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Publish date23 Feb 2020 - 12:06
Story Code : 452465

Pentagon raises number of troops injured in Iran retaliatory attack to 110

Pentagon has announced a new survey of the US troops injured in Iran’s retaliatory attack on Ain al-Assad military base last month to 110 “traumatic brain injuries.”
US soldiers stand at the site of Ain al-Assad airbase in Anbar, Iraq
US soldiers stand at the site of Ain al-Assad airbase in Anbar, Iraq
The Pentagon said on Friday 110 service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following the Iran strike on January 8. The figure is higher than the last toll that was announced on February 10.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired volleys of ballistic missiles at Ain al-Asad, a large airbase hosting about 1,500 US troops, and another outpost in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.

The missile operation was in response to Washington's January 3 assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who led the IRGC’s Quds Force.

The assassination also resulted in the death of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).

Speaking on the morning following Iran's reciprocal military operation, US President Donald Trump had said that "no Americans were harmed in last night’s attack".

"We suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases," he added.

The Pentagon had also initially ruled out any casualties from the attack.
 
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