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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2019
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that the US military is preparing a response to the attack on major Saudi Arabia oil facilities. After briefing President Donald Trump in the White House, Esper singled out Iran as undermining international order, without directly pinning blame on Tehran for the attack. "The United States military, with our interagency team, is working with our partners to address this unprecedented attack and defend the international rules-based order that is being undermined by Iran," he said in a tweet. Esper said he and the Pentagon leadership met with Trump in the wake of Saturday's attack, which analysts say appear to have involved drones and possibly cruise missiles launched from a nearby country. Earlier he also spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as well as Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shemmari. There was, however, no suggestion of what kind of response Washington or its Gulf allies were considering. The Iran-supported Huthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. But the Riyadh-led coalition fighting the Huthis said earlier Monday that the weapons were Iranian-made, and it remains unclear where they were launched from.
Trump says almost sure Iran behind Saudi attacks "It is certainly looking that way at this moment," Trump told reporters when asked if he believes Tehran carried out the attack. The president said "we pretty much already know" and "certainly it would look to most like it was Iran" but that Washington still wanted more proof. "We want to find definitively who did this," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, where he was meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. "You're going to find out in great detail in the near future," he said. "We have the exact location of just about everything. "With all that being said, we'd certainly like to avoid" war, Trump said. "I don't want war with anybody but we're prepared more than anybody," he added. Trump said the United States would be talking to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and "many of the neighbors out there that we're very close friends with. "We're also talking to Europe," he said, "a lot of the countries that we're dealing with, whether it is France, Germany, etcetera, talking to different folks and figuring out what they think. "But I will tell you that was a very large attack and it could be met with an attack many, many times larger, very easily by our country," he said. Trump spoke to reporters shortly after US Defense Secretary Mike Esper said the US military is preparing a response to the attack on the Saudi oil facilities. After briefing Trump in the White House, Esper singled out Iran as undermining international order, without directly pinning blame on Tehran for the attack. Esper said he and the Pentagon leadership met with Trump in the wake of Saturday's attack, which analysts say appears to have involved drones and possibly cruise missiles launched from a nearby country. The Iran-supported Huthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. But the Riyadh-led coalition fighting the Huthis said earlier Monday that the weapons were Iranian-made, and it remains unclear where they were launched from.
Oil prices soar more than 10% after Saudi plant attacks Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 Oil prices surged more than 10 percent Monday after attacks on two Saudi Arabian plants that slashed output in the world's top producer by half, with Donald Trump blaming Iran and raising the possibility of a military strike on the country. West Texas Intermediate jumped 10.68 percent to $60.71 and Brent climbed 11.77 percent to $67.31 in early Asia trading following the blasts at facilities run by state-owned giant Aramco. The attack by Tehran-backed Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, where a ... read more
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