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2011-12-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran May Transfer Intelligence from U.S. Drone to Hizbullah

[An Nahar] An Iranian daily said Wednesday that Tehran may transfer to Syria and Hizbullah intelligence from a U.S. drone that was allegedly downed by Iranian armed forces.

The report came in the conservative Mellat newspaper as state radio said that the unmanned spy plane was deep inside Iran's airspace, flying over an eastern town famous for Persian carpets and saffron when it was downed.

The station said the stealth-version of the RQ-170 drone was detected by Iranian forces over the eastern town of Kashmar, some 225 kilometers from the border with Afghanistan.

It added that Iran will "soon" broadcast video footage of the downed drone.

But Iran's hardline Kayhan daily quoted an unnamed military expert as saying Iranian forces did not shoot down the drone.

The expert, though, said the Iranian military is capable of bringing it down in such a way that the "body of the plane and its parts remain intact."

Two U.S. officials confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that the drone was part of a CIA reconnaissance mission which involved both the intelligence community and military personnel stationed in Afghanistan.

Posted by Fred 2011-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 A big fat help against IDF it will be.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-08 03:02|| 2011-12-08 03:02|| Front Page Top

#2 These things happen.

COMMANDER: You realise that very soon we will learn to penetrate the cloaking device you stole. SPOCK: Obviously. Military secrets are the most fleeting of all

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-12-08 16:31|| 2011-12-08 16:31|| Front Page Top

#3 It is unfortunate the drone does not have a self destruct mechanism to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, like the Chevy Volk does.

Every time I see the video, I hope that the drone vibrates, or has some red sweeping light come on, or some sort of animation to scare the djinn out their colons.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-12-08 16:51|| 2011-12-08 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 ;-) swksvolFF: Now that is funny...

"Klaatu barada nikto"!
(w/ Hoover vacuum noise and a sector-sweep Ray-o-Vac cosmic death-ray beam--)

Posted by Grease Jith3343 2011-12-08 21:39|| 2011-12-08 21:39|| Front Page Top

#5 But since it is all based on technology we gain in Roswell from extraterrestrials, the Hezbies won't understand a bit of it.

Posted by crosspatch 2011-12-08 23:29|| 2011-12-08 23:29|| Front Page Top

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