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Pentagon steers away from brain trauma diagnoses after Iranian strike

Donald Trump downplayed the injuries of US troops stemming from an Iranian missile strike.
U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force-Iraq, man a defensive position at Forward Operating Base Union III in Baghdad, Iraq, December 31, 2019. U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Desmond Cassell/Task Force-Iraq Public Affairs/Handout via REUTERS.  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2P6E96MAPN

More US troops were treated for concussion symptoms after a fusillade of Iranian missiles struck Iraqi bases housing coalition forces earlier this month, a top commander for the US-led mission to defeat the Islamic State (IS) said today.

But Maj. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, a deputy commander of the US-led mission to defeat IS in Iraq and Syria, insisted that the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, was likely premature after reports emerged last week that 11 American troops were evacuated to Kuwait and Germany.

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