U.S., U.K, and Israel blame Iran for fatal drone attack on oil tanker
CBSN
Washington — The U.S. joined the U.K. and Israel in blaming Iran for the drone attack that killed two crew members of the oil tanker Mercer Street off the coast of Oman last week.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement Sunday said the U.S. is "confident" Iran conducted the attack, which killed a U.K. national and a Romanian national last Thursday. Blinken said Iran is increasingly employing the "lethal capability" of one-way explosive drones in the region. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied responsibility for the attack.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.