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soryang

(3,304 posts)
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 11:30 PM Jun 2019

AP: Iran says Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone

Iran says Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
33 minutes ago


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a U.S. drone amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal. The U.S. military declined to immediately comment.

The reported shootdown of the RQ-4 Global Hawk comes after the U.S. military previously alleged Iran fired a missile at another drone last week that responded to the attack on two oil tankers near the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. blames Iran for the attack on the ships, which Tehran denies.

The attacks come against the backdrop of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers a year ago. The White House separately said it was aware of reports of a missile strike on Saudi Arabia amid a campaign targeting the kingdom by Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi rebels.


https://www.apnews.com/e4316eb989d5499c9828350de8524963
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AP: Iran says Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone (Original Post) soryang Jun 2019 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #1
Eventually we'll get around to the WMDs. democratisphere Jun 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #3
I'm sure she doesn't want to get her hands dirty, so in true drumpf fashion democratisphere Jun 2019 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #6
Zinking za zame. democratisphere Jun 2019 #7
I think he's getting carried along by a current he doesn't control soryang Jun 2019 #4
From The Guardian nitpicker Jun 2019 #8

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democratisphere

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5. I'm sure she doesn't want to get her hands dirty, so in true drumpf fashion
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:14 AM
Jun 2019

she'll have someone do it for her.

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soryang

(3,304 posts)
4. I think he's getting carried along by a current he doesn't control
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:12 AM
Jun 2019

I agree with Wilkerson's assessment that he's completely incompetent. Bolton and Pompeo two really ambitious Machiavellian low lives imagine themselves as president.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
8. From The Guardian
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 03:56 AM
Jun 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/20/iran-claims-us-drone-shot-down-missile-strike-saudi-arabia-trump-yemen

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Iran has shot down an US drone in the strait of Hormuz, accusing Washington of breaching Iran’s national sovereignty and trying to deepen tensions in the region.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they had used a surface to air missile to shoot down what they called a US “spy” drone they claimed was flying in the country’s airspace.

The US military confirmed that one of its unmanned aircraft had been taken down, but said it was in international airspace. The official said the drone was a US navy MQ-4C Triton.
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