34 US service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile strike

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Thirty-four US service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq earlier this month, a Pentagon spokesperson says.

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Seventeen service members who were injured have since returned to duty in Iraq, sixteen of whom were treated locally in the country.Nine service members are still being treated in Germany. An additional eight service members who had been flown to Germany have since been sent to the United States for additional treatment.

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump was asked to explain the discrepancy between his previous comments that no US service member was harmed in the January 8 Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq, and the latest reports of US troops being treated for injuries sustained in that attack.

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All is good so Far 😌

It's so sad that our men and women are putting their lives on the line for Trump!! 😥😥

Concussions, are not traumatic brain injuries! A traumatic brain injury leaves you with brain bleeding, they did not have brain bleeding! Why do you people spin the truth all the time?

CNN: stop helping GOP poison American brains. ONE SIDE often lies, as a policy, about everything from if it's raining to whether the President and his men said what THEY SAID AT LIVE PRESS CONFERENCES. Stop treating their words equally, and stop being used to normalize lies.

Hmmmm ,very bad . Sorry about this

But Donald Trump said none sustained any injuries!

Gud 4 u America

What about all those poor, innocent civilians in Syria and Iraq?

🐌 slow news

Rooting for the Iranians? This crowd is sick

Lies & more lies

USTroops Even in wake of such tragedies Trump is poised to cut Medicare and Social Security funds, no one will notice since mock trial of Moscow-Mitch keeps climbing rungs of absurdity

And the 'POTUS' says the injuries are minor. I guess when you have no brain you imagine a brain injury is inconsequential

Mmm didn’t POTUS say at his teleprompter announcement with all his generals behind him that there were “NO” casualties. Let me gues yet another untruthful statement from the master of lies...

Lies,lies a more lies from this man😭Iran ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES AND INJURIED AMERICAN SERVICE MEN WITH NO RESPONSE!!!! A first in American history!!!!

懷疑cnn報道新聞的真實性,一個沒有公信力的媒體

It's called a concussion...I have had two while at work doing my job...and have never been around even close to a guided missile barrage. No deaths though!

But the president insists everyone is ok? What does he know if he never served 🤷🏾‍♂️.

And 17 already dismissed. The Trump syndrome cnn suffering is more dangerous

Yes, and what did Trump and his team do, NOTHING, chicken shit.

At least there were no casualties, and just headaches afterwards.

The amount of idiocy on Twitter is astounding

I’m sending Prayers, Sorry for our US Troops; God Bless each of you God Bless America

So some are injured 🤕 POTUS

Wait.... I thought no one was hurt? Did our President lie to us? shocking.

Oh no

Well lets be honest the US never expected it was gonna happen looks the we’ve got another cold war on our hands looking for a place to happen🤷🏻‍♂️

All is well as he said

They would have just let the cat out. Like wounded 10, Kia 2. The whole shit would have sank down by now. Integrity isn't synonymous to politicians globally

This is not real.

ياللهون وهل من المعقول انكم غير مستعدين لهذا الهجوم الفاشل وترك جسد.الجنود.سليم.واصاب رؤسهم فقط.يبقى الايرانين عندهم براعه فى اصابة الاهداف

CNN GOT NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT; JUST FAKR NEWS

renee3147 I wish this didn’t have to happen.

This is so SAD 😭

How many service men were killed by road side bombs at CNN never reported but now they want to dunk on Trump because some of our Troops has concussion symptoms after a missile attack. Petty libs.

Iran is not a victim here.

😡😡😡

How many such bombs do you casually drop around the world in a year? Maybe this should give us a chance to stop cheering when bombs are dropped anywhere on earth for whatever political reason. All brains matter.

if they still stay in middle east the ratio of injured injured American forces will be high day by day انشاء اللّه

A lot better than dead. Bengahzi

How could anyone say that things were fine when our service members are hurt and will possibly have life lasting impairments due to TBI....May God heal them.

Headache?

But didn't POTUS say all was well!!

Is cnn lying about this to. Who knows these days.

