Iran May Launch Attack on Saudi Arabia: Report
Iran May Launch Attack on Saudi Arabia: Report
U.S. has recently threatened that it will withhold military aid after Riyadh's oil cut
What timing!
Just weeks after Congressmen called on the Pentagon to stop providing military aid to Saudi Arabia, reports emerged Tuesday that Iran — Riyadh’s rival — may be planning a major attack to distract its people from recent protests.
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The Wall Street Journal reported today that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are on high alert after a warning of an “imminent Iranian attack.”
\The report, citing Saudi and U.S. officials, said Tehran is prepared to attack Saudi Arabia and Erbil, Iraq, to “distract attention from domestic protests that have roiled the country” since the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
The U.S. said it will “not hesitate to act in the defense of our national interests and partners in the region.”
Last month, Saudi Arabia drew the ire from the White House after it joined OPEC+ in its decision to cut oil production by two million barrels each day starting this month.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., was furious. He took to Twitter and called Saudi Arabia a “third-rate power.”
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“They are actively fleecing the American people and destabilizing the economy. That’s just outrageous. Who do they think they are?” he asked CNN.
“It’s outrageous. The Saudis need to be dealt with harshly,” said Khanna, a progressive who has been a tough critic of the kingdom’s humanitarian track record. “They are a third-rate power. We are the most powerful country in the world. I don’t know why we kowtow to them,” he said.
He later joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in coming up with legislation that would would prohibit granting a license to sell Saudi Arabia "any defense articles" including munitions.
"The Saudis need to come to their senses. They have committed a humongous blunder, very much against their own economic and security interests, as well as ours," Blumenthal said, according to Middle East Eye.
The report, citing the Government Accountability Office, said Washington has provided at least $54 billion in military aid to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates between 2015 and 2021.
A U.S. official told CNN that U.S. F-22 fighter jets are already in Saudi Arabia that can counter any threats.