The Pentagon now says 34 U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following the Jan. 8 Iranian missile attack on the Al Asad airbase in Iraq.
Speaking in at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Trump told reporters he did not consider the brain injuries in the attack to be"serious.”
President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a news conference at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020.
The TBI symptoms were like those associated with a concussion and included headaches, dizziness, sensitivity to light, restlessness and nausea. And while some initially showed symptoms and improved"in others we saw their conditions didn’t improve, got worse and got severe enough symptoms that they were transported on for further treatment."
U.S. soldiers stand at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020.
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