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Pentagon lowers official Iran war death toll, omitting four killed this month

📰 source: cnbc_topnews · 💼 business

the pentagon lowered its official iran war death toll from 18 to 14, removing four service members killed this past weekend. the change came because their deaths occurred after president trump declared a ceasefire in april, according to three military officials who spoke to the new york times. the four were killed in jordan and northern iraq. the pentagon's casualty database listed seven of the remaining 14 deaths as hostile.

the acting press secretary, joel valdez, attributed the revision to "temporary data disruptions" that would be fixed quickly. rep. adam smith (d-wash.) criticized the lack of transparency, saying trump has not shared casualty statistics with congress. the pentagon has released little on strategy since the ceasefire collapsed and hasn't held a major briefing since early may.

trump himself used the higher death toll of 18 at a public event, saying he went to dover for four great american patriots.

why it matters: removal of four casualties from official count raises questions about transparency of us military data during ongoing middle east conflict, potentially affecting public trust.

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