‘US injury count from Iran strike rises to 64’

Bloomberg

At least 64 US military personnel in Iraq suffered brain trauma in a Iranian missile attack launched in retaliation after President Donald Trump’s ordered the killing of an Iranian general.
The 64 service members — 14 more than previously reported — have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell, a Defense Department spokesman, said.
Of those, 39 have returned to duty; at least 21 have gone to Germany for “further evaluation and treatment.”
“We’ll continue to monitor them the rest of their lives, actually, and continue to provide whatever treatment is necessary,” General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in the statement.
Trump initially minimised the fallout after Iran fired more than a dozen guided missiles at two bases in Iraq on January 8.
The attack took place less than a week after the killing
of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. The missiles struck deserted parts of the Al Asad airbase in Anbar Province and another base near Erbil. No casualties were initially reported.
“Iran appears to be standing down,” Trump said afterward. “Which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.”