DISINFO: The US benefits from the attack on the Saudi oil facility
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: southfront.org (archived)*
  • Date of publication: September 26, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): English
  • Reported in: Issue 166
  • Countries / regions discussed: Iran, Saudi Arabia, US
Tags:
Donald Trump Conspiracy theory Terrorism

DISINFO: The US benefits from the attack on the Saudi oil facility

SUMMARY

Regardless who was behind the recent attack on the Saudi oil infrastructure, the key question is “who would benefit from this new round of escalation?” Relatively high oil prices would contribute to the economic policy pursued by the Trump administration. At the same time, the industry of large oil consumers, like China and Germany, would bear additional costs because of the growth of energy prices. Therefore, the Trump administration would get additional odds in its economic war with China and protectionist policy against the EU industrial states. This ‘controlled escalation’ would allow Washington to consolidate existing and gain additional levers of pressure on global energy prices, including the influence on Saudi Arabia, and, therefore, manipulate the global energy market in own interests. A similar motivation stands behind the US geopolitical activity towards Venezuela.

RESPONSE

No evidence is provided to support the claim. A claim, consistent with pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the US supporting terrorism. You can see other examples of this narrative here, here, here and here.

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