19 Mar 2024
Monday 16 September 2019 - 18:21
Story Code : 359197

US 'locked & loaded' for response after Saudi oil strike

Press TV - US President Donald Trump says that the United States is locked and loaded for a possible response to the recent Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

Trump took to Twitter on Monday, saying that Washington has a "reason to believe that we know" who is responsible for the attacks carried out against the kingdoms key oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais on Saturday.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put the blame for the operation on Iran, claiming, Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia and that there is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen.

Tehran, however, dismissed the allegation, saying Washington seems to be shifting from a failed campaign of maximum pressure to one of maximum lying and deceit against the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet that US & its clients are stuck in Yemen because of illusion that weapon superiority will lead to military victory.

Yemen said it used 10 drones for Saturdays operation, which was one of their largest retaliatory attacks ever inside the kingdom.

The Yemeni army has said the raids were carried out on the back of an intelligence operation and in cooperation with certain honorable and freedom-seeking individuals within Saudi Arabia.

Yemeni fighters regularly target positions inside Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the Saudi-led offensive, which began in March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall the country's Riyadh-allied former regime and crush the Houthis.

The US-backed military aggression, coupled with a naval blockade, has killed tens of thousands of Yemenis, destroyed the countrys infrastructure and led to a massive humanitarian crisis.
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