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US seeks to 'build international consensus' blaming Iran for tanker attacks
Source: The Guardian
US seeks to 'build international consensus' blaming Iran for tanker attacks
Defense chief says attack in Gulf of Oman was not just ‘US situation’ as UK joins Washington in accusing Iran
Jessica Glenza in New York
Sat 15 Jun 2019 16.11 BST Last modified on Sat 15 Jun 2019 16.12 BST
The US is hoping to “build international consensus” around what officials claim is Iran’s responsibility for damaging two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, as UK officials joined the US in formally accusing Iran of carrying out the attacks.
The efforts come after the US released grainy surveillance footage of an alleged Iran Revolutionary Guard patrol boat, with men who appear to place a magnetic limpet mine on the hull of one of the ships.
The acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, said the US was looking to “build international consensus to this international problem” on Friday.
The attack was not only a “US situation”, Shanahan said. He listed several other countries that operated vessels in the waters. “When you look at the situation, a Norwegian ship, Japanese ship, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE,” Shanahan said, referring to attacks a few weeks prior.
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The UK officially joined the US in accusing Iran of perpetrating the attack on Friday night, in a statement from the Foreign Office saying: “It is almost certain that a branch of the Iranian military – the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – attacked the two tankers on 13 June. No other state or non-state actor could plausibly have been responsible.”
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Defense chief says attack in Gulf of Oman was not just ‘US situation’ as UK joins Washington in accusing Iran
Jessica Glenza in New York
Sat 15 Jun 2019 16.11 BST Last modified on Sat 15 Jun 2019 16.12 BST
The US is hoping to “build international consensus” around what officials claim is Iran’s responsibility for damaging two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, as UK officials joined the US in formally accusing Iran of carrying out the attacks.
The efforts come after the US released grainy surveillance footage of an alleged Iran Revolutionary Guard patrol boat, with men who appear to place a magnetic limpet mine on the hull of one of the ships.
The acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, said the US was looking to “build international consensus to this international problem” on Friday.
The attack was not only a “US situation”, Shanahan said. He listed several other countries that operated vessels in the waters. “When you look at the situation, a Norwegian ship, Japanese ship, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE,” Shanahan said, referring to attacks a few weeks prior.
-snip-
The UK officially joined the US in accusing Iran of perpetrating the attack on Friday night, in a statement from the Foreign Office saying: “It is almost certain that a branch of the Iranian military – the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – attacked the two tankers on 13 June. No other state or non-state actor could plausibly have been responsible.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/15/iran-oil-tanker-attacks-us-uk
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Also from the Guardian: Jeremy Corbyn: no 'credible evidence' of Iran role in tanker attacks
Next step, form a Coalition of the Willing. We've been down this rabbit hole before.
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