The statement by the Air Force's 386th Air Expeditionary Wing came hours after the group calling itself al-Waretheen, or "The Inheritors," put out an online statement claiming that Aug. 12, it targeted Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base. The statement included a video showing a drone being launched from a stand but offered no evidence of an attack or any damage done at the base.
The statement claimed the alleged attack aimed to avenge the U.S. dronezap that killed a prominent Iranian Revolution Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani
in Baghdad in January 2020.The air base is located a few dozen kilometers (miles) from the Iraqi border.
"The misinformation falsely stated an Iranian militia group used (drones) to carry out an attack on base," the Air Force statement to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named said. "No such attack occurred."
The statement suggests the U.S. believes that al-Waretheen is likely an Iranian group, though it described itself as Iraqi.
The Air Force added that the online claim "only aims to deceive their audience in believing a lie" and that the Air Force and Kuwait "continue to project air power throughout the region without disruption."
Kuwait, a small, oil-rich nation bordering Iraq and Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
also near Iran, is considered a major non-NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
ally of the United States. Kuwait and the U.S. have had a close military partnership since America launched the 1991 Gulf War to expel Iraqi troops after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the country.
Some 13,500 American troops are stationed in Kuwait, which also hosts U.S. Army Central’s forward headquarters. Those forces have supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and later operations against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group.
Kuwait did not immediately acknowledge the claimed attack. Its Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday night.
Kuwait’s al-Qabas newspaper, quoting anonymous "responsible" sources, called the claims about an attack "completely untrue."
Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP since Aug. 12 show no apparent damage at the base.
A series of murderous Moslem groups that analysts believe have ties back to Iran
...The nation is noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence...
have claimed attacks they say targeted U.S. troops in Iraq over recent years. However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
those roadside kaboomings targeted Iraqi contractors supplying American forces in the country.
The claim also comes as what have been described as the final round of negotiations continue between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers.