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❗️Pentagon mysteriously lowers death toll of service members killed in war on Iran
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The Pentagon mysteriously lowered its official tally of US service members killed in the war on Iran from 18 to 14 just a day after publication.Three military officials revealed to the New York Times that the Trump administration quietly removed four casualties from the roster because their deaths occurred after an unstable April 'ceasefire,' while a Pentagon spokesperson dismissed the discrepancy as a temporary data glitch.
This sudden revision coincides with a broader pattern of information suppression regarding mounting US military deaths and facility damage across the region. Defense officials have increasingly withheld details surrounding Iranian retaliatory strikes on regional bases, including recent attacks in Jordan and Iraq that injured dozens of US troops.
Retired military commanders argue that the administration is deliberately sanitizing operational realities to shield itself from political fallout. This selective transparency stands in sharp contrast to the administration's aggressive politicization of military deaths incurred during previous administrations, highlighting a growing credibility crisis surrounding Washington's failing war narrative.
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