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| Iran refuses to hand back US drone |
| 2011-12-11 |
| Iran's Revolutionary Guard has said it will not return a US surveillance drone captured by its armed forces. Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Guard, said in remarks broadcast on state television that the violation of Iran's airspace by the US drone was a "hostile act" and warned of a "bigger" response. He did not elaborate on what Tehran might do. "No one returns the symbol of aggression to the party that sought secret and vital intelligence related to the national security of a country," Salami said. Iranian television broadcast video Thursday of Iranian military officials inspecting what it identified as the RQ-170 Sentinel drone. Iranian state media have said the unmanned spy aircraft was detected over the eastern town of Kashmar, some 140 miles from the border with Afghanistan. US officials have acknowledged losing the drone. Salami called its capture a victory for Iran and a defeat for the US in a complicated intelligence and technological battle. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Ahhh, Head Drone Obumble stumbling back from his latest rounds of golf and fundraising to try to recover little brother drone from "the bad men". Now I get it ....... |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2011-12-11 19:13 |
| #5 "General Salami"? Srzly? The X-rated quid pro quo seems kind of obvious. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-12-11 17:27 |
| #4 Has The One (TM) tried going to "Pretty Please Defcon 2"? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2011-12-11 14:23 |
| #3 it'll fetch a much higher price from the Chi-Comms |
| Posted by: Squinty Grundy8265 2011-12-11 13:47 |
| #2 Panetta again, maybe? :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-12-11 12:10 |
| #1 I'm curious - did the US Government actually have the balls to ask Iran to return our drone? It would seem to be a request that was futile beyond belief - but I would still give somebody credit for having the temerity to ask for its return. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2011-12-11 11:15 |