Some of those who suffered traumatic brain injuries from the Iranian attack on Ain al-Asad base last week were evacuated recently out of Iraq.
"While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed," Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said in a press release."As a standard procedure, all personnel in the vicinity of a blast are screened for traumatic brain injury, and if deemed appropriate are transported to a higher level of care.
U.S. soldiers stand at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020. U.S. soldiers stand at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020.Because of HIPPA laws, a U.S. official couldn’t provide many details of the injuries -- only saying the service members' TBI symptoms had worsened enough to warrant evacuation out of Iraq.
"When deemed fit for duty, the service members are expected to return to Iraq following screening," Urban said."The health and welfare of our personnel is a top priority and we will not discuss any individual's medical status."
So, Trump lied to us about the real impact of that missile strike. What’s it gonna take to end his incompetence?
The world needs peace and nothing more....Peace Peace
So I guess no all is well?
'Despite prior claims' - yup, just about describes the last three years on a daily basis
Any day now we will learn someone was killed as well.
I hope that these troops are ok. Why were the American people lied to by Trump about this?
Concussions. Liberals happy troops were “hurt” in order to own Trump
abc news always pushing for war.
The concussion symptoms didn't surface until days later. Nice spin.
Trump called this 'all is well'.
All was well!!! According to IMPOTUS
Beyond disrespectful to military families.
Concussion, cover ups, nothing new.
Sounds like someone set-up POTUS, assuming this is true and the injuries are not just John Kerry-style paper-cuts.
We do have superb intelligence on it or is this Fake News
All was not well?
JordanUhl Pompeo should get his own Benghazi
Spelling correction: 'HIPPA laws' should be HIPAA.
JordanUhl All is well!
Some died but its been hidden
JordanUhl So ya think Trey Gowdy is going to demand Benghazi-style hearings, or nah?
JordanUhl 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
JordanUhl They just had concussion screenings that’s all, it was a precaution there were not real injuries. This is fake news.
JordanUhl Womp womp
Hmmm both the military and political leaders are always economical with the truth when it comes to disclosing to the public information they may deem as one of vital security concern. But the truth will always reveal itself no matter the time span.
Trump is willing to sacrifice anyone to get out of his haphazard military plans. He created a disaster and then lied so he wouldn’t have to deal with it.
He cannot tell the truth about anything.🙄
Praying for their speedy recovery and thinking of their families during this difficult time. 🙏🏼
TrumpsWarOfMassDistraction
NO HE SAID IT
Umm, , your desperation is showing. Seems like they would be giddy if they found that soldiers were actually harmed.
Another Foreign Policy success for The Donald
Omg I totally called it! Idk why but I just knew it was bs.
foxandfriends FoxNews Will you report this? Or hide and lie?
Before you want to descalate now you're war mongering
So many idiots in these comments....
This feeeels like a lie
So trump lied... Shocker
Another example of MSM not doing their jobs. They're all blood thirsty war mongers.
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During BDA they’re not looking for concussions, they’re look for physical wounds, death, and damage to equipment. If half the people in this comment section did a little homework and research they’d know this
But they were only soldiers. Mara-la-go came through the attack fine.
TrumpLied
We are playing for our American troops everyday.
You can’t trust our government on even the most basic true or false questions. Unbelievable.
Why is this not a shock realDonaldTrump is a pathological liar
Stop trying to make this war happen. We narrowly escaped this escalating into a full-blown regional conflagration with tens of thousands of dead Americans and hundreds of thousands of dead Iranian/Iraqis.
You mean... The trump WH lied?!
Good news
The White House lies about this? Imagine my surprise!
There's only one country in the world that would like to see a war between the U.S. and Iran, and it's NOT the U.S.!
Why tell Americans Now? Can’t stand this Administration! Get rid of all of Them!!!
Donald Trump made that claim
The BigLie is alive and well in the U.S. mil-intel-contractor complex.
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This country was built on war and lies
God bless the troops, bravest men in the world.
They lied?
no one cares now unless the right people get killed.
MORE: 11 service members were flown out of Iraq in the last 24 to 36 hours, an official told News. Eight were taken to Landstuhl, Germany, while another three were taken to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
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