WASHINGTON: New stunning Revelations made over 34 American soldiers linkedwith Iranian Missile strike.
34 US army men had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury followingstrikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month.
US President Donald Trump and other top officials initially said Iran’sattack had not killed or injured any US service members.
Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters that eight servicemembers who had been previously transported to Germany had been moved tothe US. Hoffman said the service members were transported earlier Fridayand would receive treatment at either Walter Reed military hospital ortheir home bases.
Last week the US military said 11 troops had been treated for concussionsymptoms after the attack on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq andthis week said additional troops had been moved out of Iraq for potentialinjuries.
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Nine service members remain in Germany and are undergoing evaluations andtreatment.
On Wednesday, Trump appeared to play down the injuries, saying he “heardthat they had headaches and a couple of other things.”
