{"id":346092,"date":"2025-12-15T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/american-mq-9-reaper-drone-shot-down-over-iraq\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:48:22","slug":"american-mq-9-reaper-drone-shot-down-over-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=346092","title":{"rendered":"American MQ-9 Reaper Drone Shot Down Over Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-1725648774233555711\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEggTdmrRjiXuZF-gdt4CPnb9vnMMsT2E7DJ5kzkDXuGkhEB820b5SqvT62eYHPdy77boCHTeO3DoNf6si0aSi11xD6bq9AGAdvns-1-vJEYwhkF11DAJ2rbBy3XIHukCfU3iQtxH4A7bm-rXzLHrn_cExTN6aCIeKWY7jG75YQFmceyOupO2gWJb2EaDjY\/s1562\/1a-DESKTOP-OOTB8AV-24.JPG\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"878\" data-original-width=\"1562\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEggTdmrRjiXuZF-gdt4CPnb9vnMMsT2E7DJ5kzkDXuGkhEB820b5SqvT62eYHPdy77boCHTeO3DoNf6si0aSi11xD6bq9AGAdvns-1-vJEYwhkF11DAJ2rbBy3XIHukCfU3iQtxH4A7bm-rXzLHrn_cExTN6aCIeKWY7jG75YQFmceyOupO2gWJb2EaDjY\/s600\/1a-DESKTOP-OOTB8AV-24.JPG\" width=\"600\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) flying over the Nevada Test and Training Range on January 14, 2020 (Photo: AFP)<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Trend News Line:<\/i> <b><a href=\"https:\/\/trendsnewsline.com\/2024\/01\/19\/american-mq-9-reaper-drone-shot-down-near-migdadiyah-in-diyala-province-iraq\/\">American MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down near Migdadiyah in Diyala Province, Iraq<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>American MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down near Migdadiyah in Diyala Province, Iraq<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a recent incident that has sparked concern and raised questions about regional tensions, an American MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down near the town of Migdadiyah in Diyala Province, located in eastern Iraq. The downing of the drone, which occurred on January 18th, has prompted investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Drone Shot Down: What We Know So Far<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, an MQ-9 Reaper drone, a remotely piloted aircraft used by the United States military for various purposes, was targeted and brought down in Diyala Province. The specific details of the incident, including who was responsible for shooting down the drone, are yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/trendsnewsline.com\/2024\/01\/19\/american-mq-9-reaper-drone-shot-down-near-migdadiyah-in-diyala-province-iraq\/\">Read more<\/a><\/b> &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurdistan24.net\/en\/story\/33793-Pentagon-official-confirms-US-drone-crashed-near-Diyala\">Pentagon official confirms US drone crashed near Diyala<\/a> (K24)<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WNU Editor<\/b>: The Pentagon is confirming the loss of a drone in Iraq, but not that it was shot down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) flying over the Nevada Test and Training Range on January 14, 2020 (Photo: AFP) \u00a0 Trend News Line: American MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down near Migdadiyah in Diyala Province, Iraq \u00a0 American MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down near Migdadiyah in Diyala Province, Iraq\u00a0 In a recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168569],"tags":[204,2669,74192,168570,93638,1176],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-346092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-iraq","tag-american","tag-drone","tag-iraq","tag-mq9","tag-reaper","tag-shot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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