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applegrove

(132,559 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 07:52 PM Jan 2020

50 soldiers were injured in that Iran attack on the American base in

Iraq. Traumatic brain injuries. Most recovered. Pentagon first said it was zero. Then 34, now 50. CNN

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brewens

(15,359 posts)
1. They must really be holding some information back. Was it a direct hit on a bunker or something
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:00 PM
Jan 2020

like that?

applegrove

(132,559 posts)
2. I think it was just the shock waves. They were probably well away from
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:40 PM
Jan 2020

where the bombs hit otherwise they would not mostly be out of hospital now. I wonder if the pentagon didn't hide the numbers from Trump so he would not retaliate and get a war with Iran going.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
4. I posted the same thing a week or so ago. It would look really bad if somewhere up the
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:46 PM
Jan 2020

chain of command they hid it. They maybe got cute about it and tried to classify the injuries as minor and not needing reporting.

applegrove

(132,559 posts)
6. I posted last week too. You are probably right. Maybe they played it down or said nobody
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:03 PM
Jan 2020

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was hurt by projectiles resulting from the iranian bombings. Or something.

 

Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
5. I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I SAY, that there would be LIES coming out of the White House!!!!!
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jan 2020

No I'm not, of course the motherfucking pussy grabber lied about it.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
7. All to protect Trump from Any Criticism. What a weakling...
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:04 PM
Jan 2020

And, of course, now we have to question the military even more than we did. They got NOTHING from this military blunder and the attempted coverup of its consequences. Their people are less safe and their organization is less trustworthy in this era.

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