US Airstrike Kills 5 Militants Preparing to Launch Drone Attack in Iraq: CENTCOM

Published on December 4, 2023

The U.S. military conducted a drone strike on Sunday, Dec. 3, killing five suspected militants near Kirkuk in what the U.S. side described as a “self-defense” strike. In a Monday press release, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said forces assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) identified the suspected militants preparing to launch their own one-way attack drone. CJTF-OIR forces responded by directing an unspecified armed unmanned aerial system to the scene, delivering strikes that killed the suspected militants and destroyed their one-way attack drone. CENTCOM said Iraqi Security Forces were notified of the strike and responded to the scene, where they subsequently “confirmed the death of the militants and the destruction of the drone.”...

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