A C-17 Globemaster III lands on the Al Asad airbase in Iraq. | Maj. Travis Mueller/DVIDS
Through Lara Seligman
10/18/2023 11:09 AM EDT
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10/18/2023 04:27 PM EDT
The U.S. army intercepted a couple of aerial drones focused on its troops stationed in Iraq early Wednesday, the Pentagon introduced, as U.S. officers are on heightened alert for attainable assaults on American forces within the Center East amid an escalating struggle.
U.S. forces “defended in opposition to” 3 drones in Iraq, the place 2,500 American troops are stationed, in keeping with a remark from U.S. Central Command. Two have been within the west, threatening troops at Al Asad air base, and one was once within the north of the rustic, stated a U.S. professional, who was once granted anonymity to speak about data past the professional remark.
In western Iraq, the American army engaged two drones, destroying one and harmful the second one, leading to “minor accidents” to forces within the coalition to defeat the Islamic State, which incorporates each U.S. and spouse troops, in keeping with the remark. In northern Iraq, U.S. forces “engaged and destroyed” a 3rd drone, leading to no accidents or injury.
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