Pentagon Withheld Information on Dozens of Injured Service Members in Iran War, NYT Reports
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- The Pentagon reportedly withheld information about dozens of US service members injured in strikes in Jordan, as the New York Times cited officials.
- This comes amid escalating conflict with Iran, which saw two soldiers killed and four wounded in a recent strike, and a total of 427 US service members injured in the war.
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The New York Times reported that the Pentagon withheld information about dozens of service members injured during the war with Iran, citing US officials. This follows an Iranian strike in Jordan that killed two soldiers and wounded four, and other strikes in the country.
The Pentagon has withheld information about dozens of service members injured during the war with Iran, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing US officials.
On Friday, Iran struck a US military site in Jordan, killing two soldiers, wounding four, and leaving one missing. According to the New York Times, however, dozens of service members were injured throughout the week in three other strikes against American forces in the country. Several helicopters were also reportedly damaged in the attacks.
An official told CNN that “it can take several days or even weeks” for an injury to be logged into the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS), an official database. A total of 427 service members have been injured in the war with Iran, the outlet reported, citing official figures.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell argued that “providing real-time information on non-fatal casualties to the media is the same as providing that information directly to our adversaries.”
Parnell rejected what he called “baseless and malicious accusations of hiding injury numbers.”
“Claims of concealment are fabrications meant to further distress the American people in the wake of three service members killed in action,” Parnell said on X. “Cherry-picking raw numbers without context paints a deliberately misleading and incomplete picture,” the spokesman added.
The resumption of regular exchanges of strikes last week has once again put the spotlight on the costs of the war launched by the US and Israel in late February. A service member was killed on Saturday while attempting to dispose of a drone in northern Iraq, bringing the official US death toll to 17.
The US launched strikes against Iran for a tenth consecutive night on Tuesday as both countries signaled that the truce was effectively over. The Pentagon resumed its attacks in response to strikes on tankers and cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has accused the US of violating the memorandum of understanding signed on June 17 and has since said it would suspend its own commitments under the accord.
Offene Fragen
- What is the exact number of service members injured in the three other strikes?
- What is the full extent of damage to helicopters?
- What specific commitments did Iran suspend under the June 17 accord?
