Tanker attacks require ‘international’ response: Pentagon 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseThe attacks being blamed on Iran in the Gulf of Oman pose a global and not just an American problem, the acting Pentagon chief said Friday, as he called for an “international consensus” in solving it. “We have an international situation there in the Middle East, it’s not a US situation,” Patrick Shanahan told reporters, referring to the attacks Thursday on two oil tankers. The Pentagon chief left open the possibility of further reinforcing the American military presence in the region, under the US Central Command, or CENTCOM. Earlier it had moved an aircraft carrier to the area in response to what it said were “imminent” threats from Iran.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 14, 2019 20:26 UTC