Saudi prince vows to confront threats after U.S. blames Iran for tanker attacks

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Source: NBC News

Saudi Arabia will not hesitate to confront regional threats, the country's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said in an interview published days after the U.S. blamed Iran for attacking two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

“The kingdom does not want war in the region, but we will not hesitate to deal with any threat to our people, our sovereignty and our vital interests," Salman told influential pan-Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat.

In the interview published Sunday, the crown prince blamed Saudi Arabia's arch rival Iran and its agents for carrying out “acts of sabotage” to four tankers near the port of Fujairah, including two Saudi carriers, last month.

The attacks on two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz earlier this week stoked fears of a broader conflict in the region. Iran has denied any role in the incidents.

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. He's serious! He's broken out his royal bone saw...

What a dipshit. I can see why he gets along with another dipshit, Jared.

[dalton99a]

3. Perhaps Bone Saw will give the peacemaker a cut:

[Hotler]

5. How soon before they start kissing like W and the old man did? nt

[Hotler]

4. The billions in arms sales came just in time.

I smell a stench coming from our State Department and Washington all the way here in Colorado.

[alwaysinasnit]

13. +1000

[pecosbob]

6. Well guess what?

The American prople don't want anything to do with your little jihad against the Shiaa. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. Sorry for the vulgarity folks...

[BigMin28]

7. Then send Saudis to fight.

We should stay out of it.

[Sherman A1]

8. Agreed

Please Proceed Prince........

[Historic NY]

9. If SA is so all fired up then let them do it....

MBS if full of BS. I wouldn't put it past them to use their own people to cause this .

[GeorgeGist]

10. I suspect MBS and Jared are WhatsApping ...

that monkey furiously.

[not_the_one]

11. It's called "getting all our ducks in a row"

for the Iran war justification.

[flotsam]

12. Grab your bone saw

and sic 'em you piece of shit. Oh-and do it without us!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Great! I say grab a couple of rifles. Give one to this asshole. Another to that

creepy ass tadpole looking motherfucker Kushner. And drop both their asses in the middle of Tehran.

[roamer65]

15. $10 a gallon gas in 3...2...1

[marble falls]

16. So Mr Bone Saw is declaring a Saudi "Monroe Doctrine" for the ME. Isn't that special ...

What's he going to use for his enforcement agency, the Trump Pentagon?