Is he going to throw tylenol at them, or stick with paper towels? Just wondering🙄

So they were not murdered by Iranian missiles then!

ANOTHER TRUMP LIE NO ONE WAS INJURED MY ASS

And himself says it is just a headache.

It takes six month of symptoms to diagnose a TBI? Are you making this up?

BUt ALL iS weLL?

Thought they were just headaches..... At least that's what Trump said

TRUMP HAS TO BE PUT OUT

Yet realDonaldTrump says these Service Members have Headaches RemoveTrump

🤔

Awful. Explosive blasts are a common cause of traumatic brain injury in active-duty military personnel. Traumatic brain injury also results from penetrating wounds, severe blows to the head with shrapnel or debris, and falls or bodily collisions with objects following a blast.

that’s a Lie

Is this from the same report as MSNBC that claimed 30 or so were killed then had to retract it? FakeNews

'I wonder what we can do, because our BS about our TERRORIST ATTACK is not getting traction. I know, lets post some MORE BS about Iran's RETALIATION for our WAR CRIMES causing brain injuries. I'm sure gullible Americans will buy this new FALSE FLAG to generate support'-SecPompeo

Time for more Iranians to die

...so Trump’s selfish evil ambitions killed 57 Canadians and severely injured 34 US service members... and gop are OK with that? Disgusting!

The same Pentagon that reported no injuries to Americans?

Wow that’s 34 more than the White House reported. Are you telling us that they lied?

Well Trump has bone spurs...... LOL

Where is avengers?

Remember where you're getting it from. If CNN Is reporting it then its BS

But WTF is this realDonaldTrump said no damage.. How do u want me to explain this to my kid huh. Are u guys f****ng me right now, Don't mess up with me u both..

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

but he said...

Wow you make a concussion sound very bad 🙄

Since you all all such experts, please go on CNN as a guest and please enlighten the military, Trump and the rest of the nation on how they were wrong

....but Trump said it was just a headache

Most of the commenters on here have no clue how medicine, specifically military medicine works. Even less about battle damage assessments. There is no way the President could have known about TBIs injuries within the following 12 hours.

Trump said So Far So Good

They down played the injuries. That many missiles drop somebody has to get hurt.

Trump lied again! He said every was fine with that situation. 🤔

'All is well'... 'Just a few headaches' - Trump

DeptofDefense Your boys are having these traumatic brain injuries since you started sendening them to strang lands to fight fights with no reasnoable reasons PENTAGON

This is simply hard to believe sorry

Hmm...Government lied to us, what’s new?!

Trump you should be ashamed — sadly you’re not!!🇺🇸🇺🇸 AmericaFirst ImpeachedForever USAA honor WeAreStrong TruthMatters ThankYouServicemembers

Wow! But Trump said...no confirmed injuries...but wait, wasn’t it only 8? And then? So you’re saying it was onset. So Trump was right? Darnit! Thought we had him...sounds like the concussions were discovered later. So Trump didn’t lie. Get back to me when he lies about something.

You mean the one Trump stated that no service personnel were injured in?

“All is well” Does he ever not lie?

I thought Mr President, said nobody was harm

realDonaldTrump Hmmm. First none...then 11...now 34. Didn’t we just hear Trump say “I don’t consider headaches as injuries”(once again proving that he doesn’t know what the _ _ _ _ he’s talking about). Ready for 4 more years? I’m not!

Today, huge anti-American occupation protests in Iraq. IraqProtests

Knowing that retaliation was plausible, why no defence set up? Pretty shoddy

Thanks, Obama

Fake news .

Yeah, no worries, the president said those injuries are not as bad...so... y'all will be just fine.

That would describe a concussion (as well as more severe injuries). Concussions maybe? See soccer players at all levels

I don’t understand how anyone could support this liar. Stop drinking the Kool Aid and look at the evidence. Think for yourself.

Big compo payouts. Easy money!

BS

all is well, and now 34 injuries, means unconfirmed reports and news

what to expect from idiot in the office? other than papers and coloring books.

