Ukraine in Arabic | Iraq: US Predator drone worth millions crashes in Samawa

‘Technical complications’ caused the Predator to crash southeast of Baghdad, the Pentagon says.

Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ ‘Technical complications’ caused the Predator to crash southeast of Baghdad, the Pentagon says.

An American drone recently crashed in a government-controlled Iraqi desert area southeast of Baghdad, due to what the Pentagon called "technical complications."

Pictures circulated on social media this week of locals near Samawah, about 170 miles from the Iraqi capital, inspecting the wreckage of an MQ-1 Predator drone. Twitter user Steven Nabil posted that the crash occurred near a cement factory. 

 

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