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Elderly Iraqi Man Drops Dead On Live Television While Complaining About Country’s Poor Health Services

Elderly Iraqi Man Drops Dead On Live Television While Complaining About Country’s Poor Health Services

An elderly Iraqi man stopped a television news crew at a hospital in Baghdad to complain about the state of the country’s health services and confront a doctor about poor care. Halfway through, the man hobbled and fell to the ground, dying of a heart attack on live TV. As Gulf News reported, the incident […]

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New Rocket Attacks Strike U.S. Military Base In Baghdad, ‘Sirens Of Ambulances’ Reportedly Heard After Blasts

New Rocket Attacks Strike U.S. Military Base In Baghdad, ‘Sirens Of Ambulances’ Reportedly Heard After Blasts

Multiple explosions went off at a military base used by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, early on Sunday morning. The blasts were the result of a rocket attack against the base, which sits near the U.S. embassy in Iraq, according to an American military source who spoke to Reuters. The missile strikes were the 19th […]

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Pentagon To Reveal That 100 Soldiers Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In Iran Attack, Officials Say

Pentagon To Reveal That 100 Soldiers Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In Iran Attack, Officials Say

For at least the fourth time in just over one month since Iran launched a rocket attack on United States troops stationed over the border in Iraq, the Pentagon will issue a new report increasing the casualty count from the incident. While the U.S. initially claimed zero troops were injured by the multiple missile strikes, […]

4y ago

After First Claiming No Casualties, Pentagon Now Says 50 Soldiers Suffered Brain Injury In Iran Rocket Attack

After First Claiming No Casualties, Pentagon Now Says 50 Soldiers Suffered Brain Injury In Iran Rocket Attack

For the third time since Donald Trump announced that United States troops suffered no casualties in the January 8 Iranian rocket attacks on bases used by the American military in Iraq, the Pentagon has revised the number of service members who did, in fact, suffer traumatic brain injuries. According to a CNN report, the Defense […]

4y ago

New Rocket Attack Slams U.S. Embassy In Iraq, Reports Say, Iranian Militia Blamed For Multiple Missile Strikes

New Rocket Attack Slams U.S. Embassy In Iraq, Reports Say, Iranian Militia Blamed For Multiple Missile Strikes

Less than three weeks after an Iranian missile attack slammed into two Iraq military bases, injuring 34 United States service members, reports out of the Middle East say that at least three rockets slammed into the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. According to a report posted on Twitter, Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya television […]

4y ago

Pentagon Now Says 34 U.S. Soldiers Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In Iran Attack, ‘CNN’ Reports, Up From 11

Pentagon Now Says 34 U.S. Soldiers Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In Iran Attack, ‘CNN’ Reports, Up From 11

When Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at United States troops stationed at military bases in Iraq on January 8, initial reports claimed that not a single U.S. soldier had been injured in the assault. In fact, Donald Trump — on that same evening — posted a tweet. “All is Well!” and “So far, […]

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Defense Secretary Refuses To Say How Many Americans Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Attack: ‘I’m Not A Doctor’

Defense Secretary Refuses To Say How Many Americans Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Attack: ‘I’m Not A Doctor’

In the immediate aftermath of missile attacks by Iran on two military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq on January 8, the Pentagon, as well as Donald Trump, claimed that Americans stationed there suffered no casualties. But eight days later, reports out of the Pentagon put the number of injured U.S. soldiers at 11. The […]

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Donald Trump Dismisses Injuries From Iran Attack On U.S. Soldiers: ‘They Had Headaches’

Donald Trump Dismisses Injuries From Iran Attack On U.S. Soldiers: ‘They Had Headaches’

Although no one was killed during the missile attack by Iran on U.S. military bases in the Middle East, the Pentagon revealed last week that at least 11 soldiers were injured in the attack. At least eight of them suffered concussion-like symptoms that were described as traumatic brain injuries. But on Wednesday morning, Donald Trump […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Now Says He Killed Qassem Soleimani Because He ‘Said Bad Things’

Donald Trump Now Says He Killed Qassem Soleimani Because He ‘Said Bad Things’

Donald Trump appeared at a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, and during his speech in front of the high-dollar donors, he said that he ordered the strike against Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani because the Quds Force leader was saying “bad things” about the United States. News network CNN obtained audio of the fundraiser, which […]

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After Claiming Zero U.S. Casualties In Iran Attack, Pentagon Now Says 11 Suffered ‘Traumatic Brain Injury’

After Claiming Zero U.S. Casualties In Iran Attack, Pentagon Now Says 11 Suffered ‘Traumatic Brain Injury’

After Iran launched a missile attack on two military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops on January 8, the Pentagon, as well as Donald Trump, quickly claimed that the strikes had inflicted zero American casualties. In fact, just hours after the missile attacks, Trump took to Twitter to claim “All is well!” and “So far, […]

