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In reply to the discussion: Attack on Saudi oil facility came from direction of Iran, not Yemen: U.S. official [View all]FBaggins
(26,697 posts)34. Of course there is
Or at least... a logical reason to attack. If they could have a lasting impact on SA oil production, prices would skyrocket... simultaneously making Iranian oil that much more valuable and pressuring the west to lift the sanctions that have cut their production by 80%.
Some had speculated at $100+ prices. Doubling their profits per barrel and increase their exports five-fold? That sounds like a motivation to me.
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Attack on Saudi oil facility came from direction of Iran, not Yemen: U.S. official [View all]
FBaggins
Sep 2019
OP
Can't believe a word that comes out of a republican, it was the same during St. Reagan, GH Bush and
Perseus
Sep 2019
#39
Anyone can get a drone these days. Hell they sale a number of them at the varies Walmarts near me
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#24
That is certainly possible but until the wreckage of the drone is examined it is still up the air.
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#31
Show us some doctored satellite photos so we can correct them with a Sharpie.
KY_EnviroGuy
Sep 2019
#9
And global warming is a hoax, and migrants are carrying backpacks full of weed . . .
hatrack
Sep 2019
#19