Pentagon: 109 troops suffer brain injuries from Iran strike

A bulldozer clears rubble and debris at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Ain al-Asad air base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed atop Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whose killing raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries has shot up to more than 100, the Pentagon said Monday, as more troops suffer the aftereffects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack early last month in Iraq. The number of injuries has been steadily increasing since the Pentagon began releasing data on the injuries about a week after the Jan. 8 attack at al-Asad Air Base in Iraq. Pentagon officials have warned that the number would continue to change.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters more than a week ago that the department was studying ways to prevent brain injuries on the battlefield and to improve diagnosis and treatment.

Boo-hoo cry some more about it. You knew what you were signing up for and protecting corporate interests has consequences. Don't want a TBI then dont serve the imperialists.

Yikes, Trump should have minded his own business

Pull the troops out or move them to Afg.

££££

It’s just a headache

I wonder if any attk from soleimani would have harmed as many us troops as dpnald trumps actions have. military trauma iran retaliation

Selfabsorbed7 trump said on public TV he did not believe these really hurt. BoneSpursCadetCoward wouldn’t know the first thing about TBIs. 🤦‍♀️

Trump said no serious injuries so they’re probably faking it, right?

Bring All of our military home.

They just trying to go home lol

Trump said everyone was fine.

Trump lies again!

Seems to me like fear is kicking in on the Americans.

Define TBI

PTSD.

Having this much concern for other blast victims would be nice.

And he calls those headaches. No big deal. Per his medical degree.

They're gonna release fatality numbers soon. Imagine if Iran hadn't warned them at all. occupationhasaprice

Bullslt. Doctors would have diagnosed traumatic brain injuries straight away. This info is being drip-fed to protect Trump. We know the injured Americans were shipped to Israel. The Israeli journalist who reported it was forced to retract his article. He had the statistics.

I don’t doubt the traumatic effects of the attack, but if true, then millions of people must have suffered brain injuries in WWI and WWII - and even Korea and Vietnam.

Trump, he does not care about PEOPLE, just BILLIONARE like himself and his friend Bloomberg...

all is well the tweet from realDonaldTrump

I’m sure it’ll rise again considering the pathological liars within this administration.

Gosh .. Im feeling the after effect from Dis below

Great job to the orange buffoon! BernieBeatsTrump

All is well! Just headaches.

Media? Why is this not bigger news?

So Trump has good reason to retaliate but hasn't. Not sure if Anti-Trump people want him to attack or not don't think they do.

This wounded count has a worse ceiling than their bunkers.

Democrats will probably blame climate change

Wish them quick recovery

109 brain injuries, no deaths? Bullshit.

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