4y ago

Longtime Iraq War Advocate Now Has Donald Trump’s Ear On Iran, Says Report

Longtime Iraq War Advocate Now Has Donald Trump’s Ear On Iran, Says Report

A recent report from The Intercept claims that neoconservative David Wurmser, a longtime Iraq War advocate who served in President George W. Bush’s administration, now has the ear of Donald Trump and his sights set on Iran. The news stems from Bloomberg’s report that reveals Wurmser helped make a case for the assassination of Iranian […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Says It ‘Doesn’t Really Matter’ If Qassem Soleimani Actually Posed Imminent Threat

Donald Trump Says It ‘Doesn’t Really Matter’ If Qassem Soleimani Actually Posed Imminent Threat

A conversation about what evidence the United States had to justify its attack of Iranian military leader Qasssem Soleimani has had people on both sides of the aisle wondering how imminent the threat that Soleimani allegedly posed was. Now, President Donald Trump is arguing that “it doesn’t really matter” if there was an impending threat […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Administration Plotted Death Of Qassem Soleimani For Past 18 Months, ‘New York Times’ Report Says

Donald Trump Administration Plotted Death Of Qassem Soleimani For Past 18 Months, ‘New York Times’ Report Says

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that last week’s assassination of top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was necessary because the top general was planning an “imminent” attack on American interests. But a new report on Saturday said that the Donald Trump administration plotted the attack on Soleimani for 18 months before […]

4y ago

U.S. Troops Avoided Casualties In Al Asad Airbase Attack Thanks To Hours Of Advance Warning

U.S. Troops Avoided Casualties In Al Asad Airbase Attack Thanks To Hours Of Advance Warning

Members of the U.S. armed forces who were stationed at Al Asad airbase on the night Iran attacked the base with a series of ballistic missiles were fortunate enough to escape harm’s way, as they reportedly had plenty of advance warning from the Iraqi government that the strike was imminent. According to The Hill, no […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Approval Rating Polls Take A Slight Drop After Assassination Of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

Donald Trump Approval Rating Polls Take A Slight Drop After Assassination Of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

If Donald Trump hoped that he would get a political boost from ordering a drone strike last Thursday that killed Iran’s top military leader, General Qassem Soleimani, new polling results released on Wednesday will likely leave him disappointed. According to the political data site RealClearPolitics, three new polls show a slight downward movement in Trump’s […]

4y ago

Outraged Republican Senator Calls Trump Administration Iran Briefing ‘Insulting’ And ‘Worst’ He Has Ever Seen

Outraged Republican Senator Calls Trump Administration Iran Briefing ‘Insulting’ And ‘Worst’ He Has Ever Seen

A classified briefing for senators — in which Donald Trump administration officials were supposed to offer evidence to justify the drone attack that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani — left a pair of conservative Republicans outraged, with one saying that the briefing was “insulting.” Utah Republican Mike Lee called the session “the worst briefing” […]

4y ago

Donald Trump ‘On Drugs, Whether We Want To Face It Or Not’ Says ‘Apprentice’ Staffer After Sniff-Filled Speech

Donald Trump ‘On Drugs, Whether We Want To Face It Or Not’ Says ‘Apprentice’ Staffer After Sniff-Filled Speech

Donald Trump on Wednesday morning delivered a nationally televised address in which he appeared to back away from an armed conflict with Iran, less than 24 hours after an Iranian missile attack on U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. But the speech came under criticism for Trump’s delivery in which he made repeated sniffing sounds and […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Tweets ‘All Is Well,’ And ‘So Far So Good’ As Iran Claims 30 U.S. Deaths In Attack, Pentagon Zero

Donald Trump Tweets ‘All Is Well,’ And ‘So Far So Good’ As Iran Claims 30 U.S. Deaths In Attack, Pentagon Zero

Donald Trump posted a message to his Twitter account Tuesday, declaring that “All is well!” after Iran launched a reported 15 ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops. The president also said, “So far so good!” and added he would make a statement about the attack on Wednesday morning. Iranian […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Decides Not To Address Nation Over Iran Rocket Attacks In Televised Speech On Tuesday Night

Donald Trump Decides Not To Address Nation Over Iran Rocket Attacks In Televised Speech On Tuesday Night

After Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases where United States troops are stationed, Donald Trump was reportedly preparing to give a nationally televised address on Tuesday night — even as experts on the Middle East urged caution, saying that a statement by Iran appeared to indicate that they […]

4y ago

Iran Launches Dozens Of Missiles In Retaliatory Attack On Two U.S. Bases In Iraq

Iran Launches Dozens Of Missiles In Retaliatory Attack On Two U.S. Bases In Iraq

Iran launched over a dozen ballistic missiles on Tuesday in an attack on two separate United States military bases in Iraq. According to The New York Times, Iranian news is saying that the strikes are the beginning of retaliation for the killing of military leader Qassem Soleimani. According to Iranian news media, over 30 ballistic […]

4y ago

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