Dr “Bone-spur” Trump says it’s only headaches ..

This can't be true because our President or as he thinks of himself the Supreme Being told is not one US soldier was injured and he never lies😟

Just headaches I heard.

Thought Trump said they might get a headache lol

Haha..Iran just gave another free 'let's drone their military officer outside his nation' card. Ohh..the traumatic brain injuries 🙀🙀

I hope the get the health care the deserve and their families need financial support...

This should make our military folks feel just dandy, regarding trump saying it’s just a few with headaches, and now we hear there are 34 soldiers that have been determined to have suffered TRAUMATIC brain injuries. Impeachment isn’t enough for trump, he needs to go.

All is well!

WHAT ? FIELD MARSHAL TRUMP LIED ABOUT THIS ATTACK ? DOES THIS MEAN HE DOESN'T KNOW MORE THAN THE GENERALS, TOO MakeAmericaGOPfreeAgain !

All to stroke a white man's ego.

Per Trump: 'Just headaches'! He doesn't mind getting it as it's just a headache.

Donald Trump will say it is fake news...

Obviously nothing as bad as Donald Trump's bone spurs....

It's ok because according to Trump, 'they only have headaches' obviously it's far more serious than mere headaches

If Trump says something you can assume the opposite is true, especially if it is negative to him and positive to someone he opposes. So it wouldn't surprise me if the entire US military was hit by an Iranian missile.

Trump fibbed again

I think Trump dubbed again

Y el pentagono, y el gobierno dice que “ no ha pasado nada” grande nuestro presidente!

Trump says no1 was hurt .oh wait a min........

Do we have in Trumpers in the house?

🙏🙏🙏🙏

All those brains must be secretly hiding WMD's or whatever else the failing Pentagon likes to lie about

Ya but they just have headaches, Right Trump. Mr badass who fought in wars, OH WAIT. NO YOU DIDNT. You dodged that, bone spurs. Yet another expample of this horses ass insulting and downplaying what actual MEN in this world do. You dont deserve to hold a VETS jock strap!

Just another drug deal gone bad for the orange bastard!

Ah nothing to see here. Says Trump.

34 brain damaged soldiers is A ok with Trump. He got to appear tough and pretend he showed Iran what for.

Cnn the real terrorist

I hope they get well soon.

And don'e neglect the others in the Middle East over the last 50 years, men, woman, children, families...heaven forbid!

Anyone with headaches, hearing loss or symptoms of PTSD are treated for TBI in the military for precautionary reasons.

So sad, Trump should be ashamed of himself, just making light of this situation say just headaches.

DWI....Deal With It... that's what the War Dodger Commander in Chief says

Sa far so good (cit.)

And trump said everyone was ok like his brain ( which is not )😝

Traumatic Brain Injuries - definitely not serious compared to super serious bone spurs which prevent future presidents from serving in Vietnam! POTUS realDonaldTrump

Unbelievable RickSantorum interjected a serious discussion about USA troops brain injuries on in a bid to move the discussion from Trump trivialising to Trump walking back on social security. How pathetic are these Republicans

this is f*cking disgusting...i miss when we had a president that took care of our troops. we need a marshall plan 2.0 to help twenty years of veterans readjust to society.

Y'all still expecting this man to tell the truth? In 2020?

Huh Thought the base was evacuated..

Fake news

All is well, perfect, beautiful.... Brain injuries. Ya, this is the guy who cares about the troops.

Didn't Trump say that those injuries don't count. Shit, President Bonespur has got to go.

The Orange 🍊 Man told us its just a headache 🤕

As their president would say minor headaches...

.That's a lot more than zero.

Hi

Can't believe these countries. We can't just invade them in peace? Ugh

Just headaches right realDonaldTrump

Someone's getting fired for the contradicting messages.

Convenient , right after Iraq was holding a march to get U.S soldiers out of Their territory.

