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As it happened
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Dillon: 55km ring is the radius. It does not limit us from continuing to patrol outside that area.
Dillon: No casualties means there were no wounded.
Q: What kind of munition? Why not fire at them before they fired at you? Does “no effect” mean no wounded?
Dillon: It was a munition that was dropped … it did not have effects that caused any casualties.
Q: Is this the first time that pro-regime forces have fired on coalition forces?
Dillon: Yes sir, that is exactly right. Previous strikes were on forces that were perceived as threats … [the UAV] was the first time we’ve seen them firing at Coalition forces.
Q: Was this an Iranian drone? What size is the zone?
Dillon: We assess this was a pro-regime drone. It was the same size as an MQ1 Predator … the de-confliction zone is a 55-km ring around At Tanf
Dillon: There was no warning [from pro-regime forces]