The Pentagon said 34 U.S. service members were diagnosed with concussions and other traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile strike on Ayn al-Asad base in Iraq.
Two days after President Donald Trump dismissed concussion symptoms suffered by several American troops as"not very serious," after Iranian airstrikes on Ayn al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, the Defense Department said 34 U.S. service members were diagnosed with concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.
Eight service members were transported to the United States to receive additional treatment at their Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland or at their home bases. Nine American troops remain at the medical facility in Landstuhl, Germany. A picture taken on January 13 during a press tour organised by the U.S.-led coalition fighting the remnants of ISIS, shows a view of the damage at Ayn al-Asad military airbase housing U.S. and other foreign troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar after an Iranian missile attack avenging the assassination of Revolutionary Guard Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani.Asked Wednesday if he knew of any serious injuries among U.S.
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