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U.S. aircraft strike ISIS drone in Iraq: officials
Agence France Presse, Washington
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
U.S. warplanes have bombed a small drone used by extremists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group in Iraq, marking the first time American-led forces have targeted an unmanned aircraft flown by the jihadists, officials said Wednesday.
The strike took place on Tuesday near the western city of Fallujah, destroying “a remotely piloted aircraft” and a vehicle with the ISIS forces, according to a statement from the US military command overseeing the campaign against the group.
The drone, used for battlefield surveillance, was “small-scale” and not a sophisticated aircraft equivalent to some U.S.-made robotic planes that can fly at high altitudes or launch missiles, U.S. defense officials said.
After flying the drone for a short period, ISIS militants placed it on a vehicle. American aircraft then struck the vehicle near Fallujah, officials said.
The United States relies heavily on its own fleet of drones for air operations in Iraq and Syria, using them to bomb targets as well as provide intelligence on ISIS movements on the ground.
The Syrian regime said Tuesday it had shot down an American drone near the coastal province of Latakia and Pentagon officials acknowledged that a robotic aircraft had lost contact in the area.
The air strike on the ISIS drone was among 11 carried out by U.S.-led aircraft in Iraq and two conducted in Syria on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
The strikes included five air raids near the western town of Ramadi in Iraq, with two ISIS-held bridges targeted along with a sniper position, an excavator and an ISIS “tactical unit,” the military statement said.
Last Update: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 KSA 22:08 - GMT 19:08
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/18/U-S-aircraft-strike-ISIS-drone-in-Iraq-officials-.html
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
U.S. warplanes have bombed a small drone used by extremists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group in Iraq, marking the first time American-led forces have targeted an unmanned aircraft flown by the jihadists, officials said Wednesday.
The strike took place on Tuesday near the western city of Fallujah, destroying “a remotely piloted aircraft” and a vehicle with the ISIS forces, according to a statement from the US military command overseeing the campaign against the group.
The drone, used for battlefield surveillance, was “small-scale” and not a sophisticated aircraft equivalent to some U.S.-made robotic planes that can fly at high altitudes or launch missiles, U.S. defense officials said.
After flying the drone for a short period, ISIS militants placed it on a vehicle. American aircraft then struck the vehicle near Fallujah, officials said.
The United States relies heavily on its own fleet of drones for air operations in Iraq and Syria, using them to bomb targets as well as provide intelligence on ISIS movements on the ground.
The Syrian regime said Tuesday it had shot down an American drone near the coastal province of Latakia and Pentagon officials acknowledged that a robotic aircraft had lost contact in the area.
The air strike on the ISIS drone was among 11 carried out by U.S.-led aircraft in Iraq and two conducted in Syria on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
The strikes included five air raids near the western town of Ramadi in Iraq, with two ISIS-held bridges targeted along with a sniper position, an excavator and an ISIS “tactical unit,” the military statement said.
Last Update: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 KSA 22:08 - GMT 19:08
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/18/U-S-aircraft-strike-ISIS-drone-in-Iraq-officials-.html
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