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US Pinpoints ‘Exact Locations’ In Iran From Which Saudi Attacks Were Launched: Official
The Trump administration has pinpointed the launch site for Saturday's attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure.
According to a senior US official who spoke to CBS, the US "has identified the exact locations in Iran from which a combination of more than 20 drones and cruise missiles was launched against the Saudi oil facilities", the network's Sara Cook said.
The news comes after days of speculation following Mike Pompeo's Saturday tweet which unequivocally put the blame on Iran. Trump's
China I suspect will take some oil shipments in a hurry just in case……the rest is and has been predictable.. Markets are peeing into the wind.
and that sets up a nasty surprise…
Maybe trump wants troops on the ground, pre-election, to add-in the “full” patriotic element into MAGA, after all, it’s what the supercomputers are telling him he has to do in order to win (even though the Democrats have zero candidates that can be taken seriously).
He probably wants a fast, controllable airstrike campaign for “rally round the flag” effect without the pesky casualties inevitable with boots on the ground. However, he’d probably prefer a softer target that can’t strike back, for the action to be timed closer to election, and a situation that doesn’t remind Americans of the Saddam/WMD fiasco or look like the Saudis “fighting Iran to the last American”.
Hmmm. I thought we had conclusive photographic evidence on Sunday morning that the missiles came in from the west?