Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. The Global Economy runs on oil. And right now oil could be running short. Attacks on two Saudi Oil Facilities shocked the Kingdoms Energy sector on saturday. Its not clear yet who is responsible. The United States, though, accuses iran. A u. S. Source with knowledge of the incident says the attack may have been launched from inside iraq. Heres more of what we know. Iranbacked houthi militants in yemen have claimed responsibility. They used 10 drones to carry out the strikes. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo rejects that and says there is no evidence the strikes came from yemen. On twitter he said that iran is responsible but offered no evidence. Irans Foreign Ministry is dismissing the allegations altogether. Regardless of who is responsible, the attacks have crippled saudi oil production. The kingdoms capac
Quite the offer. Youre live in the cnn news room. Developing now, President Trump is confirming the death of son of Osama Bin Laden. The president released a statement saying younger bin laden was killed in a counterterrorism operation in afghanistan, pakistan region. Not clear when he was killed. Cnn reported july 31st, the u. S. Believed ham za bin laden was dead. He has the name of his infamous father. Do we know what if any role he played in al qaeda . No, it is not really clear how important he was in the organization, al zawahri is still the leader. Many believed his son was a rising figure inside the organization and that he had already at the age of 30 started to reach out to some al qaeda franchises and Branch Network groups to sort of start correlating operations, maybe help plan some. There was a legitimate concern that this was a future star leader of the organization. When Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2011, items seized in the navy s. E. A. L. Raid indicated he was groomi
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