Security Media Cell chief Lt. Gen. Saad Maan said an Iraqi intelligence and security task force had seized inside Iraq the drone-launch platform used in the attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline. AFP subsequently cited two Iraqi security sources saying Iraqi forces found drone launchers in the remote al-Tayeb area of Maysan near the Iranian border.
- Al Jazeera13 Sept, 05:40
“Lieutenant General Saad Maan, head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell, said that an intelligence and security task force had tracked down and seized the launch equipment.”
Lieutenant General Saad Maan, head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell, said that an intelligence and security task force had tracked down and seized the launch equipment.
- 964media13 Sept, 10:37
“Iraqi authorities have found a drone launch platform used in the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline inside Iraqi territory, the Security Media Cell said.”
Iraqi authorities have found a drone launch platform used in the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline inside Iraqi territory, the Security Media Cell said.
- Saudi Gazette13 Sept, 14:30
“An intelligence and security task force made significant efforts and managed to locate and seize the launch platform inside Iraqi territory.”
An intelligence and security task force made significant efforts and managed to locate and seize the launch platform inside Iraqi territory.
- IraqiNews13 Sept, 16:47
“Iraqi security forces found drone launchers near the Iraqi-Iranian border in the remote al-Tayeb area of the southern province of Maysan.”
Iraqi security forces found drone launchers near the Iraqi-Iranian border in the remote al-Tayeb area of the southern province of Maysan.
The accounts converge on a state seizure but differ on the number and publicly stated location of the launch equipment, leaving those details less settled than the seizure itself.