The Pentagon admits wounding 50 soldiers in the Iranian missile strike on Ein al-Assad base

Washington-Sana

The Pentagon has approved the injury of fifty of its soldiers as a result of the Iranian missile strike that targeted the Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq on the eighth of this month.

"As for the casualties resulting from the attack on Ein al-Assad base in western Iraq, as of today, 50 US military personnel have been diagnosed with brain injuries," Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell, a Pentagon spokesman, was quoted by Reuters as saying in a statement.

He clarified that 31 of the 50 soldiers received treatment in Iraq, while 18 of the injured soldiers were transferred to Germany for further evaluation and treatment and another was transferred to Kuwait, noting that "this is a brief overview and the numbers may change."

Last Friday, the US Department of Defense admitted that 34 of its soldiers were wounded as a result of the Iranian missile strike in response to the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his comrades who falsely dismissed President Donald Trump, who denied any injuries.

According to observers, Trump's claim that there were no casualties among his forces as a result of the Iranian strike comes in an attempt to absorb the anger of the Americans over his reckless policies towards Tehran by denying first, and then announce the losses of the American forces gradually.