oh yess now you blame it on the sunnis, great what's next??????
do you actually realize that B2 flies all the way directly from the american continent??? hows your saturation attack gonna reach mainland US????
UK & US Spy Planes Spotted Middle East Amid Brewing Tensions With Iran - Reports
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The development emerges from an increasingly volatile security environment in the Middle East following the US’ high-profile assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Commander, Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
British and American electronic surveillance aircrafts have been flying around the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East this morning, according to tweets by flight tracker INTELSky.
According to the account - which is run by enthusiasts who monitor global flight paths - a US Air Force RC-135W ‘Rivet Joint’ aircraft was seen lingering for several hours off of the coast of Lebanon, while a Royal Air Force (RAF) Sentinel R1 was seen leaving Britain’s Akrotiri air base in Cyprus, subsequently flying over Israel and Jordan. Both of the aircraft are used in an electronic warfare capacity and gather signals intelligence to monitor threats, such as an incoming missile launch.
The news comes following the US’ airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, which happened in Baghdad on June 3rd, and marked a major escalation in regional tensions that have pitted Tehran against Washington and its allies in the Middle East. Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, is widely quoted as saying that the US "will face the consequences of this criminal act not only today, but also in the coming years.”
While it appears that the neither the UK nor the US have issued a statement about what their surveillance activities are aimed at achieving, it is highly likely that they are monitoring the Middle East for any signs of an impending Iranian attack.
According to the RAF’s website, the Sentinel R.Mk 1 “provides long-range, wide-area battlefield surveillance, delivering critical intelligence and target tracking information to British and coalition forces” then “passing the information in near real time to friendly forces.” The RC-135 serves a similar function, providing early warning of potential attacks to coalition forces. According to the RAF, who also field the RC-135, the aircraft uses “its sensors [to] ‘soak up’ electronic emissions from communications, radar and other systems.”
why are you surprised? of course they will jump in.
Many iraqis have sympathy with PMU, also colleagues within the army. Look how many came to mourn Sulaimani and Muhandis and the other fallen PMU members. It's totally an other narrative than what we get from western media about the emo-kids protesting.
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nope they don't.and if they do they will be refuelling far from you and in the air,
