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From CNN.com:
FIRST ON CNN: Iranian jets fire on U.S. drone
By Barbara Starr
Two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf on November 1, the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday.
The incident, reported first by CNN, raised fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial Gulf oil shipping lanes.
The drone was on routine maritime surveillance in international airspace east of Kuwait, 16 miles off the coast of Iran, U.S. officials said. The Predator was not hit.
"Our aircraft was never in Iranian airspace. It was always flying in international air space. The recognized limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast and we never entered the 12 nautical mile limit," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in responding to questions from reporters after CNN reported the incident.
Little said the United States believed this was the first time an unmanned aircraft was shot at by the Iranians in international waters over the Gulf.  In December of 2011, a U.S. surveillance drone crashed in eastern Iran.  Iranians claimed to have shot it down, and created a toy model of the drone to celebrate its capture.
Little stopped short of calling the incident an act of war although the Pentagon was concerned.

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[MrFreedomsox]

Why were we invading their airspace?

This is going to end up just like Iraq. I seem to remember a similar story being used as one of the reasons for going in there.

As long as we continue to meddle in the middle east we are going to have unnecessary loss of life.

How about this time we don't send our men to die in in some far off land.

[kwpluckett]

Drone shouldn't be there in the first place. Also, I believe all drones should be destroyed. (period.) They're unconstitutional, illegal, and provoking aggression from those who'd otherwise be peaceful. Get the drones out of the air now!

[MrFreedomsox]

Very good point. Don't know how I missed that.

[Ephraim Wolobah]

You don't understand that this was in international waters. NOT Iranian airspace, my friend.

[metaloki123]

That would be a good point if the drone was actually over their airspace. The unarmed drone was said to have been over international waters on a surveillance mission. You're right though; not an act of war especially when an armed version of Obama's drone is estimated to killing 49 innocent human beings to every one "terrorist". My humble opinion is that the whitehouse just wants this event forgotten about asap so there's no scrutiny of the effectiveness of the drones. Just saying.

[Koromaseraph2]

why would you name an unarmed drone "Predator"?

[superman6327]

but the problem is maybe the put nuke to the usa to! and they watch it from other world tv!

[marsh84722]

drop nukes on them and give us something entertaining to watch on tv damn it!

[AOJEDASD]

THE ACT OF WAR IS THE UNITED STATES INVADING OTHER COUNTRIES..... LET THEM BE.

[Ravenda Dallah]

I wouldn't call it an act of war but if they don't monitor that shit it will turn into one. They have every right to fire at invaders of their airspace just like we can. What if they had drones or some other aircraft they were able to fly over in our air space? Drones are like that irritating flying eyeball on the movie Phantasm.