Washington: Nearly three dozen US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries or concussion in the recent Iranian airstrike on a military base in Iraq housing American personnel, the Pentagon said on Friday.
"Thirty-four total members have been diagnosed with concussions and TBI (traumatic brain injury)," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters.
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US President Donald Trump had initially said that no Americans were injured in the strike on the Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq earlier this month although authorities later reported that 11 troops were injured.
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