A US military KC-135 refueling aircraft carrying six soldiers crashed in western Iraq. While US Central Command claims the incident was not caused by hostile fire, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq asserts they shot the aircraft down.
A United States military refueling aircraft carrying six soldiers crashed in western Iraq, prompting immediate search and rescue operations amid an ongoing regional war. According to statements from US Central Command (CENTCOM) relayed by the Qatar-based network AjaNews, the aircraft was lost in an incident and the crash was not the result of hostile fire or friendly fire. Reuters, quoted by AjaNews, confirmed the downed plane was carrying six soldiers.
Directly contradicting the US military's account, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident. The militia faction, which has rapidly escalated attacks on American forces following the outbreak of the US-Israeli "Epic Wrath" military campaign and the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, stated that they downed a KC-135 aircraft belonging to the American occupation in western Iraq using the appropriate weapon.
Earlier in the day, the local Iraqi channel ONEIQ1 published video footage purportedly showing the aircraft flying over the southern city of Nasiriyah during the afternoon.
The loss of the KC-135 occurs during a period of unprecedented regional instability. Following the escalation of hostilities in early March, US bases and diplomatic missions across Iraq and the wider Middle East have faced massive retaliatory strikes from Axis of Resistance factions.
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