Today is the first day of America making its case to attack Iran.
When considering any of this "evidence" the following should be taken into account (from 2003)
Attack on a major Saudi oil facility originated in Iran, U.S. intelligence indicates
U.S. "Locked and
Loaded" to Proceed over
Saudi Oil Refinery Attack
UPDATED 6:58 AM EDT
"ACT OF WAR"
When considering any of this "evidence" the following should be taken into account (from 2003)
Attack on a major Saudi oil facility originated in Iran, U.S. intelligence indicates
A
congressional source says Democrats familiar with the details don't
dispute Iran carried out the attack — an important signal of
bipartisan agreement.
NBC,
17
September, 2019
American
intelligence indicates that the attack on a major Saudi oil facility
originated in Iran, three people familiar with the intelligence told
NBC News — an assessment that is likely to escalate tensions
between Washington and Tehran.
A
congressional source says Democrats familiar with the details do not
dispute that the attack was carried out by Iran — an important
signal of bipartisan agreement amid great uncertainty about claims
made by the Trump administration.
“This
attack had a level of sophistication we have not seen before,” the
congressional source said. “You will not see Democrats pushing back
on the idea that Iran was behind it.”
Read
more on this story at NBCNews.com and watch "NBC Nightly News
with Lester Holt" tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.
Three
U.S. officials said there was extremely compelling evidence showing
the origination point of the strikes, and one official with direct
knowledge described that evidence as imagery.
Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo tweeted Saturday that Iran “launched” what
he called “an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.”
Iran’s
goal “is to cause short sharp spike in the commodity markets so the
world will cause the Trump admin to change its policies,” one
former senior intelligence official told NBC News
A
Saudi military spokesman says initial investigations show Iranian
weapons were used in the attack.
Col.
Turki al-Malki also told reporters in Riyadh Monday that the early
morning strikes on Saturday were not launched from Yemen, despite
claims from the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who are at war there
with Saudi Arabia. Al-Maliki did not elaborate.
The
attacks on Aramco's main crude processing facility knocked out 5.7
million barrels of daily oil production for Saudi Arabia, or more
than 5 percent of the world's daily crude production, analysts said.
President
Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the U.S. is “locked and loaded”
and ready to respond, once it determines the culprit.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7469501/Saudi-Arabia-declares-Iran-drone-attack-oil-plant.html
US
releases satellite images supporting accusation Iran was responsible
for Saudi drone attacks
The
US has released new satellite images supporting its accusation Iran
was behind the attacks on crucial Saudi Arabian oil facilities over
the weekend.
18 September, 2019
The
United States has released satellite images and cited intelligence
assessments supporting its accusation that Iran was behind the
attacks on crucial Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend.
The
Trump administration released satellite photographs of what officials
said were at least 17 points of impact at various Saudi energy
facilities, including damage at the heart of the kingdom’s crucial
oil processing plant at Abqaiq.
They
said the strikes came from the north or northwest, suggesting the
attack came from the direction of Iran rather than Yemen, where the
Iranian-backed Houthi militia had claimed responsibility for the
attack.
The
satellite images show the scale of destruction at the vital oil
facilities.
The
red boxes indicate the areas hit in the suspected drone attack, which
the US believes involved 17 individual strikes:
This satellite overview shows damage to oil/gas infrastructure from weekend drone attacks at Abqaig on September 14, 2019 in Saudi Arabia.Source:AFP
Another
image shows the Khurais oilfield, which is 98 kilometres west of the
Abqaiq facility:
This image shows damage to oil/gas infrastructure from weekend drone attacks at Khurais oilfield.Source:AFP
The
image below shows a zoomed-in view of one of the two damaged
buildings. Scorch marks from the fire appear to be visible alongside
the damaged building:
This satellite overview image shows damage to oil/gas infrastructure from weekend drone attacks at Khurais oilfield.Source:AFP
Saturday’s
attack on Saudi Arabia was the most damaging blow on the Middle
Eastern kingdom in more than four years of civil war in Yemen.
It
helped drive world oil prices up by 10 per cent in what could cause
a nightmare situation for Australia.
Abqaiq
is the world’s biggest crude-stabilisation facility, refining some
seven million barrels a day. Khurais produces about 1.5 million
barrels of crude a day.
Overnight,
Saudi Arabia has ramped up its rhetoric towards Iran, which continues
to deny responsibility for the attacks.
SAUDI ARABIA HITS OUT AT IRAN
Saudi
Arabia has ramped up its rhetoric towards Iran, dismissing claims of
responsibility by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and pinning the blame on
the Iranian Government.
A
Saudi military spokesman said a preliminary investigation had found
the weapons used against the facilities were Iranian, according
to The
Washington Post.
In
a televised briefing, Colonel Turki al-Malki, a Saudi military
spokesman, said the attacks did not originate in Yemen and that
investigations were underway to determine the launch location.
“The
preliminary results show that the weapons are Iranian and we are
currently working to determine the location … The terrorist attack
did not originate from Yemen as the Houthi militia claimed,” Col.
al-Malki told a news conference in Riyadh.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani continues to deny Iranian involvement.Source:AP
Saudi
Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said the kingdom is
“willing and able” to respond to this “terrorist aggression”.
Iran
has denied the accusations and said it was ready for “full-fledged
war”.
Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani said the strike was carried out by “Yemeni
people” responding to years of attacks by a Saudi-led coalition in
Yemen’s four-year-old war.
