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Disputing Trump claims, Japan says no evidence Iran was behind Saudi attack
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/disputing-trump-claims-japan-says-no-evidence-iran-was-behind-saudi-attack/
on September 18, 2019
We are not aware of any information that points to Iran, said Japanese defense minister Taro Kono.
Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono told reporters Wednesday that he has not seen any intelligence indicating Iran was behind the attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, contradicting Saudi and Trump administration claims about the incident.
We are not aware of any information that points to Iran, Kono said during a press briefing. We believe the Houthis carried out the attack based on the statement claiming responsibility.
The only evidence the Trump administration has released to substantiate its claim of Iranian responsibility are satellite photos that experts said are not clear enough to assign blame. Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling, a CNN intelligence analyst, said the images really dont show anything, other than pretty good accuracy on the strike of the oil tanks.............................
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Up to now France doesnt have proof permitting it to say that these drones came from such and such a place, and I dont know if anyone has proof, said Le Drian. We need a strategy of de-escalation for the area, and any move that goes against this de-escalation would be a bad move for the situation in the region.
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dalton99a
(81,513 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)inspectors on the way to Saudi Arabia to see for themselves.
former9thward
(32,017 posts)As well as oil from Iran's main ally Russia. Does Japan think the Saudis blew up their own oil facilities?
Eugene
(61,899 posts)Striking Saudi targets is happens on days that end with Y, but they never scored this big before.
Also, now that the UAE and the Saudis have turn against each other, Iran and the Houthis aren't the only hostile actors anymore.
former9thward
(32,017 posts)You don't get to supply arms to one side in a conflict and then say "They did what with them? We never thought that would happen!"
retread
(3,762 posts)"According to the latest figures available from the Congressional Research Service, the United States was credited with more than half the value of all global arms transfer agreements in 2014, the most recent year for which full statistics are available."
There is a US imprint on every civilian death inside Yemen, which is radicalizing the people of Yemen against the United States, There really is no way this bombing campaign could happen without United States participation
And this Congress has not debated this engagement. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
former9thward
(32,017 posts)Yes, opposition groups in many countries hate us and wish us harm for our weapons sales. If you arm an enemy then you are the enemy also. It completely applies in the Saudi Iran conflict.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Sounds as reasonable as anything else the fool in our WH has done.
former9thward
(32,017 posts)You are mixing up CTs.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Dirty Donnie is loyal to himself, self aggrandizement, money, and power.
Until we know what the whistleblower knows, it's a Schrodinger's bag of conspiracies containing all the bad actor foreign heads of state. We certainly can't take this regime's version of the facts as credible.
malaise
(269,026 posts)I'm shocked I tell you - NOT!!
Bayard
(22,077 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if Saudi torched their own facilities to push a war on Iran. All they have to do is whisper in tRump's ear.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Trouble with the TrumPutin regime is that they have zero credibility about everything.
spanone
(135,843 posts)EX500rider
(10,849 posts)....I doubt the the island nation of Tonga has any proof either.