Iran says US drone kills 2 advisers in Iraq; US denies claim

[Bosonic]

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Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iran's Revolutionary Guard says a U.S. drone strike killed two of its advisers near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, though the U.S. said Monday its coalition conducted no airstrikes against the Islamic State group in the area during that time.

U.S. Central Command said it didn't target the area around Tikrit from March 22 through March 24, the window when the Guard said the two men were killed.

The claim came as negotiators on Monday attempted to reach a deal on Iran's contested nuclear program, which hard-liners in the Islamic Republic have opposed as giving away too much to the West.

The Guard said on its sepahnews.ir website the strike happened March 23 as the men supported Iraqi forces trying to retake the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit. It identified the dead advisers as Ali Yazdani and Hadi Jafari, saying they were buried Sunday. It did not elaborate on whether Iran contacted Iraqi or U.S. forces after the strike.

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[newfie11]

1. Winning enemies everyday! Nt

[SkyDaddy7]

8. Or you are buying into the...

Tom Cotton/Ted Cruz ASSHOLES of the Iranian regime who don't want a nuclear deal!!

[newfie11]

9. No I was being sarcastic.

Iran wanting to work a deal and we end up killing their people before the deal.

[Sunlei]

2. what? are Iran 'advisors' doing in Iraq hanging around IS? actually the airstrikes are Saudi Lead

The Saudis + Dubai, and a couple other neighborhood countries have 100 jets flying attack missions.

Perhaps whoever 'backs' the IS fighters (in Iraq) paychecks should send the cash another way.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. Try reading the article again.

"The Guard said on its sepahnews.ir website the strike happened March 23 as the men supported Iraqi forces trying to retake the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit."

[Sunlei]

4. I don't believe them.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. That's just bizarre. The Iranians have been helping Shiite militias at Tikrit.

Against ISIS. This is well known.

You're entitled to your disbelief, but it appears to have no basis in any facts.

[Sunlei]

6. so you believe air strikes are 'Irans reported us drone' & not the 100 jets flown by the Saudis

group who are providing all the air strikes?

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. The US is doing air strikes in Tikrit.

I don't know what happened to those two Iranians. I kind of doubt a US drone did them in. That just doesn't make sense.

The Iranians and the US are kind of/sort of on the same side in Iraq, although both are loathe to say so. They are both helping the Iraqis fight ISIS.

You appeared to be trying to claim that Iran was helping ISIS. Maybe I misread you.

Anyway, US air strikes in Tikrit. Google is your friend:

Iraqi army weighs cost of US-led strikes in Tikrit as militiamen leave
Washington Post-17 hours ago
TIKRIT, IRAQ — In the makeshift Iraqi army command headquarters for .... U.S. forces begin airstrikes in Tikrit, where Iran-backed militias are in ...

Iraqi Ground Forces, US Air Strikes Focus On IS-Held Tikrit
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty-11 hours ago

Iraqi forces in Tikrit slow to move in after US airstrikes
Arkansas Online-Mar 29, 2015

Iran says US drone kills 2 advisers in Iraq; US denies claim
Yahoo News-55 minutes ago

Iraqi advance into Tikrit slowed by resistance as U.S. airstrikes ...
UPI.com-19 hours ago

US, Iranian-Backed Shiite Militias Share Uneasily in Battle for Iraq's ...
In-Depth-Wall Street Journal-17 hours ago

US and coalition launch 18 air strikes against Isis in Iraq amid fight ...
The Guardian-Mar 28, 2015

[Enrique]

10. I assumed this was a friendly-fire incident

which is funny because the friends are Iran in this case.

Regarding whether it was a U.S. drone strike, this strikes me as something we will deny for a number of years and then admit it when no one remembers the incident, let alone cares about it.