The Islamic Resistance group in Iraq has claimed to have shot down an American Reaper drone
Iraq's Islamic Resistance has claimed responsibility for shooting down a much-vaunted American drone, which had violated the Arab country's skies from the direction of the west.
In a statement on Friday, the Resistance, an umbrella group of Iraqi anti-terror fighters, claimed downing the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with “appropriate weapons.”
It said it had brought down the “MQ-9 Reaper” drone over the Diyala Province, saying the aircraft had entered the country’s airspace after taking off from neighboring Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Airbase.
The US military describes the MQ-9 as the first “hunter-killer” UAV that has been designed for long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance.
Concluding the statement, the Resistance vowed to “keep up its attacks on the enemy.”
Over the past years, the umbrella group has been staging many similar operations against targets associated with the United States as a means of resisting US occupation.
The umbrella group has stepped up its attacks against Israeli and American targets since October 7 in protest at the Israeli regime’s yet-ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, and Washington’s all-out military and political support for the onslaught.
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