Reuters: Media visit Saudi oil plant damaged in strike blamed on Iran
ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Friday took media on a tour of oil facilities damaged by attacks that Washington and Riyadh blame on Iran, showing melted pipes and burnt equipment, as Tehran vowed wide retaliation if heightened tensions boil over into hostilities.
The kingdom sees the Sept. 14 strikes on its Khurais and Abqaiq facilities — the worst attack on Gulf oil infrastructure since Iraq’s Saddam Hussein torched Kuwaiti oilfields in 1991 — as a test of global will to preserve international order.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States was imposing sanctions on Iran’s central bank over the attack. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the bank was Tehran’s last source of funds.
Asked about the possibility of a military response on Iran, Trump said the United States was always prepared and that a military strike was always a possibility.
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WNU Editor: Its been 6 days since the attack, and everything has already been set-up to repair the damage. Now that is fast. Here is an interesting post on what was the internal Saudi response to last weeks attacks .... Inside Saudi Arabia's response to a raid on the heart of the oil kingdom (Reuters).
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"By the time Aramco’s team was dealing with the fires at the first site in Khurais, where more than 200 people were at the time, strikes were still hitting the facility, according to the company.
ReplyDelete.... and no defenses to stop them or to provide details of the incoming being tracked. The Iranians must be some stealthy.
Hadley Gamble - a hot journalist
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