan, his is the leader of the US !! Locked and loaded, I don't think so.
Empty threats yet again. He'll let the stock market dictate what to do.
Umm as long as they are aimed at Yemen and the Houthi rebels rather then just insert Iran because it is convenient
And Scott Morrison will soon be in Washington, positively salivating at being granted the chance to prostrate himself before Trump and slavishly, mindlessly commit Australia to whatever lunatic War of the Week Trump may be dreaming up to help him win a second term in 2020.
Hours after impeachment inquiry. GlobalCallToAction pledge WarOnDrugs is FRAUDULENT. conflictofinterest RWJF JNJ. Direct RETALIATION against Australia meshinjured LITIGANTS. 130 countires NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY having a Codeine Crackdown Ketamine Crisis. GregHuntMP
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