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Obama Hid Iranian Attack on US Aircraft Before Election
Iran fired at unarmed US drone, Pentagon says
Published November 08, 2012 | FoxNews.com
Iran fired on an unarmed U.S. drone last week as it was hovering in international airspace, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
Spokesman George Little said the incident occurred Nov. 1 at 4:50 a.m. ET. He said the unarmed, unmanned drone was conducting “routine surveillance” over the Persian Gulf when it was “intercepted” by Iran. He said the MQ1 Predator drone, which was not hit, was not in Iranian airspace.
Little said the U.S. government has protested to the Iranians. Asked about how the U.S. could respond, he said: “We have a wide range of options from diplomatic to military.”
Little stressed that the drone was flying 16 nautical miles off the coast of Kuwait in international waters, and never entered the 12-mile limit that would constitute Iranian territory.
The Pentagon announced the incident as the administration imposed a new round of financial sanctions against Iranian officials and entities. They marked the first sanctions since President Obama’s re-election Tuesday. According to the Treasury Department, the move was “related to the Iranian government’s human rights abuses, its support of terrorism and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
Milwaukee Mike
November 10th, 2012
Another act of war on the US. Nothing to see here folks!
John Cooper
November 10th, 2012
Maybe we were just testing their defenses? You know, make ‘em light up their radars, etc.?
CrustyB
November 10th, 2012
Not sure who I’m supposed to root for.
Anonymous
November 10th, 2012
Oh, but this isn’t important. Petraeus and his chicky had sex under the desk. That’s what will comprise media conversation.
Plain P-O'd Jane
November 10th, 2012
sorry, that was me mentioning sex under the desk
Anne
November 10th, 2012
Whoa, badass Iranian jet pilots; attacked unarmed drone …, and missed it. LOL Can’t make this stuff up, folks.
AvgDude
November 10th, 2012
Obama didn’t hide it alone. A whole lot of people hid it, including journalists.
Rick
November 10th, 2012
WTF? 0bama and Almondinnerjacket were all kissy-kissy face before the election because the Iranians had finally seen the light because of those harsh sanctions and were going to shut down their nuke program.
(Which meant they had enough uranium for a bomb or would have by the time they finished “negotiations.”)
Freeshiticus
November 10th, 2012
CrustyB
good one! Got me wondering too.
jus sayin yo
November 11th, 2012
“Not sure who I’m supposed to root for.”
like Wayne, Root for America!
Mz McHorsey
November 12th, 2012
I guess the Military Command (aka Bamma’s Biatches) were told to hold her steady so the Muzzies could finally hit it and crash it….. then the other Bamma’s Biatches, Chrissy Matthews et al., played “I GOT A SECRET” and sat on it till their massah got back in….