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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: Jyotishi

Our government says it was over international airspace.
The Iranians say it was over their airspace.

I have no more reason to believe our people is telling the truth than I do theirs.

It IS obvious that the propaganda media is beating the war drums, probably as yet-another in their endless efforts to hurt our President anyway they can. For me, that’s ENOUGH reason to ignore it. We’ll just have to life without one more spy drone. Boo freaking hoo.


81 posted on 06/20/2019 4:54:43 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: 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.


82 posted on 06/20/2019 5:00:06 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Jyotishi

MQ-4C TRITON.


83 posted on 06/20/2019 5:08:21 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Yosemitest

Then what?

You see, it is easy to sit at your breakfast table sipping your coffee and suggesting we respond to a spit ball with a 500 pound bomb.

Then what will Iran do? Will they fire hundred of missiles at Saudi Arabia? Will they fire missiles at Tel Aviv and Europe? Will they unleash missiles at NY from some frieghter in the Atlantic?

Then what will we do?

You see, when you go tit for tat you have to assess the probabilities associated with your “tat.”

The best thing to do is ignore them, like a whining little baby throwing a fit. Eventually, they are going to shoot at something big. And the rest of the world will join us in slapping them.

This shit is not worth having any US serviceman die over. Not a single drop of oil has been stopped by this stuff.


84 posted on 06/20/2019 5:08:22 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: Pravious

“I have no more reason to believe our people is telling the truth than I do theirs.”

Because you believe Trump is a liar?


85 posted on 06/20/2019 5:09:47 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: mylife

This is like the 1980s all over again with Iran during the Iran Iraq war. I see another operation praying mantis about to take place.


86 posted on 06/20/2019 5:10:40 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: Alberta's Child
the Iranian government is a paid DNC contractor

the money quote

87 posted on 06/20/2019 5:11:05 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: nathanbedford

What you said.


88 posted on 06/20/2019 5:11:39 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: mylife

Go back and read all about the Iran-Iraq war and what they did to curtail shipping and you will see just how dumb the Iranians can be.


89 posted on 06/20/2019 5:12:01 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: Jyotishi

The drone is gone but not unmourned. Its widow and orphans are hysterical with grief. “Avenge my husband!” said the queen bee of red hive 2034 of the Tucson Sweet Stuff apiary.


90 posted on 06/20/2019 5:13:20 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Yosemitest

We ain’t doing dick about Iran militarily.


91 posted on 06/20/2019 5:17:20 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: AppyPappy

“I have no more reason to believe our people is telling the truth than I do theirs.”

Because you believe Trump is a liar?”

No. Because the people giving him the data might be liars.


92 posted on 06/20/2019 5:30:03 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: nathanbedford

WAAAYYYY too much trouble for Trump. A few missles will be all that he uses and the next day back to normal for the US. No occupation, no talk and no ground action. Over and done is a flash.


93 posted on 06/20/2019 5:34:07 AM PDT by devane617 (Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.~ George Orwell, 1984)
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To: kaehurowing

Cousin of Colonel Prosciutto...


94 posted on 06/20/2019 5:46:17 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: nathanbedford

Why are you consistently a voice of reason and clarity? What’s wrong with you?:)


95 posted on 06/20/2019 5:49:02 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: Jyotishi

Did I miss it or did the article not mention where the remains of the drone landed? Did it land in international or iranian waters?


96 posted on 06/20/2019 5:54:09 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Iranian people need to find their Washington, Adams, and/or Jefferson

Easily done. They're in the next cell.

97 posted on 06/20/2019 6:08:59 AM PDT by Prospero (Lex est rex)
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To: Jyotishi

Always Watch Their Other Hand ~

The downing of a U.S. drone by Iranian provocateurs should serve as a direct warning that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is willing to serve as a political proxy warrior on behalf of America’s Democrat Socialist party because both would benefit by luring the Trump administration into a sustained regional conflict, thereby provoking strong anti-war sentiments in the run-up to the 2020 elections.

Both know that President Trump would never win reelection if he took the bait because such a move would be highly unpopular in the U.S. Furthermore, Iran would benefit by helping Democrat Socialists regain the White House because they could then reinstate the terms of America’s unilateral surrender “negotiated” by Obama and Kerry under the terms of the much ballyhooed “Iranian Nuclear Deal.”

If you don’t believe that such a scenario is possible, then please explain why John F’n Kerry has been defiantly meeting with the Iranian Mullahs in open violation of the Hatch Act, ever since President Trump scrapped their phony “nuclear deal.” I’ll wait. Keep in mind that these are the same traitors who just attempted to orchestrate a coup d’etat against the duly elected President of the United States.


98 posted on 06/20/2019 6:16:40 AM PDT by Ancient Man
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To: nathanbedford

give him the Pearl Harbor he needs

You’re willing to sacrifice a few thousand American’s to make a case?


99 posted on 06/20/2019 6:20:06 AM PDT by suthener
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To: suthener
You’re willing to sacrifice a few thousand American’s to make a case?

Really?


100 posted on 06/20/2019 6:27:19 AM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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