China News Service, January 30 (Xinhua) According to the Associated Press, on the 30th local time, U.S. officials said that U.S. soldiers at a U.S. base in Jordan mistook an enemy drone for one of their own returning from a reconnaissance mission. Failure to prevent an attack on the base resulted in the deaths of three people.
According to reports, two anonymous U.S. officials revealed that at the time of the incident, when a drone carrying explosives arrived at a U.S. military base at low altitude, a U.S. drone happened to return to the base. U.S. personnel were likely to divert the enemy drone It was confused with its own drone, so the air defense system failed to intercept it in time.
When asked whether the failure to shoot down the enemy drone was due to "human error," Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singer responded that U.S. Central Command was still evaluating the matter.
The U.S. Central Command announced on the 28th that a U.S. military base stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border was attacked by a drone on the evening of the 27th Eastern Time, killing three U.S. soldiers and injuring at least 34 others.
The Iraqi armed group "Islamic Resistance" claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin issued a statement regarding the attack, saying that the United States will not tolerate attacks on the U.S. military. Armed organizations supported by Iran are responsible for this, and the US military will choose the opportunity to respond.
According to the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kanani denied on the 29th that Iran was related to the attack. He also warned that "Iran is paying close attention to developments in the region at any time, and the consequences of provocative accusations against Iran should be borne by the perpetrators."
According to reports, as the details of the attack are announced, the Biden administration is facing a difficult balance: on the one hand, US President Biden and officials accuse Iran, and Republicans also take the opportunity to "send fire"; but at the same time, Biden does not want to quarrel with Iran Start a war. The White House said on the 29th that Biden was "weighing his options."