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Mysterious drones attacked on June 24 several military sites in Iraq, significantly damaging at least two of the country’s radar systems.
In a statement, Sabah al-Numan, a spokesman for the Iraqi military, said that the two targeted radars were deployed at Camp Taji, to the north of the capital, Baghdad, and at Imam Ali Base in the southern province of Dhi Qar province, in southern Iraq.
Iraqi forces successfully repelled other attempted attacks on four additional sites in different locations before the drones could reach their targets, the spokesman added, noting that there were no casualties.
The statement said all the targeted sites were fully operated and managed by Iraqi troops. Iraq’s prime minister ordered an immediate investigation into the circumstances of the attack, according to a spokesman.
Notably, the drone attacks took place on the same day a ceasefire ended the Israeli war on Iran, which started 12 days earlier.
Two Iraqi security sources told Reuters the drones used in the attacks were small and had been flown to the targeted sites from nearby locations.
Similar small drones were sighted over Ali Air Base and the nearby Nasiriyah Central Prison on June 27, according to Iraqi media.
The attacks appear to be particularly similar to the ones carried out by Israel’s Mossad spy agency against Iranian radars and air defenses during the war. Thus, it is very possible that the attacks on the Iraqi radars were also carried out by Israel with the aim of gaining operational freedom in the country’s airspace.
The Iraqi air defense network is very weak and relies only on short-range air defense systems. The country made no effort to close its airspace as it was being used by Israel to attack Iran, but it may have shared radar information with Tehran giving it advanced warning of incoming attacks.
Israel is now preparing for a new military campaign against Iran. Defense Minister Israel Katz said on June 27 that he had instructed the military to “prepare an enforcement plan against Iran that includes maintaining Israel’s air superiority, preventing nuclear advancement and missile production, and responding to Iran for supporting terror activity against Israel.”
After the fall of the regime of president Bashar al-Assad in Syria last December, Israel gained complete control over the airspace of the war-torn country. Now, it may be looking to achieve the same with Iraq to facilitate its upcoming campaign against Iran.
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iraquis are irrelevant.
iraq refuses to buy russian long range and mobile air defense systems s-300vm, now irak is a highway for israeli jets which used to launch long range air to ground missile from iraqi air space.
it’s the air space from which zionistan likes to bomb iran, so not that irrelevant if they have been informing tehran in advance of zio-planes flying over them.
“the attacks appear to be particularly similar to the ones carried out by israel’s mossad spy agency against iranian radars”…
just what i was thinking. are they planning a second attack against iran and want no radars in between that could inform tehran in advance? probably.