The USA has got back what it has been doing to others. One of the USA's drones was shot at, allegedly in international air space - to be verified - by those pesky Iranians. Never mind that America and Israel keep beating the drums of attack on Iran or the admitted infiltration and damage to Iran's computer systems - let alone murdering its scientists.
From The Agonist:
"How dare Iran!!!1one!
I predict this will become the latest steaming pile of neocon warmonger outrage over nada.
Two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf last week, CNN has learned.
The incident raises fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial Gulf oil shipping lanes.
The drone was in international airspace east of Kuwait, U.S. officials said, adding it was engaged in routine maritime surveillance.
…The drone’s still and video cameras captured the incident showing two SU-25s approaching the Predator and firing its onboard guns.
The Iranian pilots continued to fire shots that went beneath the Predator but were never successful in hitting it, according to the officials.
U.S. military intelligence analysts are still not sure if the Iranian pilots simply were unable to hit the drone due to lack of combat skill, or whether they deliberately were missing and had no intention of bringing down the drone. But as one of the officials said, “it doesn’t matter, they fired on us.”
How dare they! Don’t those pesky Iranians know that they were firing at an aircraft of the Divinely Mandated Most Exceptional Nation Ever?
Firing warning shots, from ground-attack aircraft, at an unmanned drone “conducting surveillance”. Surveillance of who and what, exactly? Iranian shipping, Iranian military vessels? The story doesn’t say. We know the Pentagon is saying the drone was in international airspace but we also know the US and Iran disagree on where exactly the boundaries of Iranian territory lie.
As I say, nothing here but an excuse for some outrage."
From The Agonist:
"How dare Iran!!!1one!
I predict this will become the latest steaming pile of neocon warmonger outrage over nada.
Two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf last week, CNN has learned.
The incident raises fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial Gulf oil shipping lanes.
The drone was in international airspace east of Kuwait, U.S. officials said, adding it was engaged in routine maritime surveillance.
…The drone’s still and video cameras captured the incident showing two SU-25s approaching the Predator and firing its onboard guns.
The Iranian pilots continued to fire shots that went beneath the Predator but were never successful in hitting it, according to the officials.
U.S. military intelligence analysts are still not sure if the Iranian pilots simply were unable to hit the drone due to lack of combat skill, or whether they deliberately were missing and had no intention of bringing down the drone. But as one of the officials said, “it doesn’t matter, they fired on us.”
How dare they! Don’t those pesky Iranians know that they were firing at an aircraft of the Divinely Mandated Most Exceptional Nation Ever?
Firing warning shots, from ground-attack aircraft, at an unmanned drone “conducting surveillance”. Surveillance of who and what, exactly? Iranian shipping, Iranian military vessels? The story doesn’t say. We know the Pentagon is saying the drone was in international airspace but we also know the US and Iran disagree on where exactly the boundaries of Iranian territory lie.
As I say, nothing here but an excuse for some outrage."
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