“Yemeni
people are exercising their legitimate right of defence,” he told a
joint news conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts at a
meeting in Ankara.
Some
US officials, like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have directly
blamed Iran for the attacks, saying the assault did not come from
Yemen.
We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran’s attacks. The United States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression
President
Donald Trump said the United States was “locked and loaded” to
respond to the incident but initially stopped short of directly
accusing Iran.
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!
This
morning he levelled a more accusatory tweet against Iran, referencing
a missile strike on a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz
earlier this year:
Remember when Iran shot down a drone, saying knowingly that it was in their “airspace” when, in fact, it was nowhere close. They stuck strongly to that story knowing that it was a very big lie. Now they say that they had nothing to do with the attack on Saudi Arabia. We’ll see?
Mr
Trump has since told reporters he thinks Iran was the likely culprit,
but he wants to be sure and hopes to avoid war.
He
said the US would be talking to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates and “many of the neighbours 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, 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.”
Iran
rejected US accusations it was responsible, with Foreign Ministry
spokesman Abbas Mousavi saying the allegations were “condemned as
unacceptable and entirely baseless”.
Donald Trump has told reporters he thinks Iran was likely behind the attacks, but he wants to be sure and hopes to avoid war.Source:AFP
Europe
and China have warned against assigning blame prematurely. Russian
President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile
defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its
oil facilities.
“We
are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory.
She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying
the S-300 Russian missile system and the same way that Turkey has
already done in buying the S-400 Russian missile system,” he said
at a press conference in Ankara, alongside the Turkish and Iranian
leaders.
Oil
prices have risen to six-month highs in the wake of the attacks, with
gains as high as 20 per cent.
Brent
crude oil, the international benchmark, went up $12 a barrel to reach
up to $71.95 a barrel before dropping back down to $68.
Economists
at London-based Capital Economics have warned a “full-blown US-Iran
conflict” could cause oil to soar to $US150 a barrel this year.
However,
they would expect the oil price to drop to $US80 per barrel by next
year and $US60 by 2021.
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wires
U.S. "Locked and
Loaded" to Proceed over
Saudi Oil Refinery Attack
UPDATED 6:58 AM EDT
"ACT OF WAR"
17 September, 2019
UPDATED 6:58 AM EDT (see bottom) "Act of War"
President Donald Trump has confirmed the United States is "locked and loaded" over the attack upon the Saudi Oil Refinery and is awaiting verification amid discussion on "how to proceed."
Sources in Washington are now openly saying War with Iran is now likely and could begin THIS WEEK.
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!
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Vice President Pence and Defense Secretary Esper were summoned to the White House for unscheduled Security meeting which ended around 1:00 PM EDT Sunday afternoon. Trump tweets came shortly after.
INTEL ASSESSMENT
This could turn into all out war with Iran. And worse.
If the U.S. strikes Iran, it is extremely likely Iran will fully retaliate . . . with missiles raining down on US bases within 2,000 kilometers AND ON (US ALLY) ISRAEL.
At that point, anything can happen.
If the U.S. strikes Iran, it is extremely likely Iran will fully retaliate . . . with missiles raining down on US bases within 2,000 kilometers AND ON (US ALLY) ISRAEL.
At that point, anything can happen.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but this really could finally lead to global nuclear war; not immediately but some number of moves into the future, especially if Russia and China become involved on the side of Iran.
They might be sick enough of America that out of the blue THEY make a first strike against us.
They might be sick enough of America that out of the blue THEY make a first strike against us.
The stakes are extremely high right now. It is undeniable that "someone" launched an attack on the largest oil refinery in the world when they attacked the Saudi refinery and Saudi oil fields. THAT was an attack upon the GLOBAL oil supplies, and THAT is an American national security interest.
Put simply the Genie may be about to come out of the bottle for the first time since August 1945.
Just Keep in mind when this all goes down:
Saudi ARAMCO was about to make the world's largest
IPO on Wall Street next month, which China wanted...
Saudi ARAMCO was about to make the world's largest
IPO on Wall Street next month, which China wanted...
Here is an image of the damaged Saudi Refinery:
Zooming-in, you can see very clearly these were missile hits; the holes in the tanks are visible:
UPDATE 6:27 AM EDT --
Missiles impacted the Saudi Oil Refinery from the NW through Kuwait.
One missile engine has been positively identified as an Iranian Howazey missile which crashed and was discovered in Kuwaiti desert.
Here are photos of that crashed missile from Kuwait:
Another angle:
Now, here is a publicly-released image of an Iranian Sumar Cruise Missile. The booster section at the rear fires at liftoff, then detaches. Look at the tail fins and compare them to the photos above:
U.S teams in Saudi are in possession of fragments of an Iranian Howazey missile at one of the Oil areas attacked.
UPDATE 6:58 AM EDT --
Iran launched nearly a dozen cruise missiles and over 20 dronesfrom its territory in the Aramco attack says senior US official
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
***** BULLETIN *****
7:02 AM EDT --
All military bases overseas have gone to DEFCON 3. Assets are rapidly being moved.
UPDATE 7:42 AM EDT --
Iran has warned that it is prepared for “fully fledged war” after the United States accused it of launching devastating drone attacks on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
UPDATE 3:05 PM EDT --
US DEFENSE SECRETARY TELLS RIYADH U.S. IS STUDYING ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS TO CONFRONT THESE ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA
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