White House: Osama bin Ladin’s son Hamza killed in U.S. “counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region,” statement says. Announcement comes three days after 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Osama bin Laden's son killed in US operation https://t.co/nCmficVFs3

#UPDATE Satellite Images via @eumetsat now show no smoke plumes in #Abqaiq indicating @Saudi_Aramco have things under control and as per reports possibly have extinguished the fires #IMINT with @Obs_IL & team at @sbreakintl Awaiting hi-res images for further…

I swear you can't make this stuff up. Or Ocean's deuce. https://t.co/muJaUxTL09

The irony of the timing is not lost on me. https://t.co/yGueYpiOKJ

Awshit. Better go gas up before the oil speculators start blowing coffee out the sinus cavities. https://t.co/XaYKOiOdyJ

Third time on the Bosphorus in 2019: @MSCSealift Spearhead class fast expedition transport ship USNS Yuma T-EPF-8 transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea. @BenKendim1 video: https://t.co/Gd63p6VRGu

This is going around: Parts resembling pieces of cruise missiles seen outside attacked Saudi oil facility https://t.co/85Q7SMm0G1

Alleged footage taken from Kuwait showing glowing objects coming from Iraq flying towards Saudi-Arabia last night https://t.co/3ADOyC4J7u #Abqaiq (via @falsubaie86 )

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Some of the handles you should follow: @detresfa_ @Obs_IL @AuroraIntel @no_itsmyturn @air_intel @_hozint @clarinetwoman2 @IntelCrab You can also find some of us on Discord: https://t.co/novPg7UOLR

The White House announced that Hamza bin Laden , the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

3/ If damage is significant is is an act of war. Saudi would have no choice but to strike back, and the easiest and most logical place to strike would be Kharg Island, Iran's only meaningful oil export point.

4/ Abqaiq transforms heavy/sour crude into light/sweet crude at the rate of 7 million barrels per day. That throws almost every major refinery in the world into panic...except American refineries which prefer heavy/sour.

5/ There is a question of range. You can't fly that far - over 300 miles - with a backpack drone. We r talking military grade. If Chinese, MBS is going to have a interesting convo w Xi. If Russian, this gets delightfully...messy.

Trump tells Saudi leader U.S. ready to help protect Saudi security: SPA https://t.co/MuDmNVZsfr

Ten small, unsophisticated drones controlled by houthi rebelsjust knocked out half - HALF!! - of Saudi Arabia’s oil production, or 5% of global supply. https://t.co/vUR5kgD69W

This is getting worse https://t.co/bl9cVtlCxd

The Saudi Embassy in Washington confirms that Trump called Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today and discussed the recent attacks on Aramco oil facilities @NBCNews

....between our two countries. I look forward to continuing those discussions after the Israeli Elections when we meet at the United Nations later this month!

#Pompeo directly implicates #Iran in Aramco Attacks in #Saudi. Just as Trump 📞 MBS, says US “supports for Saudi Arabia’s self-defense” https://t.co/dr63jTU0kF