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WORLD NEWS
MAY 13, 2019 / 7:10 PM / IN AN HOUR
U.S. suspects Iran in tanker
attack but cannot prove it
now: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is a leading
candidate for having carried out attacks
on four tankers near the United Arab
Emirates but the United States does not
have conclusive proof Tehran was
behind them, a U.S. official familiar with
American intelligence said on Monday.
“This is what Iran does ... The sort of
thing you could see Iran doing ... It fits
their M.O. (modus operandi),” said the
official on condition of anonymity, saying
the most obvious explanation for Iran’s
statements distancing itself from the
incident was that Tehran was “trying to
muddy the waters.”
Reporting By Mark Hosenball; Writing By
Arshad Mohammed; Editing by David
Gregorio
MAY 13, 2019 / 7:10 PM / IN AN HOUR
U.S. suspects Iran in tanker
attack but cannot prove it
now: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is a leading
candidate for having carried out attacks
on four tankers near the United Arab
Emirates but the United States does not
have conclusive proof Tehran was
behind them, a U.S. official familiar with
American intelligence said on Monday.
“This is what Iran does ... The sort of
thing you could see Iran doing ... It fits
their M.O. (modus operandi),” said the
official on condition of anonymity, saying
the most obvious explanation for Iran’s
statements distancing itself from the
incident was that Tehran was “trying to
muddy the waters.”
Reporting By Mark Hosenball; Writing By
Arshad Mohammed; Editing by David
Gregorio