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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Watson,Jack Brook and Konstantin Toropin

Soldiers Googled nearest hospital in Kuwait after Iran attack, claiming military’s medical system failed to help

When the shrapnel struck Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón, it shattered against his body like glass.

One piece embedded in the left side of his jawline, while another ripped through a salivary gland, bounced off the jawbone, and pierced the back of his neck, severing an artery before lodging into a vertebra.

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