Green Berets haul a simulated casualty towards a HH-60 helicopter during a medical evacuation exercise within the 55km deconfliction zone in Syria, May 27, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Howard)
The United States Army identified 11 additional cases of traumatic brain injury as a result of recent strikes by Iranian-backed forces in northeastern Syria, a spokesman for the Central Command announced on April 13.
The announcement further raises the casualties among American troops from rocket and drone strikes in Syria last month to a total of 23 wounded. The strikes also killed an American contractor and injured another.
“Our medical teams continue to assess and evaluate our troops for indications of [traumatic brain injury],” said Colonel Joe Buccino, spokesman for CENTCOM.
Traumatic brain injury, or concussion, can be debilitating. The symptoms include dizziness, confusion, headaches, irritability as well as changes in personality and balance issues.
The confrontation began on March 23, when a suicide drone hit a U.S.-led coalition installation, known as the RLZ base, near al-Hasakah city. The drone attack killed one U.S. contractor and wounded five U.S. service members and another contractor. A shadowy Iraqi armed group that is said to be backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for the attack.
In response, the U.S. carried out retaliatory airstrikes against facilities used by Iranian-backed groups near the government-held city of Deir Ezzor. The attack killed eight fighters, according to the Pentagon.
The next day, March 4, a salvo of rockets was fired on U.S. troops at Mission Support Site Conoco in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, wounding one service member. A short time later, three suicide drones targeted Green Village, another coalition base that is located within al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Two of the three drones were downed by air defenses, while the third damaged a building but caused no injuries.
One week after the attacks, the Pentagon acknowledged that six service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
The situation in northeastern Syria experienced another escalation on April 10, when a rocket attack targeted Mission Support Site Conoco. The U.S.-led coalition said that its forces in northeastern Syria responded to the indirect fire attack, without providing any details. No casualties were reported.
The U.S. maintains some 900 troops in several northeastern Syria bases and a garrison located in the southeastern area of al-Tanf. The government in Damascus and its allies, who do not approve the deployment, have repeatedly called on Washington to leave the country.
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“The United States Army identified 11 additional cases of traumatic brain injury as a result of recent strikes by Iranian-backed forces in northeastern Syria, a spokesman for the Central Command announced on April 1.”
Send the Pentacon pussies to the Artymovsk shredder for a couple of days with their angloZionaZi clown cousins to find out what a real ass kicking “sounds” like.
More Z until Slumville collaps€$.
Brain trauma? What effin’ brains are there to traumatize???????????
Those guys kind of remind me of this ole’ classic!!
Brains and more brains!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvPVJug3OWs
JHK, The US of gay destroyed Syria along with many other countries by funding and arming jihadists from all around the world. Training them in camps in Jordan. Russia who was invited by the legitimate government of Syria proceeded to fuck them up and save the country. Check your jihadist privilege
looks good on them!!!
Majority of US army will be in traumatic brain injury, depression and anxiety. Russia or China will have no problem win with direct conflict with US army. That’s why US looking for proxies to fight wars for US. UA is very foolish dying for USA
These US guys already had traumatic brain injuries when they arrived in Syria. All US troops arriving in Syria have traumatic brain injuries and come from mental hospitals in US, and this is a fact and you know it.
US government only want to put the blame on Assad and make Syria pay for their treatment.
is brain injury cover for death?
Nonsense, Their traumatic brain injuries resulted in them joining the service for a Satanic Empire.
Funny thing how we don’t hear about this “illness” in the Russian forces. People looking for free handouts at taxpayer expense.
Looks like Dozens of soldiers got killed
American troops never dies. Hehehhhahah. Always wounded. Usa the big Liar. İran fucked killed 38 usa troops there. They know numbers better. But always says usa troops wounded. Hahhhahhah. At first brain damage and slowly step by step 3 troops per month dies.sending usa to their family. 2 years ago in iraq al assad air base total 85 troops killed. Usa is a looser. But american like holleywood. 300 film is a dram. That persians fucks ispartans and their wifes in fact.in real history. Usa always Dreams. Hhhahah.
Brain trauma? How can they have BrainTrauma? Because they did not have brains anyways, like a clone breed of soldiers going to war with RF shields protection… guess they did lose control with their Command RF sign station
If I did not about DARPA Projects and Department of Research (DoR) and Department of Energy (DoE) Projects from 1946 1947.
They already had traumatic brain injury, otherwise they would never join the us army…