More US TROOPS leave IRAQ 2 weeks after Iranian missile attack--possible injuries

[Centerleftfl]

Remember TRUMP said no one was hurt and "minimal" damage to base.


More U.S. troops leave Iraq for medical treatment after Iranian missile attack, Pentagon says



U.S. soldiers stand at a spot hit by Iranian missiles at Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq days after the Jan. 8 attack. (Qassim Abdul-Zahra/AP)By Dan Lamothe


Jan. 21, 2020 at 5:40 p.m. EST

More U.S. service members have been transported out of Iraq for medical treatment and evaluations following Iran’s missile attack on military facilities there, the Pentagon said Tuesday, nearly two weeks after President Trump and defense officials initially said no one was hurt.

The Pentagon said Friday that 11 service members required medical treatment outside Iraq. U.S. military officials declined to say Tuesday how many more are receiving care but said “additional” personnel had been sent to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.


The officials left open the possibility that the number could increase in coming days.

“The health and safety of all service members is the greatest concern for all Department leadership and we greatly appreciate the care that these members have received and continue to receive at the hands of our medical professionals,” Army Maj. Beth Riordan, a military spokeswoman, said in a statement. “As medical treatment and evaluations in theater continue, additional service members have been identified as having potential injuries.”

Riordan’s statement continued: “These service members — out of an abundance of caution — have been transported to Landstuhl, Germany for further evaluations and necessary treatment on an outpatient basis. Given the nature of injuries already noted, it is possible additional injuries may be identified in the future.”

The statement did not address the condition of the first 11 service members transported out of Iraq, and U.S. defense officials said Tuesday evening that they did not have more information about them to share.

The injuries surfaced after Iranian forces launched 11 missiles Jan. 8 at Ain al-Asad air base west of Baghdad and one into the northern city of Irbil in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who U.S. officials say was connected to the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops over the past 20 years. More than 1,000 U.S. service members were at al-Asad at the time of the attack, U.S. defense officials have said.

The barrage left deep craters and charred wreckage in several locations on the Iraqi base. U.S. officials initially said no service members were killed or wounded, and they signaled that the United States was not looking for additional armed conflict with Iran.

“No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime. We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases,” Trump said soon after the attack...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...pentagon-says/

[evince]

The republican party should NEVER be believed in the area of war and troop injuries



EVER AGIAN

[Earl]

So, the apologists for the pariah nation and Iranian state sponsors of terrorism are out this morning,

[Centerleftfl]

I believe strongly that we could have DEAD SOLDIERS from that attack and Trump would make sure we DON'T KNOW! The very last thing he wants during the impeachment, ESPECIALLY, is if one of these guys is dead, even brain dead or severely injured.

I also know that reporters ARE working this story, I guarantee it, so WE DO FIND OUT what happened. Trump blew off the consequences, assured EVERYONE was fine. NO INJURIES. Later walked back to 'just headaches'.

Remember this has other implications--keeping the families mouths shut.

Stay tuned. I hope it is "JUST headaches."

[Centerleftfl]

So, the apologists for the pariah nation and Iranian state sponsors of terrorism are out this morning,

Comprehension problem?

[Centerleftfl]

So, the apologists for the pariah nation and Iranian state sponsors of terrorism are out this morning,

Take it up with NEWS sites, including MILITARY news sites. They apparently ALSO find it newsworthy...


Roughly a dozen U.S. troops showing concussion-related symptoms are being medically evacuated from Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, a defense official told Task & Purpose on Tuesday.

These troops are in addition to the 11 service members that have already been treated at medical facilities outside Iraq due to Iran's Jan. 8 ballistic missile attack on two Iraqi bases hosting U.S. troops.

Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post was first to report on Tuesday that even more U.S. troops were leaving Iraq for medical treatment following the Iranian attack...


https://taskandpurpose.com/more-troops-iraq-concussions

[jimmymccready]

The apologists for Trump have no shame and forfeit patriotism.

[Centerleftfl]

The apologists for Trump have no shame and forfeit patriotism.

They think they invented patriotism. Of course you can only be one really if you are white and have a dick. Everyone else isn't one or is by proxy--you know like women, married to white men.

[cancel2 2022]

I believe strongly that we could have DEAD SOLDIERS from that attack and Trump would make sure we DON'T KNOW! The very last thing he wants during the impeachment, ESPECIALLY, is if one of these guys is dead, even brain dead or severely injured.

I also know that reporters ARE working this story, I guarantee it, so WE DO FIND OUT what happened. Trump blew off the consequences, assured EVERYONE was fine. NO INJURIES. Later walked back to 'just headaches'.

Remember this has other implications--keeping the families mouths shut.

Stay tuned. I hope it is "JUST headaches."

As I said before, you're hoping and praying for a few dead so can use it as more ammunition, be honest ffs.

[Centerleftfl]

As I said before, you're hoping and praying for a few dead so can use it as more ammunition, be honest ffs.

Yeah, that's it, you got me.

DICK!

[jimmymccready]

As I said before, you're hoping and praying for a few dead so can use it as more ammunition, be honest ffs.

ffs, what a silly comment, H M? No one wants anyone seriously injured or dead. We just want a cic who tells the truth and cares about the troops.