Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, without providing details, blames Iran for Saudi oil attacks, saying it was an act of war. Follow live updates:
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Pompeo stopped short of providing any details definitively showing the Iranians launched the attack from Iran. Pompeo, speaking to reporters off-camera before landing in Jeddah, said:"This was an Iranian attack. It’s not the case that you can subcontract out the devastation of 5% of the world’s global energy supply and think that you can absolve yourself from responsibility. Were it the case that the Houthis’ fraudulent claim was accurate, were that true — it’s not, but were that true, it doesn’t change the fingerprints of the Ayatollah as having put at risk the global energy supply.
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