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A deception campaign and reaper drones: How US commandos rescued airman trapped in Iran in ‘daring’ operation (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] Exeous@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

‘MQ-9 Reaper drones protected the crew member by striking Iranian military-aged males thought to be a threat who were within 3km of the airman’

Sound like kill kill kill

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So they killed all civilians within 3km. Got it.