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THE US MILITARY has shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump said the drone was shot down by a US warship after coming within 1,000 yards the naval vessel.
“The (USS) Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone which had closed into a very, very near distance, approximately 1,000 yards,” Trump announced at the White House.
“The drone was immediately destroyed.”
It comes a number of weeks after Iranian forces shot down a US naval surveillance drone.
The relationship between Tehran and Washington has been particularly strained since the US quit the a nuclear deal announced in 2015 last year, and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
The US has also bolstered its military presence in the Middle East recently and blacklisted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.
With reporting from - © AFP 2019.
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Ah shur boss we’re big into our culture and our unique way of life, we’ve brought it round the world with us.
He will get plenty of horn now.
@joe oneill: cracking
@joe oneill: joe won the internet today
Sure is our culture hunting rhionos on the limerick Savannahs for thousands of years with slash hooks.
@Minom Pnom: The most shocking thing about this article is that he purchased the rhino cup.
Am I only one thinks 18 mths sounds low
@ginger tomatoes i9: way too low.
@ginger tomatoes i9: He would get of free here, so it is 18 months higher than an Irish sentence.
@ginger tomatoes i9: Ah sure boss, there’s always a special deal for the ethnic minority.
Martin O’Neill should have started a few of the Rovers last night maybe given their vast international experience.
The homies in the state penitentiary will enjoy a bit of fresh Irish meat
@DubKid:
There’s nothing fresh about a Rathkeale pikey
They are a foul species
He was caught in the wrong country. Would have got suspended sentence here
Trying to supervise that yoke when he gets out will be some laugh. Hide and Seek world champion 2019.
Any comments from pave point?
He can clean out the gutters while he is inside.
Keep the bast*rd over there permanently.
Why Am I not surprised, from Australia to the The USA they roam dragging Ireland’s name through the muck.
He will do hard time in that penal system .but the expressed hope that he will be subjected to rape is unworthy.
@Brian O Reilly: sure it is.. spare a thought for the would be rapists
He filled it up with hewya boss after shave!
His as*hole will be wider than a libation cup when he come out.
Discrimination
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