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INSANE: Two charged over us tech used in deadly drone attack on soldiers in jordan | Vintage Vibes

The US soldiers killed in a drone strike in Jordan on January 28, 2024: Left to right, Kennedy Sanders, William Jerome Rivers, and Breonna Alexsondria Moffett [File: Shawn Sanders and US Army via AP]

An Iranian-American citizen and a Swiss Iranian have been arrested and charged by United States authorities with allegedly exporting sensitive technology to Iran that was used in a deadly drone attack on American forces based in Jordan.

Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed fighters, was alleged to have carried out the drone attack that killed three US soldiers and wounded 47 others at a US military outpost in Jordan, near the Syrian border, in January.

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