[TheBattman]

Iraqi aircraft shot down a U.S. unmanned surveillance drone

I believe it says Iraqi aircraft not anti-aircraft.... Was this a slip, or were there actually Iraqi aircraft flying?

[blam]

".... Was this a slip, or were there actually Iraqi aircraft flying?"

Fox News is reporting Iraqi aircraft.

[jraven]

AIRPLANE? I thought a drone was Al Gore delivering a speech.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Seems an Iraqi Air Force pilot did the shooting ...

[ken5050]

Correct, and the Times article I mentioned above takles about letting the Predators defend themselves against air-to=air missles from Iraqi planes.....I thought the Iraqi AF was still in Iran..

[twyn1]

Right -- FOX News is saying that it was an Iraqi aircraft, in the No-Fly Zone, are the Iraqis trying to provoke a confrontation ? Do we now have the right (under the U.N. agreements) to go after the field that this plane came from, as well as any control towers, tracking radars, etc. ?? Flying an aircraft in the No-Fly Zone should be (yet another) definite breach of the U.N. accords that Saddam agreed to (after the first Gulf War)