According to the Associated Press, on the 30th local time, the United States** said that the U.S. soldiers at the U.S. base in Jordan mistook the enemy drone for the drone that returned after carrying out a reconnaissance mission, so they failed to prevent the base from being attacked, resulting in three deaths.
According to reports, two anonymous U.S. drones revealed that at the time of the incident, when a drone carrying ** objects approached the US military base at a low altitude, a U.S. drone happened to return to the base, and the U.S. personnel were likely to confuse the enemy drone with their own drone, so the air defense system failed to intercept it in time.
On January 28, in West Columbia, South Carolina, USA, Biden observed a moment of silence for the three US soldiers killed in a drone attack.
Asked if the failure to shoot down an enemy drone was "human error," Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh responded that the U.S. command was still assessing the matter.
The U.S. ** Command announced on the 28th that the U.S. military base stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border was attacked by drones on the evening of the 27th Eastern time, killing 3 U.S. soldiers and injuring at least 34 others.
The Iraqi armed group "Islamic Resistance Group" claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a statement on the attack, saying that the U.S. side will not tolerate an attack on U.S. troops. Armed groups backed by Iran will be held accountable, and the U.S. military will respond at its own time.
According to ABC, Iranian spokesman Kanaani denied on the 29th that Iran had anything to do with the attack. He also warned that "Iran is closely monitoring developments in the region, and the consequences of the provocative accusations against Iran should be borne by the perpetrators." ”
According to the report, when the details of the attack were announced, Biden was facing a difficult balance: on the one hand, the United States **Biden and ** blamed Iran, and Republicans also took the opportunity to "arch the fire"; But at the same time, Biden does not want a war with Iran. The White House said on the 29th that Biden was "weighing options".