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Pentagon Rewrites Iran War Casualties | Oakland News
The Pentagon’s Iran war casualty numbers just got murky — four recently killed U.S. troops are now being reclassified under a new “Overseas Operations” category, alongside over 200 wounded service members, though it’s unclear if all were injured in Iran-related combat. Officials blame “temporary data disruptions,” not secrecy, but confusion persists: some deaths were from strikes in Jordan or drone explosions in Iraq, and Pentagon messaging has been inconsistent — even President Trump’s social media post contradicted the revised figures. The shift follows renewed fighting after a ceasefire…
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