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WaPo: Pentagon undercounted Iran war deaths; Hegseth calls report "a complete lie"Washington Post reveals undisclosed U.S. troop deaths in Iran war
1 Sep 18 2:45 PM · 5d ago · 9 articles · 12 posts · 7 comments · 5 sources · development 1 of 5
Citing six U.S. officials familiar with internal casualty data, the Post reported at least 22 U.S. military fatalities in the Iran war, four more than the 18 shown in the Pentagon's public database.
“Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.”
The Washington Post
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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9 outlets US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four, Washington Post reports
first by Reuters, 5d ago · also Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hindu, Al Jazeera, Independent UK, Newsweek +2
7 more headlines
- More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly The Washington Post · 5d ago
- More US troops killed in Iran war than Pentagon has acknowledged timesofisrael.com · 5d ago
- U.S. troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four: report The Hindu · 5d ago
- Report: More US troops have died in Iran war than Pentagon says Mastodon · 4d ago
- Pentagon adds 1 death to tally of troop fatalities amid Iran war Philadelphia Inquirer · 1d ago
- Pentagon officially adds one more soldier death to US count from Iran war Independent UK · 1d ago
- Pentagon Reveals 19th U.S. Troop Death Linked to Iran War Newsweek · 19h ago
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first by HN Best, 5d ago · also Hindustan Times, Times of Israel, HN Frontpage
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- Is Pentagon hiding actual count of US troops killed in Iran war? Pete Hegseth calls WaPo report ‘a complete lie’ Hindustan Times · 5d ago
- More US troops killed in Iran war than Pentagon has acknowledged — report Times of Israel · 5d ago
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3 outlets US troop deaths in Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four, Washington Post reports
first by Middle East Eye, 5d ago · also Al-Monitor, Reuters
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first by Middle East Eye, 5d ago
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first by The Independent, 5d ago
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first by Mediaite, 5d ago
What people said 12 voices · best of 13 · verbatim
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Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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Pete Hegseth's obsession with dead and wounded has led him to manipulate the KIA and wounded numbers and to fail to report deaths in the Iran War. The Telegraph already reported how the spouses of war dead were being told that they wouldn't get war death benefits. This is positively perverse.
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Ya don’t say… More # US # troops have died amid # Iran war than # Pentagon has disclosed publicly Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the # MiddleEast is not reflected in the # Defense Dept’s casualty database. acc/to 6 US ofcls familiar with the # DoD ’s internal casualty accounting data. #…
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EXCLUSIVE: More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly (gift link) w/ @noahjrobertson @wstrobel @alexhortonTX
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We also have no idea about the 750+ service ppl wounded. How badly? Cuts and scrapes or permanent, life-changing wounds?
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🔴 BREAKING US Troop Casualties in Iran War Exceed Official Disclosures The Washington Post reports that US troop deaths in the ongoing war with Iran are higher than officially disclosed by the Pentagon. Officials expressed frustration that these additional casualties are not reflected in the Defense... 📰 https://www…
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Who could have guessed the people who shamelessly lie about everything would continue to shamelessly lie about anything they regard as bad publicity
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Imagine if Biden did this with Afghanistan withdrawal.
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Government officials, from the president down must pay harshly
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Felon is a failure Illegal war & war crimes
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Trump lies about everything all the time. So this is no surprise.
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They died "with bullets" not "from bullets" RFK style?
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