The US has showed satellite images and cited intelligence to back up their claims that Iran was behind the attacks on the major Saudi oil facilities. Iran denies any involvement in the air attacks on Saturday. Officials said the photos show impacts consistent with the attack coming from the direction of Iran or Iraq. The satellite images show where the damage which has been done in the attacks.
Satellite images provided to @CBSNews by a US official show 19 points of impact damaging 17 structures at the Abqaiq facility and 2 at the Khurais facility on the west-northwest side of the targets, which would be inconsistent with an attack from Yemen to the south. pic.twitter.com/yXa65dTXpp
— Sara Cook (@saraecook) September 16, 2019
US President Donald Trump has said that his country is “locked and loaded” to respond after the attack that cut into global energy supplies and halved the oil production.
The Saturday attack has cut global oil supplies by 5% and prices have increased rapidly. The attack started at 04:00 local time, there is currently no reports of injuries but there is damage to the facilities but the extent is unclear.
The Saudis have been at war with Iran-aligned Houthi rebels since early 2015 when the Houthis took control of much of the west of the country and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee abroad.
Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2019
