US drone turned off 'all identifying equipment

http://bit.ly/2Zz9gOM A US spy drone downed by Iran had its tracking equipment turned off, contravening aviation rules, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said. "The drone took off from a US base in the southern Persian Gulf," according to a statement by the elite unit. While in the air, the US allegedly attempted to make the drone appear invisible to radar. Let's be clear: The Trump admin sent a drone into what Iran says was its sovereign airspace. The US knew Iran would shoot it down in self-defense-but the US gov also knew the corporate media would obediently portray this as Iranian "escalation," helping justify Trump's aggression. The Trump admin's strategy toward Iran is blatantly aggressive and illegal provocation - but the corporate media is dutifully going along with this, helping to whitewash US aggression, portray Iran as the aggressor, and sell a new war. The notion that Iran's shooting down a spy drone, wherever the hell it was, constitutes an unprovoked aggression in a context in which the US is openly threatening to bomb the country, and has it surrounded by forces including nuclear bombers is absurd. #HandsOffIran

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