Pentagon Changes How It Reports Casualties in Iran War

The changes separated the casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war’s full toll.

By Helene Cooper

Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and wounded “starting July 7”. According to the updated database, the official toll for the earlier phase of the US-Iran war, known as...

By Marina Dunbar

Quiet change to Pentagon website adds 142 wounded US service members to Iran war casualty count

A new category called ‘Overseas Operations’ also restores four fatalities that were removed from the Defense Casualty Analysis System

By Bruce Golding

Pentagon's official Iran war death toll no longer lists 4 troops killed during renewed fighting

Pentagon's official Iran war death toll no longer lists 4 troops killed during renewed fighting

Pentagon lists four US troops killed during Iran ceasefire as separate casualties from Epic Fury

The four soldiers were designated "Overseas Operations Casualties," and were listed separately from the 14 additional Epic Fury casualties that occured since February 28.

Pentagon's official Iran war death toll no longer lists 4 troops killed during renewed fighting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the US and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon’s official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category. It is raising questions about properly counting the impact to US service members as the Trump administration has escalated strikes on Iran in a bid to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while providing little indication of how it intends to win

By The Korea Herald

Pentagon revises Iran war casualty toll: 18 U.S. troops killed, 624 wounded

More than 140 additional wounded troops have been added to the official count, while the four soldiers killed in Iranian strikes have been reinstated to the casualty lists, raising new questions about the transparency of the data The post Pentagon revises Iran war casualty toll: 18 U.S. troops killed, 624 wounded appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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