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 Evidenz für Angriffe auf Saudi Ölanlagen infographic
Grafik zeigt Evidenz für die mutmaßliche Beteiligung des Irans an den Angriffen auf die Saudi Ölraffinerien.
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Saudi Arabia sucht Beweise dass iranische Drohnen die Raffinerien beschossen haben

By Mike Tyler

September 19, 2019 - US Außenminister Mike Pompeo beschuldigte Mittwoch den Iran, dass er einen "kriegerischen Angriff" auf die Ölraffinerien des Königreichs unternommen hätte. Die Saudis zeigten Wrackteile von Raketen und Drohnen und sprachen von neuer Evidenz, dass die Angriffe "ohne Zweifel vom Iran unterstützt wurden".

Iran, which has denied involvement in the attack, warned the U.S. it will retaliate immediately if it is targeted.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he is moving to increase financial sanctions on Tehran over the attack. He was noncommittal on whether he would order U.S. military retaliation.

At a news conference, Saudi military spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said the attack Saturday that did heavy damage to the heart of the Saudi oil industry was “launched from the north and was unquestionably sponsored by Iran.”

Al-Malki stopped short of accusing Iran of actually firing the weapons itself or launching them from Iranian territory.

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in response to the Saudi-led war in Yemen that has killed tens of thousands of people.

At the news conference, the Saudis displayed broken and burned drones and pieces of a cruise missile that Al-Malki identified as Iranian weapons collected after the attack. He also played surveillance video that he said showed a drone coming in from the north.

Eighteen drones and seven cruise missiles were launched in the assault, Al-Malki said, with three missiles failing to make their targets. He said the cruise missiles had a range of 700km (435 miles), meaning they could not have been fired from inside Yemen.

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PUBLISHED: 19/09/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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