US army downplaying injuries from Iran's retaliatory strikes: Wounded forces, families
Wounded American forces and their families say the US army is minimizing the severity of injuries sustained during Iran's retaliation against the latest bout of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.
CBC News issued the report on Wednesday, which showed that the troops and their families have challenged so-called official military classifications that designated some of the wounded as "not seriously injured."
The contestation came months after US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said "almost 90%" of, what he referred to as, 400 injured American forces had suffered only minor injuries and had since returned to duty.
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However, several wounded forces told CBS News that their injuries were far more severe than the military's self-described official assessments suggested.
Several survivors and family members told CBS News they did not understand why wounded forces were not being treated as combat casualties.
In some cases, injured personnel said they had been categorized as having returned to duty even while recovering in specialized force recovery units. A US Department of War spokesperson told CBS News that forces assigned to recovery units are not counted as having returned to duty.
In a statement to CBS News, the Army disputed suggestions that it had sought to downplay the injuries.
The United States and the Israeli regime began their latest bout of unwarranted aggression targeting the Islamic Republic on February 28.
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US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire on April 7 after the aggression was faced with at least 100 waves of decisive and retaliatory Iranian strikes against sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region.
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