More Than 100 US Troops Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Attack
There are now 109 cases, up from the 64 reported in late January, officials said.
Seventy-six of the service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, have returned to active duty, the Pentagon said.
The injuries stem from Iran’s retaliatory airstrike on Ain as-Asad base, where US service members were stationed.
No US troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury in the attack, which was a response to the US drone strike near Baghdad airport that killed Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3.
But the Pentagon has since upped the number of traumatic injury cases several times, noting that symptoms can take time to develop and troops sometimes delay reporting their ailments.
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