{"id":2165069,"date":"2024-02-01T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drone-that-killed-us-troops-was-iranian-made-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:31:59","slug":"drone-that-killed-us-troops-was-iranian-made-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drone-that-killed-us-troops-was-iranian-made-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials say the drone that killed US troops was made in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrone-that-killed-us-troops-was-iranian-made-officials-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2165069&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The United States Accuses\u2062 Iran of Manufacturing Drone Used in Attack on U.S. Base<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The United States \u200bhas assessed that \u2064Iran manufactured the drone \u2064that slammed into a\u200b U.S. base in Jordan over the weekend, killing three American soldiers and wounding more than 40, four U.S. officials told Reuters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Washington has blamed the attack\u2014the first to kill U.S. troops in the Middle East since the start of the\u2062 Israel-Hamas war in October\u2014on \u2062Iran-backed militants, and President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has promised a multi-tiered response that will include \u200dstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>But it has stopped short of publicly saying where \u200cthe actual weapon that killed\u2062 the Americans came from, even as it acknowledged Iran&#8217;s ultimate responsibility for\u2064 funding and even in some cases training the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamas-kidnapped-84-year-old-israeli-woman-as-she-cried-for-help-grandson-says\/\" title=\"Hamas kidnaps elderly Israeli woman as she pleads for help, says grandson.\">militants responsible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The officials, who\u200c spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, \u200bdid \u200bnot provide the\u200b model of the drone and said analysis\u200c was still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>While the \u200cinitial indications were that the drone was likely Iranian, a formal assessment \u200cwas made \u2064only recently after recovering fragments of the drone.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. \u200cDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin, asked about \u200cthe matter at a news briefing following the\u200d Reuters report, stopped short of confirming the drone&#8217;s origin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still doing the forensics,&#8221; Austin said. &#8220;But most of the drones that are in \u200dthe region have a connection with Iran.\u200d So&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Austin said\u2062 he\u200b didn&#8217;t know whether\u2064 Iran knew about the attack ahead of time, but added that, in his view, it didn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How much Iran knew or \u2062didn&#8217;t know, we don&#8217;t know. But it really doesn&#8217;t matter because Iran sponsors \u2063these\u200c groups, it funds these \u200bgroups, \u200dand\u2063 in some cases, it trains \u2062these groups on\u2063 advanced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-u-s-commander-we-must-assume-very-real-possibility-that-we-may-need-to-use-nukes-against-china-russia\/\" title=\"Top U.S. Commander: We Must Assume \u2018Very Real Possibility\u2019 That We May Need To Use Nukes Against China, Russia\">conventional weapons<\/a>,&#8221; Austin said. Kataib \u2064Hezbollah, a \u200bpro-Iranian militia based in Iraq, said on Tuesday it was suspending military actions against the United \u2063States to avoid embarrassing the Baghdad government.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s \u2064administration\u200d said it was not seeking a war with Iran, even \u200cas Republican pressure on him to respond forcefully \u2062has been rising.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials \u200dhave\u200d said Tehran will respond to any threat from\u200d the United States. Iran&#8217;s envoy to the United States said Tehran would respond decisively to\u200b any \u200dattack on its territory, its \u2062interests, or Iranian nationals\u2062 outside its\u2064 borders.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. troops have been attacked more than 160 times in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan since the events \u2064of Oct. 7 \u200bthat triggered the war in Gaza, and warships have seen attacks in the Red Sea as well. \u2062Houthi \u200dfighters in Yemen have \u2064fired drones and missiles at them on the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Amid expectations of multi-day strikes, Austin suggested it would take a multitiered response to address threats \u200bby \u200dIran-backed groups against U.S. forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think the adversaries are of a \u200done-and-done\u2064 mindset,&#8221; Austin\u200d told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so,\u200d they have a lot of capability. \u2062I have a lot \u200cmore. &#8230; We&#8217;re going to do what&#8217;s necessary \u2062to protect our troops \u2062and \u200bour interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The attack in Jordan,\u2064 and any U.S. response, \u200cis likely to stoke \u200bfears of wider conflict\u2062 in the Middle East \u200bfollowing the Oct. 7 raid \u2062in southern Israel by Hamas in which the Israeli authorities said 1,200 people \u200cwere \u200bkilled and\u2062 253 taken\u200b hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s subsequent assault on Gaza has killed over\u200c 27,000 Palestinians, according\u200c to the Hamas-run local health ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d United States has already retaliated in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen in response to previous attacks by Iran-backed groups.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have cautioned that any\u200b strikes\u200d against Iranian forces inside Iran could force Tehran to respond, \u200bescalating the situation in a way that could drag the United States into a major Middle \u2064East war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/iran\/\" title=\"View all posts in Iran\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIran\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What diplomatic \u2064measures can be explored to deescalate tensions and improve \u200bthe strained relationship between the United \u200dStates and Iran in light of\u2062 this accusation<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Take stronger action against \u200dthe country continues\u200c to grow. The accusation that Iran manufactured the \u200cdrone used in the \u2062attack\u200b on the U.S. base in Jordan adds further tension \u200bto the\u2064 already strained relationship \u200dbetween the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on the U.S. base resulted in the tragic loss of three American soldiers and left over 40 others injured. While Washington has attributed the attack to Iran-backed militants, it has not\u2063 revealed\u2062 the\u2063 exact\u200c source of \u200dthe weapon that caused the \u2064casualties. However, it has acknowledged Iran&#8217;s financial support and involvement in training the responsible \u2063militants.<\/p>\n<p>Four U.S. officials, speaking anonymously to Reuters, confirmed that the \u200cdrone\u2064 used in the\u2064 attack \u200bwas\u2062 likely manufactured by Iran.\u200b However, they did not disclose the specific model of the drone and stated that further analysis is still being conducted to determine\u2062 its origin.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about the matter during a news\u2064 briefing following the Reuters report, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin refrained from explicitly confirming the drone&#8217;s origin. Austin explained that forensic investigations are still ongoing, but\u200b highlighted that most drones in the region have ties to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Austin also commented \u2063on whether Iran had \u2063prior knowledge of the attack, stating that the level of awareness did not impact \u200cthe \u200bsituation \u200dsignificantly. He emphasized that Iran sponsors and supports these militant groups, providing them with funding and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-u-s-navy-seals-killed-while-boarding-boat-illegally-carrying-iranian-weapons\/\" title=\"Two U.S. Navy SEALs slain during illegal boarding of Iranian weapons vessel\">advanced conventional weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 response to the accusation, Kataib Hezbollah, a pro-Iranian militia based in Iraq, announced its decision to temporarily suspend military actions against the \u200dUnited States. The group\u2064 seeks \u200bto avoid causing embarrassment to the Baghdad government.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has reiterated that it does not seek a war with Iran.\u2062 However,\u2062 pressure from Republicans for a more assertive approach towards the nation\u2064 persists.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions continue to rise between the\u200b United States and Iran, \u2062this accusation of Iran manufacturing \u2062the drone used in the attack on the U.S. base adds another layer of complexity\u200b to an already strained relationship. The \u2064situation calls for a measured\u2063 and calculated response from\u2063 both nations to prevent\u200d further escalation \u2064and promote stability in the\u2062 region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conflict\u2014on Iran, stating that they produced the drone responsible for the attack. Four U.S. officials informed Reuters that the United States has determined Iran&#8217;s involvement in the incident, which resulted in the deaths of three American soldiers and left over 40 wounded at a U.S. base in Jordan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2165070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1233574242-scaled-e1643735522573.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2165069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1233574242-scaled-e1643735522573.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2165070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}