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Pentagon denies coalition drone was near Syria aid convoy
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Pentagon on Wednesday strongly deniedNo, no! Certainly not! Russia’s claim that a US-led coalition Predator drone was in the air over an aid convoy in Syria when it was attacked. "None of our aircraft -- manned or unmanned, US or coalition -- were anywhere in the vicinity of Aleppo when the strike against the humanitarian convoy occurred," Pentagon front man Navy Captain Jeff Davis said. Trucks carrying food and medical equipment from the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... and other agencies were unloading aid into a warehouse in Orum al-Kubra, a town in Aleppo province, when a deadly attack killed around 20 civilians late Monday. The Pentagon remarks came after Russia had insinuated that the coalition drone may have been involved in the strike. Moscow released the aircraft’s purported air speed and altitude as well as its location over Orum al-Kubra shortly before the strike. US officials have told AFP that two Russian SU-24 warplanes were operating in the area where the aid convoy was struck, and one of them was directly above the convoy when it was hit. Posted by: Fred 2016-09-22 |
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