Conflicting reports on Saudi oil facility attacks point at a layered conspiracy. Here's what some experts say
On the morning of September 14 the world woke up to the news that Saudi Arabia had come under attack at one of its, called Abqaiq, located in the country's eastern province. The initial media reports suggest that the site, owned by the kingdom's petroleum giant Aramco, was attacked by armed drones, destabilising the global energy markets as the oil barrel outflow from Saudi was reduced to half of its total exports.
“The fact that Pompeo’s claims [about Iranian participation are coming] right after the attack shows that he’s lying. He’s not waiting for any information,” Marandi said. “I think these attacks have been launched from the desert areas of Iraq’s southern city of Basra. It’s certain,” said Buloavali, an Iraqi-Kurdish political activist who served as an advisor to Iraq's former vice president Tariq al Hashimi. that Iraqi soil has not been used by launching attacks against the Saudi refineries.
“Iran provokes both the US and Israel because Tehran knows that both countries will hold crucial elections and they cannot hit back Iran at this time,” Bulovali observed.
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