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“A drone carrying explosives was shot down over Al-Harir Air Base in Erbil, Iraq, according to an Iraqi security source cited by Reuters.”
Reuters did report, based on Iraqi security sources, that an explosive-laden drone was shot down over Erbil. But the available Reuters reporting cited here does not say that this shootdown occurred over Al-Harir Air Base. That added location turns a general Erbil-area report into a more specific claim that the cited source does not support.
“The United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq in 2003.”
The historical record supports this claim. In March 2003, the United States launched the invasion of Iraq with allied partners, most notably the United Kingdom and Australia, and other states also contributed. Disputes about how broad or meaningful the "coalition" was do not change the basic fact that the invasion was U.S.-led but not purely unilateral.