CaliCali2000 We are closing the gap day by day! Interesting though. IranAttacks Iran

It was all in the wording....they stated no casualties. They never mentioned injuries. Mad respect to our troops that fight for our freedom. Sad, sad, sad. 🙏🏽

According to our bigly genius President, it's only a headache. He knows about brain damage; he's been operating with a severely damaged one for quite some time. Unlike convenient bone spurs, the brain does not heal itself.

Yet Trump says they're just 'headaches' and that the soldiers aren't that bad off. Smh...

FakeNewsCNN

And that is Trumps fault

100 seconds to Doomsday

Trad: Trente-quatre militaires américains ont reçu un diagnostic de traumatisme crânien suite à l'attaque de missiles iraniens contre les forces américaines en Irak au début du mois, a déclaré un porte-parole du Pentagone.

yet the orange walker in the white house is at ease .bragging after all this risk he has taken to the military men.shame on you.his omission is as a result of fighting for being a hero.heroes are recognized by what they did and not crazy ambition to be one

Sad. It’s probably even more than that.

Hmm trump said not serious. Sounds pretty dang serious!

BENGHAZI repeat with me BENGHAZI

do we really trust that this admin doesn’t do the same thing with economic data.

this is why an admin that can be trusted matters. Admin reported rocket attacks as having no consequence on our forces or the base. They lied and mislead America.

34 shit birds

Trump covers up evrything, but yet he still president

Wait...drumpf said no one was seriously injured

Ya but it's not a missing leg, what an idiot. Live with a MTBI and see what it's like.

Omg. This is horrific. They may never get back to the brain function they previously had.

so he lied again.

Trump can’t admit there were injuries, otherwise it would require some sort of response and he’s too cowardly to know how to respond

And after the attack Trump Potus lies: “Were all alright!”

Thanks to missiles paid for by the one and only (thankfully) BarackObama ObamaKnewEverything NeverBiden DemocratsAreCorrupt DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica

Didnt iran say 34 dead and now there is 34 with injuries? Hard to believe a network that lies all the time. Cried wolf too many times

CNN Pushes for MORE WAR. Again. When will they pay for their crimes? No Free Press. No Freedom.

I don’t condone a president lying to his own country in relation to troops, but this I at least understand. By “lying” it diffused any American public desire to retaliate on Iran, thereby avoiding further escalation and war. I really hate Trump, but this decision I agree with.

Trump said they had headaches. They're' babies and losers, and I wouldn't go to war with any of you'. Quote from A Very Stable Genius. If it was your favorite football or hockey player with a TBI, you would be defending them, soldiers putting their lives on the line don't count.

Hold up, 🤔

GOPCoverup

Good job at stretching the truth for your own benefit = lies

No . There were no injuries according to Trump and his minions.

Well shit..

The commander-in-cheat sees 34 servicemen & women with traumatic brain injuries as 'not very serious.' If a Democrat president had said that, the GOP warhawks would've been on the attack in not even 34 seconds.

Trump is so ignorant and stupid I am surprised he attempts to function ! He continues to open his mouth and make statements without knowledge or facts to situations! He owes the 35 troops a HUGH APOLOGY!

But Trump said earlier.. There was no injuries.

All of these were diagnosed days or weeks after the attack. Symptoms include, headache, dizzy, nausea, ringing in ears. All will return to duty after appropriate leave

I’m sure Trump and the Trumpsters will say this is fake news and that they just suffered headaches...because they believe everything he says. And nobody else can possibly be right.

Freaking Sad. I miss the Days where we Had a President that put America 1st. Thst didnt allow Russian Spy Ships off the coast of Florida. Russian Subs didn’t pop up off the coast of Florida, Cali,New York. Where We didn’t Have Russian plains buzzing Air craft carriers& other.....

I wonder if they will determine if TDS is caused by brain injuries as well?

But Tangerine Taft said......

PSYCHO-DON LIED again, this time about US service members who were harmed as a result of Trump regime corruption.

