Monday, March 16, 2009
U.S. Military Confirms Iranian Drone Shoot-Down
From The Danger Room:
Last month, a U.S. fighter aircraft tracked and shot down an Iranian drone. Details -- first revealed by DANGER ROOM -- have been elusive, but the U.S. military has now confirmed the incident.
Multi-national Forces - Iraq spokesman Col. Scott Maw tells Danger Room that coalition fighters intercepted an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle over Iraqi airspace on Feb. 25. The UAV, an Ababil-3 (pictured here), was "tracked as it crossed the border." Coalition aircraft were sent up to visually I.D. the drone. Finally, after an "hour and ten minutes," they did, and then shot it down "over 25 miles from the Iraq-Iran border." All told, the UAV was tracked "for an hour and ten minutes before it was shot down."
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My Comment: OK .... after a few weeks we now know that Iran is sending drones on reconnaissance missions into Iraq. Spying on both Iraqi and U.S. military and political institutions .... with an intent that is unknown.
Since Iran has a history of sending hit squads into iraq to murder Iraqi and alliance soldiers .... it is quite clear on what their intent is.
The official reason is that it was a mistake. A mistake .... mistake my a__.
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2 comments:
Without proof, it is only war propaganda. Typically these kind of stories come out of Communist countries. The press is laying down on this, and is printing something as a fact which has no first hand reporting.
nuke 'em
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