Pentagon Withheld Dozens of Troop Injuries in Iran Strikes on Jordan
The report says Iranian strikes injured dozens of U.S. service members and damaged several helicopters, while the Pentagon withheld casualty details.
- The New York Times reported on Monday that the Pentagon did not publicly disclose three Iranian attacks on American forces in Jordan occurring the week before last Friday's missile strike that killed two service members.
- American officials stated the military has deliberately limited public reporting on some Iranian attacks to avoid helping Iran refine its targeting against bases across the Middle East.
- The undisclosed incidents wounded dozens of American troops and damaged several military helicopters stationed at the base, though Central Command is not required to announce such injuries.
- CENTCOM reported that since the launch of Operation Iron Roar, 16 American personnel have been killed and more than 400 wounded, underscoring the intensity of ongoing regional threats.
- Following retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian targets, the broader conflict involves threats near Israel, including Iranian missile launches toward the Jordanian port city of Aqaba over the weekend.
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Report says Iran struck U.S. forces in Jordan three times before Friday's deadly attack. But the Pentagon never disclosed it
Iran reportedly carried out three separate strikes against U.S. forces in Jordan in the week before Friday’s attack that killed two American soldiers and left one service member missing, according to several U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss operational matters. Those earlier strikes reportedly injured dozens of U.S. service members and damaged several helicopters, the officials said. …
In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Friday, which killed two American soldiers and left a missing military in Jordan, Iran carried out three other attacks against American forces in the country. These attacks injured dozens of American soldiers and damaged several helicopters, according to several American officers, who spoke anonymously to discuss operational matters. But the Pentagon did not disclose the previous attacks, nor the c…
Pentagon conceals dozens of US military casualties in Iran war
Dozens of US troops were injured in Iranian attacks in Jordan last week that the Pentagon did not publicly disclose, according to US officials, raising fresh questions about its handling of casualty reporting. US officials told The New York Times that an American military position was struck three times by Iranian missiles or drones, injuring dozens of personnel and damaging several helicopters. The attacks reportedly took place days before anot…
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