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Pompeo calls attacks on Saudi oil facilities ‘act of war’ as Trump orders increase in sanctions on Iran
On Sept. 18, Col. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, displayed debris of alleged Iranian weapons from the Sept. 14 oil installation attack. (Reuters)
By John Wagner, Kareem Fahim and Paul Schemm
September 18, 2019 at 2:42 PM EDT
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday decried the weekend attacks on the Saudi oil industry as an “act of war” as President Trump ordered a substantial increase in sanctions against Iran, which Washington has linked to the strikes.
Amid the escalating tensions in the region, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday presented remnants of what it said were Iranian-made weapons used in the attacks on two key oil facilities. Meanwhile, Iran warned the United States that it would broadly retaliate against any attacks on it, Iranian news agencies reported.
“I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!” Trump wrote in a morning tweet, without elaboration.
He later told reporters traveling with him in California that “very significant” sanctions would be announced “over the next 48 hours.”
Asked whether he is also looking at a military strike, Trump said, “We’ll see what happens. We have many options that we’re considering. There are many options.”
“There’s the ultimate options, and there are options that are a lot less than that,” he added, later clarifying that he was not referring to nuclear war.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Sept. 17, 2019, en route to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (Mandel Ngan/Reuters)
Trump demurred when asked whether he agreed with Pompeo that the attacks in Saudi Arabia constituted an act of war.
“He spoke to me a little while ago, and we’ll have an announcement,” Trump said.
His comments came after Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for 40 minutes.
Trump once ordered attack on Iran, but called it off with minutes to spare
Iran’s warning, sent via the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which handles U.S. affairs in the country, condemned earlier remarks by Pompeo and other officials linking Iran to the attacks.
“Iran’s response will be prompt and strong, and it may include broader areas than the source of attacks,” the Mehr News Agency reported the official note as saying.
Iran’s Fars News Agency said any response would be “rapid and crushing” and would target “more extensive areas than the origin of the attack.” There have long been fears that Iranian proxy forces in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere might attack U.S. forces in the region.
Yemeni Houthi rebels asserted responsibility for Saturday’s attacks, which temporarily cut Saudi Arabia’s oil production in half and sent prices spiking worldwide. U.S. officials, however, have cast doubt on the rebels’ involvement, saying the attacks were too sophisticated for them to have carried out.
Pompeo told reporters shortly before arriving in Saudi Arabia that the intelligence community had “high confidence” that the weapons systems used in the attacks were not in the Houthis’ arsenal.
“This was an Iranian attack,” he said. “It didn’t come from the Houthis.”
Saudi Arabia says oil output will return to pre-attack levels in weeks
Shortly after Trump’s sanctions announcement on Wednesday, a Saudi military spokesman in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, presented what he said was evidence of Iran’s culpability, including remnants of drone and cruise missiles that he said were Iranian-made and were ..
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