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Jefferson23

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Sun Aug 24, 2014, 11:08 AM Aug 2014

Iran says it shot down Israeli drone

August 24, 2014

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard says it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the centre of the country.

The Guards issued a statement saying the drone was trying to penetrate the site, state news agency ISNA said on Sunday.

"The downed aircraft was of the stealth, radar-evasive type and it intended to penetrate the off-limit nuclear area in Natanz... but was targeted by a ground-to-air missile before it managed to enter the area," ISNA said, citing a statement by the Revolutionary Guards.

"This act demonstrates a new adventurism by the Zionist regime... The Revolutionary Guard and the other armed forces reserve the right to respond to this act," the statement added.

The Israeli military said it did not comment on foreign reports.

remainder: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/iran-israeli-drone-2014824132116380133.html

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