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Pentagon’s count leaves out some deaths in Middle East during Iran war
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Eighteen service members have been killed since the U.S. war with Iran began in late February — including in hostile and non-hostile action — and more than 800 have been injured, the DCAS database said as of Friday.
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Sept 18 (Reuters) - More US troops have died during the war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing six US officials familiar with theDefense Department's internal casualty accounting data.
Sept 18 (Reuters) - More US troops have died during the US-Israeli war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Defense Secretary PeteHegseth denied the report.
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
More U.S. service members have died in the Middle East during the Iran war than the Pentagon has acknowledged in public records, according to a report from The Washington Post citing six U.S. officials familiar with internal Defense Department casualty data.
The Trump administration may be hiding exactly how many American troops have died in the Iran war. The Washington Post , citing six anonymous U.S. officials, reports that more U.S. service members have died than the Department of Defense has publicly disclosed.
More US military personnel have reportedly died during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has shared publicly, the latest and most serious evidence of the Trump administration’s ongoing cover-up around disastrous military failures in that conflict.
Eighteen service members have been killed since the U.S. war with Iran began in late February — including in hostile and non-hostile action — and more than 800 have been injured, the DCAS database said as of Friday.
