Nearly 100 U.S. service members wounded in two weeks of strikes
The deaths of three U.S. service members in Iranian strikes over the weekend brought an intensified wave of political pressure on President Donald Trump to de-escalate the war with Iran, as U.S. forces launched a 10th consecutive wave of attacks against Iranian targets, according to The Guardian.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Trump has “frighteningly lost control of this war,” accusing the president of failing to contain a conflict that has reignited after Trump walked away from a memorandum of understanding agreed with Iran in June.
The latest casualties pushed the number of U.S. service members killed since the war began on Feb. 28 to at least 17. Nearly 100 American troops have been injured over the last two weeks of escalating strikes, The Guardian reported.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday they had targeted U.S. military sites, including air defense systems and a radar installation in Bahrain and Kuwait. The crew of a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz reported being struck by an unknown projectile. Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan said they had activated defenses to repel the attacks.
More than 1,700 Iranian civilians are estimated to have been killed since the start of the conflict, according to The Guardian.
The fighting has expanded to affect at least 14 countries across the Middle East and beyond. MSI previously reported that the conflict has drawn criticism from lawmakers who say it contradicts Trump’s “America First” campaign pledges, as documented in a March article titled “Trump takes U.S. into war with Iran despite America First pledges.”