Monday, October 14, 2019

Saudi Arabia Says It Is Not Behind Missile Attack On Iranian Oil Tanker In The Red Sea

Iranian state-run television said the oil tanker was hit on Friday by missiles but denied reports they came from Saudi Arabia

Daily Mail: Saudi minister denies his country is behind missile attack on Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf

* Foreign Minister Abdel al-Jubeir said: 'We didn't engage in such behaviour at all'
* Iran said the oil tanker was hit on Friday but denied reports it was from Saudi
* Sabiti oil tank was struck by two missiles 60 miles from the port of Jeddah

A Saudi minister has denied that his country was behind a suspected missile strike against an Iranian-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdel al-Jubeir said: 'We did not engage in such behaviour at all.

'This is not how we operate and that's not how we did it in the past.

'The story is still not complete. So let's wait and find out what happened before we jump to conclusions.'

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More News On Saudi Arabia Saying It Is Not Behind Missile Attack On Iranian Oil Tanker In The Red Sea

Saudi Arabia says it is not behind Iranian tanker struck in Red Sea -- Reuters
Saudi Arabia Denies Involvement in Iran Tanker Attack in Red Sea - Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia denies involvement in Iranian tanker attack -- The National

Iran is issuing threats ....

Iran offers warning after mysterious tanker attack -- AP
Rouhani: Iran Has Clues about Oil Tanker Incident -- Tasnim News Agency
Iran says missile attack on its oil tanker will not go unanswered -- RUDAW
Iran Releases Photos of Damage to Tanker Attacked in Red Sea -- Bloomberg

3 comments:

fazman said...

Some small rubbish asm if it was, more like a small guage rocket.

jimbrown said...

plenty of groups motivated to do this

Anonymous said...

Fazman is right I think. A cruise missile would make a bigger hole using around 1,000 lbs of explosive.