Iraq TV Shows Footage of 'Enemy' Drone

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Iraq TV Shows Footage of 'Enemy' Drone

The State-run Iraq TV on Monday showed footage of the "enemy" spy plane that was forced by Iraq's air defense system to land in northern Iraq.

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The State-run Iraq TV on Monday showed footage of the "enemy" spy plane that was forced by Iraq's air defense system to land in northern Iraq.

The video showed the small, white plane landing in an undisclosed location with a camera underneath its fuselage. However, the plane bore no characters showing its identity.

The spy plane, according to an Iraqi military spokesman, was forced to land in northern Iraq on Sunday morning.

The spokesman said earlier Monday that at 9:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) on Sunday, the "enemy" reconnaissance plane, which flew into northern Iraq on a spy mission, "was monitored by our air defense system, controlled by our special devices and forced to land in our territory."

"Our air defense fighters showed their ability to confront the spying methods of the enemy who used highly technical and developed means to obtain information to support their jet fighters in carrying out aggressions against our vital service installations and civilian properties," the spokesman said.

Iraq has claimed that it shot down three U.S. drones monitoring the two no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq last year.

The two no-fly zones were set up by the U.S.-led Western allies after the 1991 Gulf War with the alleged aim of protecting the Kurds in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south from the persecution of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Iraq has never recognized the two air exclusion zones for lack of clear authorization from the United Nations Security Council and has regularly opened fire at the patrolling Western planes.

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