US military use first ever drone aircraft to fight in Iraq

The US military brought a new weapon into the fight in Iraq, announcing the Army’s first-ever use of a drone aircraft to kill enemy fighters in Iraq.

The Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, dropped a precision bomb on two suspected insurgents believed to be preparing to plant roadside bombs on September 1, the military said. The drone was called in for the attack near Qarraya, 180 miles north-west of Baghdad, after a scout team from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, observed the insurgents at work.