According to a Pentagon spokesman in the Trump administration, the White House had asked the Pentagon to downplay reports of brain damage from Iran’s missile strike on a US military base in Iraq.
According to the international group of Pak Sahafat News Agency, according to a Pentagon spokesman in the Trump administration, the White House at the time had asked the Pentagon to downplay and delay reports of brain damage from an Iranian missile strike on a US military base in Iraq.
According to the British “Guardian” newspaper, “Alyssa Farah” spoke about the pressure of the White House after Trump’s initial claim that the attack did not cause any casualties and then reduced the injuries to headaches and non-serious cases, and how he tried to avoid these pressures.
According to the report, it was finally revealed that more than 100 American soldiers suffered brain damage in the January 8, 2020 missile attack on two bases in Iraq, where US forces were stationed.
According to the Guardian, about 80 percent of Americans injured in the missile strike were able to return to work within a few days, but dozens had to be transported to Germany and then to the United States for treatment.
According to the Guardian, about 80 percent of Americans injured in the missile strike were able to return to work within a few days, but dozens had to be transported to Germany and then to the United States for treatment.
Farah, who then worked for the White House, said “When Trump claimed that there were no casualties in the aftermath of the attack, he was right when we gave these facts to the president.” But he added: I think everything was shaken when the White House tried to say that the attack was not successful and that the Iranians did not harm our targets. I think it was too much.
He added: He thinks that these actions eventually led to the minimization of the attacks, which led to significant injuries to American forces.
He said the Pentagon’s policy was to release the facts when they arrived and were confirmed, resulting in an increase in the total number of casualties reported during January 2020, which angered the White House.
The former US official added: “We have received negative reactions from the White House, saying, ‘Can you report this differently?’ Can it be every ten days or two weeks, or then summarize? The White House would have preferred us not to make regular updates on this. Bad news was reported drop by drop.
Farah claimed that he did not give in to the pressure and added: My feeling was that if experience had taught me anything, (that is) transparency would always be your best friend in that area.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired a missile at the Ain al-Assad base [in Iraq] on January 9, 2017, as part of Iran’s response to the assassination of General Haj Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force. Satellite images released after the attack showed that many points at the base were hit with high accuracy.
While after the attack, US President Donald Trump claimed that “everything is fine” and that no US troops were injured, the Pentagon released drop-by-drop statistics on the damage in the following weeks.
Recently, an American television channel interviewed a number of soldiers present at the country’s air base in Iraq during the Islamic Republic of Iran’s missile attack on the base, who described the scale of the attack and its severe damage.