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Pentagon: 50 Troops Suffered Brain Injuries in Iran Strike

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Tuesday raised to 50 the number of U.S.
   service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile
   strike earlier this month on an Iraqi air base, the third time the
   number of injuries has been increased.

   The new casualty total belies President Donald Trump's initial claim
   that no Americans were harmed. Days after the attack, the military said
   11 service members were injured. Last week, the Pentagon said that 34
   U.S. service members were hurt.

   Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell, a Pentagon spokesman, said Tuesday that 16
   more service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. Of the
   50, Campbell said, 31 service members had returned to duty.

   The service members were treated in Iraq, or at military health
   centers, including Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest U.S.
   military hospital outside the continental United States, and a U.S.
   military medical facility in Kuwait.

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