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11 US troops wounded in last week’s Iran attack on Iraq base: Central
Command
WASHINGTON, Jan 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – At least 11 American troops were
injured in an Iranian attack on an Iraqi base where American soldiers were
deployed, US Central Command said Thursday, although the US military had
previously maintained there were no casualties.
“While no US service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on
Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast
and are still being assessed,” US Central Command spokesman Captain Bill
Urban said in a statement.
“In the days following the attack, out of an abundance of caution, some
service members were transported from Al Asad Air Base,” he said, specifying
that 11 troops had been sent to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany
and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, for screening.
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