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S. troops who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries
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More than 100 U.S. troops have been injured after the missile strikes by Iran on an Iraq base housing U.S. troops on January 8.
109 U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries caused by missile strikes by Iran.
After the U.S. killed the top Iranian military general, Qassem Soleimani, Iran retaliated and attacked an Iraq base housing U.S. troops on January 8.
Earlier it was reported that only a few U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
However, it is reported now that the number of cases is actually more than double.
Iraqi officers told Reuters that fortunately no one got killed as staff began moving personnel and weaponry into fortified bunkers hours before the attack.
Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference at the Pentagon at the time that 34 American service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
He also said that the injuries were mild. He said at the time: “The diagnosis we have so far for all of the folks that have been diagnosed to date is ‘mild’ traumatic brain injury.”
Last month, when President Donald Trump was asked about it, he said they had headaches and a couple of other things but it’s not very serious.
The U.S. service members, who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, suffer from headaches, dizziness, sensitivity to light and nausea.
According to the Pentagon, 76 of the injured U.S. service members had returned to duty.
The Pentagon data also shows that about 408,000 service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury since 2000.
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