U.S. Forces Shoot Down Two Explosives-Laden Drones in Baghdad Skies

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U.S. Forces Shoot Down Two Explosives-Laden Drones in Baghdad Skies


U.S Forces shoot down two explosive-laden drones over baghdad heading for a rocky base. U.S Forces have shot down two explosive-laden drones heading for an iraqi military base, a day after similar devices with soleimani's revenge written on their wings were intercepted over Baghdad.

The drones are reported to have been an iraqi military base housing u.s troops in western anbar province, official said.

It is the second such attempted attack coinciding with the anniversary of the 2020 Trump ordered u.s airstrike that killed top Iranian General Qasim Solamani near Baghdad airport.

On monday two armed drones were shot down as they headed toward a facility housing u.s advisers at the same airport.

According to the official, the fixed-wing drones rigged with explosives were engaged and destroyed by defensive capabilities at the Ain Al-Assad Air Base.

An Iraqi military statement confirmed the attempted attack, saying the drones were shot down outside the parameters of the base. The facility houses troops with the us-led international coalition fighting the so-called islamic state group is in Iraq.

In monday's attack the drones were shot down by the C-RAM defense system that protects american installations in Iraq and there were no reports of damage or injuries from the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although one of the wings of the drones had the words, Solemni's revenge, painted on it, according to the coalition and iraqi officials.

"These are attacks against iraqi installations and an attack against the Iraqi people and the military that protects them," a coalition official said.

Also hijacked media in Iran's sworn enemy country, Israel with an ominous image of a missile being fired from a finger with a ring like solamani used to wear appearing on the homepage of the Jerusalem post.

The 2020 u.s drone strike at Baghdad's Airport killed General Qasim Solamani, who was the head of Iran's elite goods force and Abu Madi Al-Mohandas, Deputy Commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the popular mobilization forces.

Pro-iran shia factions in iraq have vowed revenge over the killing and have conditioned the end of attacks against the u.s presence in iraq on the full exit of american troops from the country. The u.s led coalition formally ended its combat mission supporting iraqi forces in the ongoing fight against as last month.

Some 2,500 troops will remain as the coalition shifts to an advisory mission to continue supporting iraqi forces. While we have ended our combat mission we maintain the inherent right of self-defense, the coalition official said.

Soleimani was killed on january 3/2021 in a drone strike near baghdad airport ordered by then u.s, President Donald Trump.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on monday that Trump must face trial for the killing or Tehran would take revenge. Raisi issued the vengeful diatribe on the second anniversary of Solemani's death as thousands gathered for memorial services at mosques in iran and allied countries across the middle east.

Solemani headed the kudz force, the shadowy operations arm of iran's revolutionary guards, with links to jihadists in Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria and Yemen.

The commander was blown up in his motorcade by a reaper-drone missile outside Baghdad Airport in 2020 in a strike ordered by Trump after intelligence revealed solomani was planning attacks on american soldiers in iraq.

Addressing tehran's largest mosque, Raisi said the aggressor and the main assassin, the then president of the united states must face justice and retribution alongside former u.s secretary of state Mike Pompeo and other criminals. Otherwise, i will tell all u.s leaders that without a doubt the hand of revenge will emerge from the sleeve of the muslim nation.

Trump, under whom tensions over iran's nuclear program escalated leading to a new and painful sanctions regime, ordered the assassination which brought the enemies to the brink of a direct military confrontation.

Washington said at the time that solemani was planning imminent action against u.s personnel in Iraq. A war-battered country long torn between principal allies Washington and Tehran.

January 3/2020 u.s strike killed Solamani and Abu Madi Al-Muhandis, deputy leader of the iran-backed hashed Al-Shabi coalition of armed groups. The nighttime strike ordered by trump struck a convoy in which soleimani and muhandis were traveling on the edge of the airport. 

Solomoni, commonly known as the second most powerful man in iran and tipped as a future President was so badly maimed in the strike that he had to be identified by a large ring he wore on his finger.


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