Johnson says U.K. believes Iran is responsible for attack on Saudi oil facilities

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. would consider taking part in a U.S.-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom’s defences

Employees work at the site of a damaged Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 20, 2019.Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday. He said the U.K. would consider taking part in a U.S.-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom’s defences, while Iran’s president announced plans for a rival Iranian-led security coalition.

“We will be working with our American friends and our European friends to construct a response that tries to de-escalate tensions in the Gulf region,” Johnson said. Johnson said he would meet Rouhani at this week’s high-level U.N. gathering. Johnson is also due to hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. He said he wanted Britain to be “a bridge between our European friends and the Americans when it comes to the crisis in the Gulf.”The U.S. and Europe have diverged sharply on how to deal with Iran.

 

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Of course they 'believe'. it. After all they believed in WMDs in Iraq and we all know what happened there as result. If history is a reference, Brits are going along with the usual suspect to war. But this time it may be different.The victim/target may fight back big time. WW III

Conservatives themselves are to blame for the attack. You know they sponsor the war in Yemen, dont you?

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