Iran war death toll excludes deaths after broken ceasefire
The Pentagon’s official death toll for the Iran war has reportedly been lowered from 18 to 14, excluding the service members killed this month. The Defense Casualty Analysis System previously listed the four soldiers who died during revived fighting, according to multiple reports. Their names were included, however, in a Pentagon press release on the transfer of their remains back to the U.S. on Wednesday.
- ▪The Pentagon’s official death toll for the Iran war has reportedly been lowered from 18 to 14, excluding the service members killed this month.
- ▪The Defense Casualty Analysis System previously listed the four soldiers who died during revived fighting, according to multiple reports.
- ▪Their names were included, however, in a Pentagon press release on the transfer of their remains back to the U.S. on Wednesday.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 19 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Pentagon Blames Glitch After Iran War Death Toll Drops By Four — Dailycaller
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The Pentagon’s official death toll for the Iran war has reportedly been lowered from 18 to 14, excluding the service members killed this month. The Defense Casualty Analysis System previously listed the four soldiers who died during revived fighting, according to multiple reports. The page says it was last updated Wednesday. Their names were included, however, in a Pentagon press release on the transfer of their remains back to the U.S. on Wednesday. The deaths were attributed to “Iranian aggression,” but they are not included in the hostile and non-hostile death tolls. Three were linked to attacks in Jordan via Iranian ballistic missile and drone strikes, while one in northern Iraq was killed at an airbase during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.
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