Pentagon Belatedly Reveals Two Dozen US Personnel Were Wounded In Spate Of Drone Attacks In Iraq, Syria
"minor injuries" after series of attacks last week...
Update(1910ET): The Pentagon revealed in a late Tuesday statement that in just the past week, US and coalition forces have been
attacked at least ten times in Iraq, as well as three times in Syria "via a mix of one way attack drones and rockets," according to Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, speaking to NBC.
But the real bombshell development, which Biden's defense officials have apparently sat on for several days, is that some
24 US personnel were wounded in the attacks. According to the
NBC statement:
Two dozen American military personnel were wounded last week in
a series of drone attacks at American bases in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Central Command told NBC News on Tuesday.
The Pentagon confirmed the attacks last week, but the number of U.S. casualties has not been previously disclosed.
"Twenty American personnel sustained minor injuries on Oct. 18 when at least two one-way attack drones targeted al-Tanf military base in southern Syria,
CENTCOM said," the report continues.
It appears all the injuries were deemed minor, given Gen. Ryder described that all personnel returned to duty after being evaluated and threated, and there was no significant damage to base installations. However, in Iraq, "The U.S. shot down the one-way attack drones, but the
debris from one destroyed a hanger that contained small aircraft, CENTCOM said."
Illustrative: Iranian Army drone training exercise, via Reuters
The defense official said that
amid the attacks there was a contractor that suffered cardiac arrest and died while sheltering in place, but the Pentagon isn't necessarily considering the casualty to be the direct result of the assault.
добри се овие “военкор“-ите американски окупанти, што се во Северџганистан?
Illustrative: Iranian Army drone training exercise, via Reuters
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