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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Vinay Patel

Pentagon Removes Four Troops From Iran War Death List After Quiet Casualty Record Shake-up

The Pentagon faces fierce political backlash over allegations it is manipulating combat casualty data to bypass the 1973 War Powers Act (Credit: / ChatGPT AI-Generated)

The Pentagon has quietly revised its official records on US troop losses in the Middle East, sparking sharp political pushback.

The update adds hundreds of wounded service members, yet several recent deaths appear to have vanished from the primary record. With questions growing over how the administration is tracking the conflict's human cost, lawmakers are now challenging the legal basis for the shift.

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