NEW: Pentagon releases video said to show the trail left by unarmed and unmanned American drone shot down by Iran. The U.S. military says the drone was flying in international airspace over the Gulf of Oman when the incident occurred.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Iranian shootdown of an American drone may have not have been intentional, but a"mistake" by someone"stupid."
"I have a feeling -- and I may be wrong and I may be right but I'm right a lot -- that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn't have been doing what they do," he said."I think they made a mistake and I'm not just talking about the country made a mistake somebody under the command of the country made a mistake."There was no immediate Iranian response to Trump's suggestion the shootdown was a mistake.
The commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, said the American drone was flying over the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on a surveillance mission near previous tanker attacks when it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired from a location in the vicinity of Goruk, Iran.
Top congressional leaders from both parties and chairs and ranking members of the Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees received a closed-door classified intelligence briefing from Trump administration officials at the Capitol. "I think what President Trump believes is that this regime is spoiling for a fight but they understand how a conflict would end, it would end badly for them. He does want to try and get a better deal but not this way," he said.
"We do not intend to engage in war with any country, but we are completely ready for the war. Today’s incident is a clear sign of this accurate message," Salami added. "Iranian reports that the aircraft was over Iran are false," said CENTCOM spokesperson Navy Capt. Bill Urban in a statement on Thursday morning."This was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset in international airspace."
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