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Pentagon Says 34 U.S. Troops Suffered Brain Injuries From Iranian Missile Strike

More than half the American troops diagnosed with concussions were transferred from the Iraqi base that was attacked to Germany or the U.S.
Damage at the al-Asad military base in Iraq, days after a missile attack by Iran. The barrage was in retaliation for the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general in a drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3.

Eight U.S. troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) arrived in the U.S. on Friday, Pentagon spokesman . Hoffman said those troops are among a total of 34 American servicemembers diagnosed with TBI after the al Asad airbase where they were stationed in Iraq was hit by missiles fired by Iran on Jan. 8. The attack was in reprisal for a U.S."No Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranian regime," Trump hours after the Iranian attack. "We suffered no casualties."

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