Who Really Attacked Saudi Arabia?

The Daily

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🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Trump is saying that Iran appears to be responsible for the weekend attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. We look at where things are likely to go from here. Guest: David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: President Trump said that the United States was prepared for war if necessary, but that he would “like to avoid” a military conflict with Iran.Mr. Trump’s response to the attacks offered insight into his deference to the Saudi royal family.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
0:33.0	This is Daily.
0:36.0	Today, President Trump is now saying that Iran appears to be responsible for the weekend
0:46.4	attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.
0:51.1	David Sanker, on where things are likely to go from here.
0:58.1	It's Tuesday, September 17th.
1:08.4	David described the scene in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
1:12.2	Well, Michael, we're all still trying to piece it together, but what we do know is that
1:16.9	it's about 3.30 in the morning on Saturday morning in Saudi Arabia.
1:25.6	There were a series of explosions at a number of refinery facilities.
1:41.5	And of course it was dark.
1:43.9	No one knew what was happening, we were in the fires, we're burning.
1:48.0	It wasn't clear where these came from.
1:51.0	And it wasn't until the sun rose that they saw a really remarkably extensive amount of
1:57.0	damage.
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