50 US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran retaliation attack – By Sky News Staff (Sky News) / Jan 29 2020
More soldiers have been confirmed to have suffered injuries in the attack which was in retaliation for the killing of a general.
The US has confirmed 50 of its service members suffered traumatic brain injuries after Iran’s missile strike on its Iraqi air base.
The airstrike was launched in retaliation to the US drone strike which killed Iran’s most powerful general Qassem Soleimani.
Donald Trump had said no Americans were harmed after the strike, on Ain al-Asad airbase but the number has been raised by the Pentagon three times.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell, a Pentagon spokesman, said there were 16 additional service members diagnosed with an injury, taking the new total to 50 from the 34 announced last week.
Of those 50, 31 have returned to duty.
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