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re: TRUMP Impeachment > Investigations Begin
Donald Trump Warns US is 'Locked and Loaded' After Drone Attacks in Saudi Arabia
The US President issued a chilling warning after Iran was blamed for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia
Daily Mirror UK, 16 Sep 2019.
US President Donald Trump says his country is 'locked and loaded' after the suspected Iranian attacks on Saudi oil plants.
Iran has denied it is behind the drone strikes, with Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen instead claiming responsiblity.
However, America has now released satellite images it says prove Iran was responsible for the raids, which has more than halved Saudi Arabia's oil output.
The pictures show how the attacks could only have been carried out from the direction of Iran or Iraq and not Yemen, the US claims.
Apocalyptic scenes were caught in footage from Abqaiq (Image: VIDEOS OBTAINED BY REUTERS)
UK petrol prices could rise by 5p a litre after two Saudi Arabian oil facilities were bombed (Image: Getty)
They have been published amid rising tensions between Iran and the US, with an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander warning that his nation is prepared for a 'fully-fledged war'.
He also threatened US bases, saying that they were within range of Iranian missiles.
Trump has announced that he will await Saudi Arabia's conclusions on the source of the attack before acting.
A huge fire engulfed multiple sections of the Abqaiq site, which is the world's largest oil processing plant (Image: VIDEOS OBTAINED BY REUTERS)
He tweeted: "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."
The attack "was a wanton violation of international law," British Foreign Secretary said, adding that the United Kingdom stood firmly behind Saudi Arabia.
"In terms of who is responsible, the picture is not entirely clear," Raab said. "I want to have a very clear picture which we will be having shortly.
"This was a very serious attack on Saudi Arabia and the oil installations and it has implications for global oil markets and supply," Raab said.
"It's a very serious, an outrageous act, and we need to have a clear and as united as possible international response to it."
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for the strikes in Abqaiq, the site of largest oil processing plant.
The plant is owned by Saudi Arabia's state-owned Aramco oil company.
Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for the strikes (Image: Mikhail Metzel/TASS)
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