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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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…
The war in the Middle East is escalated again, Iranian attacks hit US bases in the region. However, the Pentagon is increasingly silent about the consequences.
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The Pentagon faces new scrutiny after The New York Times revealed on Monday that it did not report dozens of injuries sustained by U.S. military personnel during Iran’s recent attacks in Jordan, which also claimed the lives of two members of the U.S. Armed Forces. According to media reports, several U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed that additional injuries sustained by U.S. military personnel, as well as damage to mil…
In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Friday, in which two U.S. soldiers were killed and another military man disappeared in Jordan, Iran carried out three more attacks against U.S. forces in that country. According to several U.S. officials who spoke anonymously to deal with operational matters, those attacks injured dozens of U.S. military personnel and damaged several helicopters. But the Pentagon did not reveal the previous attacks…
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