Pentagon cuts Iran war death toll to 14, fueling backlash
What's new: The public tally also dropped the wounded count to 420 from 482, clashing with recent Pentagon casualty updates.
The Pentagon cut the number of U.S. troops listed as killed in the Iran war to 14 from 18 on its public casualty database, drawing anger from military families, veterans and lawmakers. The wounded tally also fell to 420 from 482, even though Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Monday that nearly 100 more service members had been wounded since July 7, when daily fighting resumed. Defense officials blamed the discrepancies on a technical problem. The shift appeared to remove four service members killed in Jordan and Iraq after fighting restarted, and critics said the changing figures cloud the human cost of the conflict and the administration's handling of the war.