Iran appeared to surveil center where U.S. forces were killed in Kuwait, Army memo says
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Key Points:
- In the week prior to an Iranian drone strike that killed six American service members in Kuwait, Iranian intelligence likely tracked U.S. troop movements as part of the Pentagon's force protection plan, according to a U.S. Army Central memo reviewed by CBS News.
- The six Americans were killed at a tactical operations center at Shuaiba port, Kuwait, which was part of a "get off the X" plan to move troops away from vulnerable locations, but the "X" effectively moved with them, leaving them exposed to attack.
- The Shuaiba port operations center lacked sufficient drone defense capabilities, despite requests for additional Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and there were no American defense systems on site to intercept incoming drones.
