Iraq Shoots Down US Unmanned Spy Plane

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Iraq Shoots Down US Unmanned Spy Plane

Iraqi anti-aircraft shot down Wednesday a US unmanned Predator drone which entered the country from Kuwait, the official INA news agency reported.

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Iraqi anti-aircraft shot down Wednesday a US unmanned Predator drone which entered the country from Kuwait, the official INA news agency reported.

"Our heroic air defense soldiers succeeded in downing a US intelligence plane, a Predator, coming from Kuwait," the INA quoted a military spokesman as saying.

"The US surveillance plane that violated Iraq's international airspace is used by the US enemy to spy on our civilian and military installations and it is a very sophisticated plane with advanced electronic equipment," he said.

On Dec. 23, Iraqi forces also succeeded in downing a similar US Predator drone over the southern on-fly zone.

US and British planes have been patrolling Iraq's southern and northern no-fly zones since the 1991 Gulf War with the claimed aim of protecting the Kurds in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south from the persecution of the Iraqi government.

Iraq has repeatedly refused to recognize the two no-fly zones, saying they were not mentioned in any relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

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