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It appeared to reflect that 4 soldiers had been killed since fighting resumed despite the signing of an interim ceasefire deal last month — 3 on a base in Jordan that was struck July 17 by Iranian ballistic missiles & drones, & 1 in Iraq a day later during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone.
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The Defense Casualty Analysis System, which #Pentagon officials have repeatedly pointed to as the definitive source on the numbers of dead & wounded from the conflict, removed the 4 fallen soldiers as well as dozens of wounded #troops from its #Iran #war tally last week.
On Sunday, a new category called “Overseas Operations” emerged on the system’s website, listing the 4 Army deaths by name as well as 207 wounded. It was unclear if all of the wounded were injured in the Iran conflict.
#Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez argued Thursday that the drop in casualty figures in the online system was not an effort to hide the growing human toll of the #war but rather the result of “anomalies” & “temporary data disruptions” that were being resolved “imminently.”
As late as Tuesday, the website was reporting the war’s official toll as 18 killed & 482 wounded.
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It appeared to reflect that 4 soldiers had been killed since fighting resumed despite the signing of an interim ceasefire deal last month — 3 on a base in Jordan that was struck July 17 by Iranian ballistic missiles & drones, & 1 in Iraq a day later during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone.
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Adding further confusion, when the #Pentagon announced 2 of the deaths in Jordan, it said the troops were supporting the #US mission to counter the Islamic State group. The other 2 were announced in press releases simply as supporting overseas operations.
#Trump confirmed the total, writing in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that the “Iran Military Conflict” had claimed 18 lives.
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By Wednesday, the #IranWar figures in the #Pentagon’s system fell back to 14 dead & 420 wounded. However, a #US official told AP at the time that the actual number of wounded personnel in the war had actually grown to well over 500 troops.
The Pentagon’s top spokesman, Sean Parnell, took to social media that day to assert that the reported drop was a “temporary data disruption.”
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The #US & #Israel launched the #war in #Iran on Feb 28, & 14 troops were killed in the initial waves of fighting. Washington & Tehran agreed to a ceasefire in April & then signed an interim deal to end the war in mid-June.
It was short-lived.… #Trump soon declared that the ceasefire was over.
The #Pentagon system’s new “Overseas Operations” category says it tallies casualties starting July 7.
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