(Sana) Yemen’s Houthi forces shot down a USAF Reaper UAV on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday. The UAV was apparently hit by a ground to
air missile (Most likely supplied by Iran) above the capital. Whilst the US hasn't admitted to
the loss, video has emerged of the stricken craft falling out of the sky.
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Video released by Huthi rebels showing use of MANPADS to shoot-down #USAF's MQ-9 UCAV over Sana'a #Yemen is genuine & recorded yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Y14uEYwmmw— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) 2 October 2017
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Yesterday Huthi rebels shot-down a #USAF's MQ-9 over Sana'a #Yemen. It was flying in an anti-#AlQaeda mission (Somehow was helping Huthis!) pic.twitter.com/pgb4cHvi7v— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) 2 October 2017
data-lang="en-gb">The irony here is the US has largely kept out of the Saudi/Iran proxy fight in Yemen and has concentrated on Al Qaeda inside the country. Which as a Suni Muslim terrorist outfit see's no problem in killing Huthi as they are..Shia. The good news for the USAF is now the Government will have to set about protecting their UAVs from Anti-Aircraft missiles, A weakness just waiting to happen.
US drone shot down by #Houthi missile in #Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday morning, Xinhua reports citing #Houthi officials and residents pic.twitter.com/EyGirr94RK— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) 1 October 2017
