Iran shot down a US drone...a week ago.

Started by JustKari, November 08, 2012, 02:47:55 PM

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JustKari

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/world/middleeast/pentagon-says-iran-fired-at-surveillance-drone-last-week.xml

I thought Iran wasn't a threat...and if it wasn't a big deal, why hide it until after the election? 

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WASHINGTON - Iranian warplanes fired at an unmanned American military surveillance drone in international airspace over the Persian Gulf last week, Pentagon officials disclosed Thursday, saying that while the aircraft was not hit, Washington made a strong protest to Tehran.

The shooting, which the Pentagon said occurred Nov. 1 - five days before the American presidential election - was the first known instance of Iranian warplanes firing on an American surveillance drone.