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Misfired Patriot missile hits farm in Qatar
[REUTERS] U.S. forces in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...accidentally fired a Patriot missile at a farm in the Gulf Arab state but caused no injuries, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The U.S. military is investigating the missile launch, first reported by Al Jazeera television. The Patriot is an anti-missile system. "Those things are not supposed to accidentally discharge," said Pentagon front man Bryan Whitman. "It was not supposed to happen." Whitman said the missile was fired into an unpopulated farm area. The missile was fired during a training exercise, said Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director of operations for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Al Jazeera said the missile was fired from the Assayliyah base. Posted by: Fred 2019-03-31 |
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