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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

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

The Pentagon acknowledged an additional 142 service members wounded in President Donald Trump's Iran war by quietly adding a new category to its online database of U.S. military casualties, according to reports Sunday.

The change also resulted in the restoration of four fatalities that had been removed from the Defense Casualty Analysis System, triggering outrage among military families, veterans and lawmakers.

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