Trump administration conceals extent of its soldiers’ losses from casualty, death tolls
WASHINGTON, April 22 (YPA) – The Intercept, an American website, revealed a cover-up scandal within the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon), concerning the deliberate deletion of data on wounded American soldiers from official casualty statistics during the confrontation with Iran, describing the action as a “clear cover-up” of the true toll.
The website explained in its report that the US government had unjustifiably removed 15 American soldiers from the list of those injured during combat from official records, noting that these manipulations of data aim to mislead public opinion about the cost of military operations.
According to the report, on the day the ceasefire between the Trump administration and Iran went into effect, the announced number of American dead and wounded was 385. However, official Pentagon statistics recorded a gradual increase after the cessation of hostilities, reaching 428 cases last Monday.
The Intercept reported that, in a suspicious development, the number dropped by 15 soldiers last Tuesday without any explanation or public comment from the Ministry of Defense, bringing the total to 413, before settling on Wednesday at 411 in another public count, confirming the confusion and manipulation in tracking the losses.
The website quoted Pentagon spokespeople as saying they were unable to provide any answers about the “disappearance” of these cases from the Department of Defense records, while a US official told the website that the official tally announced by the Pentagon is a “significant understatement of reality,” stressing that what is happening is “the literal definition of a cover-up.”
The report noted that the Pentagon did not explain the reasons for the increase in the number of casualties after the fighting stopped on April 8, before starting the deletion process.
It is worth noting that “The Intercept” had previously revealed in reports that there were strenuous efforts by the US Central Command and the White House to keep the losses of US forces, including losses related to the aggression against Yemen, secret and away from media circulation.
YPA