{"id":75980,"date":"2024-12-16T23:23:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/16\/two-charged-in-drone-strike-that-killed-3-us-troops-in-jordan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:45:16","slug":"two-charged-in-drone-strike-that-killed-3-us-troops-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/12\/16\/two-charged-in-drone-strike-that-killed-3-us-troops-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Two charged in drone strike that killed 3 US troops in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOSTON \u2014 Two men, including a dual Iranian-American citizen, have been arrested on charges that they exported sensitive technology to Iran that was used in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/01\/28\/three-us-troops-killed-25-injured-in-drone-attack-on-base-in-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\">drone attack in Jordan<\/a> that killed three American troops early this year and injured dozens of other service members, the Justice Department said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The criminal case in federal court in Massachusetts charges the men, identified as Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi and Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, with export control violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/01\/28\/three-us-troops-killed-25-injured-in-drone-attack-on-base-in-jordan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24028646156498.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Three US troops killed, dozens injured in drone attack in Jordan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Three US troops were killed and dozens more were injured following a one-way drone attack on an installation in northeast Jordan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials blamed the January attack on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias that includes Kataib Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three Georgia soldiers \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/01\/29\/pentagon-ids-army-reserve-soldiers-killed-in-jordan-tower-22-attack\/?SToverlay=342f5a58-c37b-4142-b049-1f737335b507&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A225%7D&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\">Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Sgt. Breonna Moffett of Savannah and Sgt. Kennedy Sanders of Waycross<\/a> \u2014 were killed in the Jan. 28 drone attack on a U.S. outpost in northeastern Jordan called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/01\/29\/what-is-tower-22-the-base-in-jordan-where-3-us-troops-were-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tower 22<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tower22.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tower22.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tower22.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tower22.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tower22.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From L to R: Spc. Kennedy L. Sanders, Spc. Breonna A. Moffett and Sgt. William J. Rivers were killed in the Jan. 28 drone attack on Tower 22. All three were assigned to the 718th Engineer Company, based at Fort Moore, Georgia. (Courtesy\/Army Public Affairs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the attack, the one-way attack drone may have been mistaken for a U.S. drone that was expected to return back to the logistics base about the same time and was not shot down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, it crashed into living quarters, killing the three soldiers and injuring more than 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tower 22 held about 350 U.S. military personnel at the time. It is strategically located between Jordan and Syria, only 6 miles from the Iraqi border, and in the months just after Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and Israel\u2019s blistering response in Gaza, Iranian-backed militias intensified their attacks on U.S. military locations in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the attack, the U.S. launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/02\/02\/us-begins-strikes-on-militias-in-iraq-syria-after-fatal-drone-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">huge counterstrike<\/a> against 85 sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard and Iranian-backed militia and bolstered Tower 22\u2019s defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Tucker and Copp reported from Washington.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three U.S. soldiers were killed in the Jan. 28 drone attack on a U.S. outpost in northeastern Jordan called Tower 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