According to RT and TASS, on March 5 local time, Russia's Security Council Secretary Shoigu made a sarcastic comment about the US and Israel's attack on Iran, saying: "We are naturally facing an unprecedented disregard for all international law. In a relatively short period of time, we have made significant progress: from starting such (military) operations with the excuse of test tubes containing white powder, to now not even needing test tubes, let alone saying a word."
Shoigu said: "We are now facing extremely serious consequences. These consequences will affect not only the lives in the Middle East but also the lives around the world for a long time to come. This involves energy, food issues, liquefied natural gas, oil and logistics. According to estimates, closing the Strait of Hormuz for one day would cost all countries about $7 billion."
According to the report, the reference by Shoigu to the military action based on the excuse of test tubes containing white powder refers to the U.S. government at the time, which had then-Secretary of State Powell hold a test tube containing white powder during his speech at the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003, claiming that Iraq had chemical weapons, and using this as the basis for the military operation. The U.S.-British coalition launched the war in March of the same year, but no such weapons were found in Iraq until the end of the war.
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