JERUSALEM, Israel – The Pentagon Monday released the photos and names of three U.S. soldiers killed in Sunday’s drone attack in Jordan.
Oneida Sanders, the mother of SPC. Kennedy Sanders, talked about her 24-year-old daughter.
“Kennedy was very outgoing, very athletic, very competitive,” she recalled. “All of these different things that she had plans for that, you know, were just cut short in the blink of an eye. So, you know, I just feel like somebody like her that’s so full of life it’s just unfair that she’ll never get to realize those dreams that she had.”
Sanders’ plans had included a homecoming to her Georgia home in June.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Sunni nationalist group backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for the attack. Iran has denied any link to the drone strike that also wounded more than 30 U.S. soldiers.
National Security Spokesman John Kirby briefed the press after the attack.
“We do not seek another war,” he stated. “We do not seek to escalate, but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks.”
The attack drone reportedly slipped through U.S. defenses because it was confused with a U.S. drone returning to
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