Pentagon Now Saying That Iran Killed More US Troops In Iraq Than Previously Known

A Stryker fighting vehicle lies on its side after surviving a buried IED blast in 2007. C-52 of 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team

Military Times: Iran killed more US troops in Iraq than previously known, Pentagon says

he Pentagon is upping the official estimate on the number of U.S. troops in Iraq who were killed by Iranian-backed militias, now putting that number at at least 603.

Officials previously said that Iran was linked to the deaths of roughly 500 troops.

That means roughly one in every six American combat fatalities in Iraq were attributable to Iran.

The deaths are attributed to proxies sponsored by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Iran’s elite military force that protects the regime from internal and external threats.

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WNU Editor: The Pentagon is basically saying that 1/6th of all U.S. casualties in Iraq during the war have an Iranian signature to it.