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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:32 PM Aug 2019

US drone shot down over Yemen

A US MQ-9 drone was shot down over Yemen on Tuesday by a surface-to-air missile, a US official tells CNN.

The US believes the missile was provided to Houthi rebels by Iran, said the official, who added that it was not immediately clear if the drone was being operated by the US military or the intelligence community.

The official said the Trump administration will publicly call out Iran for the incident, which was first reported by Reuters.

Houthi rebels claimed its air defenses shot down the drone south of Yemen's capital, Sanaa. A Houthi spokesman said the missile was "developed locally" and will be revealed at a press conference.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-drone-shot-down-over-yemen/ar-AAG78sh?li=BBnbfcL

What the fuck are we doing in Yemen? Let the Saudis fight their own battles.

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US drone shot down over Yemen (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
This is what makes me think it was IC, as opposed to air force or navy. Volaris Aug 2019 #1

Volaris

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1. This is what makes me think it was IC, as opposed to air force or navy.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:54 PM
Aug 2019

Still, you're correct. If we dont want these damn things shot at, we should probably not fly them where other peeps wanna kill them.

I PROMISE YOU, that one that Iran shot down 'over international waters' was damn well inside Iran's airspace, sure as water is wet.

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