U.S. Drones Cause Outrage in Iraq

The U.S. put drones into Iraq to watch over the United States Embassy. Iraqi officials are not happy because they say that these aircrafts get in the way of their sovereignty. Now the talk is that the State Department wants to put more drones in other "high-risk" countries. Other countries they are looking into placing them in are Pakistan, Indonesia, and Afghanistan after the troops leave. The problem is, if the United States wants to keep using the drones in Iraq, they have to get approval from the government there (so says Iraqi officials). With the conflict between the two countries it might be a little harder to come to an agreement on the drones in Iraq. Word was that there was already communication about getting the drones approved, but many high officials claim that they have not even spoken with the U.S. about the drones. The objection by the Iraqis is, "Our sky is our sky, not the U.S.A.'s sky."


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/world/middleeast/iraq-is-angered-by-us-drones-patrolling-its-skies.html?_r=1&ref=world

Jessica Connor