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US confirms Iranian missile has shot down drone
BBC ^ | June 20, 2019 | BBC News

Posted on 06/20/2019 1:44:22 AM PDT by Jyotishi

Image caption: One US official identified the drone as a US Navy MQ-4C Triton

A US military drone has been shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile while in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, US officials say.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace, near Kuhmobarak in the southern province of Hormozgan.

IRGC commander Maj-Gen Hossein Salami said the incident sent "a clear message to America", state media said.

It comes at a time of escalating tension between the US and Iran.

On Monday, the US defence department said it was deploying 1,000 extra troops to the region in response to "hostile behaviour" by Iranian forces.

The US has accused Iran of attacking two oil tankers with mines last Thursday just outside the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf of Oman. Iran rejects the allegation.

Video caption The BBC's Mark Lowen reports: "It has sparked huge international tension"

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: Gen.Blather

Thank you for your post. It offers important information that supports a well-reasoned opinion!


101 posted on 06/20/2019 6:30:13 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: aces

Cancelling the Iran deal and the new sanctions are killing them. They’re lashing out like they said they would last August. Making others bear a cost and striking back where they can against the US.

Yawn. No need to go to war. With funding and support dwindling for all their terrorst groups and the Mullah’s ‘influence’ in Iran they’ll end up killing each other before long. Obama propped them up providing the funding they needed that Russia wouldn’t. So they’re having withdrawl.


102 posted on 06/20/2019 6:38:33 AM PDT by Justa
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To: mylife

“Someone is pushing us to war.”

Does he Deep State see indictments coming?


103 posted on 06/20/2019 7:00:50 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
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To: mylife

Iran commits an act of war and so many still flocking to Iran’s side - Iran is counting on you guys to be able to be with them even as they try to goad us into military action...with “patriots” like you guys, who needs the dems/MSM/Deep State folks?


104 posted on 06/20/2019 7:16:17 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: nathanbedford
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105 posted on 06/20/2019 7:19:09 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Jyotishi
IRAN has been accused of using a fake photo in an attempt to 'prove' a US drone was over its territory before being shot down.
106 posted on 06/20/2019 7:30:44 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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The same photograph - albeit in a wider crop - had previously appeared in a two-year-old report of a spy drone being shot down over Yemen in 2017

107 posted on 06/20/2019 7:32:59 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: nathanbedford

Not that it matters, but I agree with you with one small caveat: I don’t think the shooting down of a US military air asset can go unanswered. A measure-for-measure pinpoint counterstrike is necessary to draw a line against further attacks. Just my $.01


108 posted on 06/20/2019 7:40:57 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: Fai Mao
“Let the Iranians close down the gulf before acting. Europe and China are much more dependent on that oil than the US. Let them hurt. Let them come to the realization that something has to be done. Let them beg.”free

Fai Mao: I agree with your comment. I remember the Gulf of Tonkin, a total fabrication, to get us involved in Viet Nam.

Far too many times the US government and media have lied to America and involved us in conflicts costing tens of thousands of American lives and untold amounts of taxpayer dollars. Let (make) the UN or the Euroweenies solve this problem.

109 posted on 06/20/2019 7:47:52 AM PDT by Tahoe3002
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To: Jyotishi

The story is wrong, the drone that was shot down was a:

https://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Navy/Northrop-Grumman-RQ-4A-Global-Hawk/2771514

AKA, a RQ-4N BAMS-D (Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator) aircraft which is the experimental precursor to the MQ-4C.

It was shot down by a Raad (Thunder) road-mobile, medium-range SAM system similar to a SA-11 Buk.


110 posted on 06/20/2019 8:06:12 AM PDT by gandalftb
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To: Yosemitest

If we were to attack...take out their nuclear capabilities. Set them back two decades. I don’t believe for a second the Iranians do not have a secret nuclear program to fast track their ability to join the world’s nuclear club.

All they need is a few...as in 2 or 3 nuclear weapons to hold hostage other nations.


111 posted on 06/20/2019 8:22:42 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: nathanbedford

“give him the Pearl Harbor he needs”

“You’re willing to sacrifice a few thousand Americans to make a case?”

“Really?”

Isn’t that what you said? Did I mis-read your post?


112 posted on 06/20/2019 8:41:39 AM PDT by suthener
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To: trebb

with “patriots” like you guys, who needs the dems/MSM/Deep State folks?


With part time war hawk and full time open border agenda Republicans who needs Democrats? If Boeing wants their war bucks they can help seal the border.


113 posted on 06/20/2019 8:45:46 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: servantboy777

This is a very Putinist ploy by Death to America Iran. Iran is trying to drive a wedge between Europe and the US. They know the EU won’t support more sanctions or a Trump led US assault on Iran. So they will keep escalating. POTUS will eventually have to respond bigly or look weak. When that happens likely the EU will not support the US.


114 posted on 06/20/2019 8:48:14 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90
I'm not sure about all the Putinist stuff or false flag talk. I just know what has been evidenced in the past such as Iranian markings on missiles, ordinance traced back to the Iranians...harassing U.S. ships, terrorism links and not to mention what comes from their own mouths.
115 posted on 06/20/2019 8:51:44 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Widget Jr

I agree with you. As much as I’d like to see Iran turned into a sea of glass, there may be additional dark forces behind the egging on of this “conflict” on the World stage, trying to goad President Trump and maybe even playing Iran into an irreversible blundering c f*ck. So far the President is playing a good game of chess with Iran. It reminds me of that comedic image of a tall guy holding the top of the head of a midget bully who is swinging and flailing wildly and getting nowhere. Let Iran lash and strike out into a spectacle of international scorn, even if we take a few hits, get the few honorable countries left on our side, then pummel.


116 posted on 06/20/2019 9:22:26 AM PDT by Rainwave (" Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling")
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To: Justa

agree, no need for war, but destroying military assets for fun, why not


117 posted on 06/20/2019 9:35:36 AM PDT by aces (and)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; nathanbedford
"Good analysis. However, the regime is more vulnerable to economic sanction as they are felt by ordinary Iranians who - at some point - will rise against the radical Islamic leadership.

The Iranian people need to find their Washington, Adams, and/or Jefferson."

Indeed. The current sanctions on Iran have been relatively devastating for their economy:

Six charts that show how hard US sanctions have hit Iran


118 posted on 06/20/2019 9:38:33 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: aces

The military assets need to be destroyed. Even though the sanctions are hitting their finances it doesn’t take any money to push a button on a weapon that’s already made and deployed. Iran has thousands of cruise missiles some of which have >1200 mi. range.

And they’ve threatened to restart uranium enrichment.


119 posted on 06/20/2019 1:12:24 PM PDT by Justa
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To: Jyotishi; All
BBC = FAKE NEWS

 

This was a 2 year old photo.  The Warmongers ran another FALSE FLAG.

 

Hey look!  It is the same photograph - albeit in a wider crop - had previously appeared in a two-year-old report of a spy drone being shot down over Yemen in 2017

 

 

 The same photograph - albeit in a wider crop - had previously appeared in a two-year-old report of a spy drone being shot down over Yemen in 2017

 

Here is the fake proof FALSE FLAGE photo.

 

 Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency released this picture - which has now been branded a fake that actually shows a drone being shot down over Yemen.

120 posted on 06/20/2019 2:17:16 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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