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US confirms Iranian missile has shot down drone
BBC ^ | June 20, 2019 | BBC News

Posted on 06/20/2019 1:44:22 AM PDT by Jyotishi

Image caption: One US official identified the drone as a US Navy MQ-4C Triton

A US military drone has been shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile while in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, US officials say.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace, near Kuhmobarak in the southern province of Hormozgan.

IRGC commander Maj-Gen Hossein Salami said the incident sent "a clear message to America", state media said.

It comes at a time of escalating tension between the US and Iran.

On Monday, the US defence department said it was deploying 1,000 extra troops to the region in response to "hostile behaviour" by Iranian forces.

The US has accused Iran of attacking two oil tankers with mines last Thursday just outside the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf of Oman. Iran rejects the allegation.

Video caption The BBC's Mark Lowen reports: "It has sparked huge international tension"

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: mylife
Sadly many allies are used to sucking their ****s and are ready to blame us.

You’re referring, of course, to the enemedia.
And the democrats.
You just know they’ll take Iran's side on this.
41 posted on 06/20/2019 3:06:37 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: nathanbedford

I agree with General Forrest.

PDJT should refuse to be goaded.

Let the Iranians close down the gulf before acting. Europe and China are much more dependent on that oil than the US. Let them hurt. Let them come to the realization that something has to be done. Let them beg.


42 posted on 06/20/2019 3:07:13 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: Alberta's Child

WE are enforcing the sanctions! EU and the rest are waffling!


43 posted on 06/20/2019 3:09:49 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Alberta's Child

The Paris accords were unlawful and voluntary.


44 posted on 06/20/2019 3:11:21 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Alberta's Child
I'm less worried about what Iran is doing than our so-called allies...

EU fights to keep nuclear deal alive amid US, Iran pressure

Germany says there is 'strong evidence' Iran behind tanker attacks

UK, France and Germany in last-ditch effort to save Iran deal

45 posted on 06/20/2019 3:12:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds,)
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To: RandallFlagg

Aint that what’s being pushed daily?


46 posted on 06/20/2019 3:12:53 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

The EU isn’t waffling.

It is actively conspiring to help Iran violate our sanctions.


47 posted on 06/20/2019 3:13:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds,)
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To: Fai Mao

AMEN!


48 posted on 06/20/2019 3:13:52 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

They got a measured response from the US, Unfortunately, during the brief conflict, one of our naval ships mistook an Iranian civilian aircraft and shot it down in error.

The Mullahs severely miscalculated then....history does repeat itself...


49 posted on 06/20/2019 3:14:57 AM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: mewzilla

Looks that way to me, I don’t need their oil, pistachios or caviar.


50 posted on 06/20/2019 3:15:46 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: 867V309
Well — at least you’re a good, honest globalist.

“Please clap.”

51 posted on 06/20/2019 3:16:21 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: mylife

Always.
To paraphrase what Rush used to say:
“If you want to learn about how much America sucks, just watch the news or read the New York Times.”


52 posted on 06/20/2019 3:16:55 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: mylife

“Someone is pushing us to war.”

Kerry, Clintonistas, Soros, Muzzie Brohood leadership, Globalist billionaires...
All would profit from Trump going to war and losing in 2020. If you don’t think these people would not get 100,000’s of thousands of people killed to keep themselves out of prison, you have not been paying attention.


53 posted on 06/20/2019 3:22:18 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
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To: mewzilla

I wonder if Spygate figures into this in any way...


54 posted on 06/20/2019 3:24:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds,)
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To: mewzilla


I'm less worried about what Iran is doing than our so-called allies... EU fights to keep nuclear deal alive amid US, Iran pressure Germany says there is 'strong evidence' Iran behind tanker attacks UK, France and Germany in last-ditch effort to save Iran deal

Iran deal    Iran deal    Iran deal    Iran deal    Iran deal    

here's the Iran deal:   

iranian thugs:   we will build nukes and you will help us.     

barkie:  do you want me to bend over now or later? I love you.


55 posted on 06/20/2019 3:28:34 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: nathanbedford

I like your $0.02 cents, agree entirely with it, and expect that what you described is pretty close to the big picture of what’s going on.


56 posted on 06/20/2019 3:31:00 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Alberta's Child


Well — at least you’re a good, honest globalist.

just stupid.

" I expect a foreign countries to comply with international sanctions imposed by our government because of the consequences we will apply if they don't. "      is the exact OPPOSITE of globalism.


57 posted on 06/20/2019 3:32:17 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: 867V309
What obligation does another country have to abide by sanctions imposed by the U.S. government?

The U.S. has an official embargo on the import of Russian oil and natural gas. And yet Massachusetts recently completed construction of a massive LNG terminal that was built so they could import Russian gas instead of allowing the construction of pipelines to deliver AMERICAN gas from the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania.

Massachusetts circumvents the Russian embargo with the help of a French intermediary. You can be sure John Kerry is paid handsomely to facilitate this idiocy.

When does the U.S. military invade Massachusetts?

58 posted on 06/20/2019 3:40:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: Alberta's Child
What obligation does another country have to abide by sanctions imposed by the U.S. government?

Two problems. First, we defend Europe and spend lots and lots of US taxpayer money to do it. Second problem is that the EU is talking out both sides of its face. If the EU wants to crawl into bed with the mullahs, they are free to do it. Just don't take our money while telling porkies about what you're up to and conspiring against US interests. If the EU wants the mullahs, then it can dissolve NATO and pay for its own damn welfare state.

59 posted on 06/20/2019 3:48:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds,)
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To: 867V309
The Iranians used the massive infusion of cash provided by President Obama and John Kerry to fund a massive expansion and arming of their international terrorist networks.

The newly expanded Iranian terrorist network costs a lot of money to maintain and Iran has lots of hungry Jihadi mouths to feed all over the world. These are the kinds of mouths that when you stop feeding them, they start eating you.

Iran has a big problem on their hands. Unfortunately, with that kind of trouble, so do we.

60 posted on 06/20/2019 3:53:15 AM PDT by rdcbn
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