The UAE says drones that targeted its Barakah nuclear power plant came from Iraqi territory
Source: yahoo.com
JON GAMBRELL and MICHELLE PRICE
Updated Tue, May 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM CDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant all came from Iraq, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, an indication that Iraqi Shiite militias backed by Iran were likely behind the assault.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but Tehran and its militia proxies have launched drone attacks targeting Gulf Arab states since Israel and the United States began their war against Iran on Feb. 28. In the past, the militias have provided Iran with a way to deflect blame over such attacks.
There were no reported injuries or radioactive leaks at Barakah after the attack, which Emirati officials said hit a generator on the facility's perimeter.
But at an emergency U.N. Security Council session Tuesday, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog described his agency's “grave concerns” about the growing trend of targeting operating nuclear plants in the Iran war..................
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And we have troops all over the ME who could get hit with radiation. damn.
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FILE - This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi's Western desert. (Arun Girija/Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation/WAM via AP, File)
(Emirates News Agency via AP)