AP: Iran says Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone

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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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2. Eventually we'll get around to the WMDs.

drumpf is hell bent on bankrupting America.

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5. I'm sure she doesn't want to get her hands dirty, so in true drumpf fashion

she'll have someone do it for her.

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7. Zinking za zame.

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4. I think he's getting carried along by a current he doesn't control

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

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8. From The Guardian

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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