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WaPo: Pentagon undercounted Iran war deaths; Hegseth calls report "a complete lie"Trump administration bars MSNBC, CNN and Politico from White House
3 Sep 18 5:11 PM · 5d ago · 7 articles · 13 posts · 65 comments · 6 sources · development 3 of 5
As the death-toll story spread, outlets reported the White House suddenly restricted access for MSNBC, CNN and Politico; critics on social media called the timing a deliberate distraction from the casualty report.
“Trump tries to distract from Bombshell Report that more US Troop Deaths in Iran War Than Pentagon told us by suddenly banning MSNOW, CNN & Politico from White House.”
@deanobeidallah
Pete Hegseth U.S. Secretary of Defense
Donald Trump U.S. PresidentThe Washington Post Reporting outletSix unnamed U.S. officials Sources for the report
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch
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first by New Republic, 5d ago · also Independent UK
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- More troops have died in the Iran War than Trump’s administration has revealed: report The Independent · 5d ago
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first by The Independent, 5d ago
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first by Mother Jones, 5d ago
What people said 24 voices · best of 72 · verbatim
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THEY HID THE DEAD This is fucking outrageous. As suspected, Trump and Pete Hegseth have been LYING to the American people. At least 22 U.S. service members have died in Trump's catastrophic war of choice against Iran. The Pentagon's public database still pretends the number is
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More US military personnel have reportedly died during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has shared publicly, the latest and most serious evidence of the Trump administration’s ongoing cover-up around disastrous military failures in that conflict.
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More US troops have died in the Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly. During the Vietnam war this was commonly referred to as the credibility gap. That was a polite way of saying the government was lying to us.
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Trump tries to distract from Bombshell Report that more US Troop Deaths in Iran War Than Pentagon told us by suddenly banning MSNOW, CNN & Politico from White House. Corporate media of course takes bait. Americans died because of Trump's war and they covered it up!
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Trump and Hegseth are covering up US military deaths and injuries in their insane Iran War. https://www. washingtonpost.com/national-se curity/2026/09/18/more-us-troops-have-died-amid-iran-war-than-pentagon-has-disclosed-publicly/ # news # politics # uspol # iran # war
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BREAKING: The Washington Post reports that 'more American service members have died' in the Iran war than 'the Pentagon has disclosed publicly'
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Hegseth got a whole squad of Delta Force blown up, didn’t he?
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Of course they lied. They lie about EVERYTHING!!
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Hegseth does if they’re sufficiently buff.
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My first thought re response was, Impeach and convict Hegseth, or in the process, force Trump to fire him. But every GOP senator who voted to confirm this clearly unqualified (for multiple reasons) nominee should be called to account in their next election, esp this year. E.g., Roger Marshall
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18 or 22 or some other number of dead service members, wasn't this called "small potatoes"? These are not real people to the administration, only valued for their usefulness to the story.
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No shit! I’d like to know where their families are in all this. Are they aware of anything?
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Willing to bet the families haven't been notified.
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Relatives of the dead are usually very strong willed and resolved. You can't find more dangerous people than those who were once true believers, but due to death, misfortune, or insolvency, now recognize that they were fooled. #MAGA Make America Guillotine Again #Trump always betrays everyone.
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In addition to more deaths in the Iran war; the injuries are far more than reported. Check with military who have come home from the German Hospital. The injured run the gamet in terms of seriousness! Some military are in critical condition. The families are FURIOUS!
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As long as the impeachment procedure involves the same Congressional stooges who failed to use their Constitutionally stated powers to stop this madness, no. Nuremberg style tribunals need to happen.
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I would hazard to guess that a very high % are TBIs. These are fine, because our president has described them as “little headaches”. They can, however, result in life-changing disability.
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Lies? That's why the current regime keeps banning what was once the free press. Woman's intuition: We are not being told the whole truth. I trust this gut more than I trust Trump.
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They're trying to get out of paying compensation to the families for Americans who gave their lives in the ultimate sacrifice with their lives! More grift from tRump and his gang!
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"At least." When Republicans say "support our troops" they mean "send our troops into harm's way for an illegal war." They've been doing it for over 35 years.
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There’s a huge coverup going on. Massive damage in the Middle East, Bahrain closed down, aircraft destroyed. This so called victory smells more like a defeat
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AND because they died fighting in an unofficially declared way, their families aren't eligible for combat benefits. Those who were injured, same deal.
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Not the first time or sadly the last time a fat lying overwhelmed piece of shit lies about who's dying and the crimes we're committing in a war.
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This is not breaking. THIS regime has been LYING and Covering up since the inauguration and the beginning of the war.
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