Prayer for our US service member 😢🙏🏼

My friend's husband was at one of the bases attacked in Iraq -- he shipped home literally 4 hours before the bombing began -- and looking at these photos is absolutely terrifying! How IMPOTUS can say a traumatic brain injury is 'not very serious' ? What a monster. 🍑

“It’s all Obama’s fault” 😂😂

And yet we were told no Americans were hurt. God please step in and remove evil in Jesus name

But President Bone Spurs said that it wasn't a big deal

Did any of them develop bone spurs as a result of the missile attack?

But that’s ok with realDonaldTrump. They didn’t lose any limbs.

all the trump supporters below are traitors who don't support our troops fighting in a foreign land - utterly shameful

'Because in America, right matters. Truth matters.' We must also welcome de-escalation. NO WAR! Truth matters ALWAYS.

Trump kickers are ecstatic with this news. They were hoping for injuries and even deaths. Freaking ghouls. '34 US'

What’s the spin on this going to be? My guess: “well they say you only use 10% of your brain. These service members injured parts of the other 90%, so everything is fine. MAGA. Bow down to the supreme leader.”

More lies from Trump... no surprise

Let me correct that for you ‘...headaches...’

It’s ok.. tRump says that headaches aren’t the same or as important as lost limbs 🤦‍♀️😐 sarcasm intended 🙄

Trump will say this is fake news!!

Can we safely assume that Trump will be sending Ivanka over with a few bottles of aspirin?

No worries it's just a headache 😒

And the commander in chief, realDonaldTrump , says 'nothing serious.' Disgust for CadetBoneSpurs

0 + 34 = 34.

But Trump said zero injuries

34 injuries. That’s also termed 34 casualties. We were told their were zero, and that it appeared Iran had targeted areas of the base without a troop presence. Interesting.

Oh, wait...the Trump told another lie? Shocking!

Since when did traumatic brain injuries not significant? Tsk tsk.

Trump will blame it on the windmills

Now Republicans are picking on Americans fighting for them.

You mean headaches don't you Our prez Sniffy McAdderall would not lie about this would he? After all as Cippolone says...he is a man of his word.

That and one hundred thousand protesting in Iran is not good!

Doesn't Sound like all is Well Or just Head Aches according to Trump and thats who Republicans Senators are Committing Career Suicide

TBI or concussions ?

My son got a 'traumatic brain injury' (concussion) some years ago. But because it wasn't Trump's fault, I guess CNN won't report it. And he was fine after a couple days which makes it even less CNN newsworthy.

TBIs are EXTREMELY serious despite what mango Mussolini thinks.

You mean headaches, right?

It was only headaches per trump. No big deal

But Trump said no injuries

Can’t be! realDonaldTrump said no casualties and we know he doesn’t tell lies. 🙄

Trump should be punished for treason!!!!

I’m confused...Bone Spurs McDraft Dodger told us “ALL IS WELL.”

Trump could care less...complete DBag

But trump said it’s not real so it’s ok

Thank you President Trump

But but but Trump said no service personnel were injured. But come on let’s be real. Traumatic brain injury is nothing compared to bone spurs.

denis_horan Been hit by a missile? Don’t worry, it’s nothing! Just take some aspirin and you’ll be fine! 🤨

No US casualties....... mission accomplished

Soooo all was not well?

A significant difference in what the WH reported, as usual.

IOW, the Pentagon lied in earlier reports.

Just another of this administration's lies...pathetic

But Trump doesn’t consider it a “real” injury.....

Come home!

And on CNN Rick Santorum offered weak excuses for the president's utter ignorance toward the serious nature of brain trauma.

..just a headache..

Trump will make a joke now

That means there were injuries

i swear yall were saying there was no injuries

Hmm. That's a lot more than zero.

Trump offers to hand out aspirin for their 'headaches'.

A man with no brain seems to think that all is well...all is well

Also, Hillary let our people die in Benghazi.

they must be democrats

Thought they said there was no major casualties?

Trump said there weren’t any casualties tho? He lied?

Said 'Ol Bone Spurs, 'They had some headaches.'

Just headaches.

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