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declines to offer number wounded in offensive
Fresh on the
heels of reports from Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend that US ground troops
have been sent closer to the front lines in the offensive in Mosul,
Pentagon officials are now admitting that “some number” of US
troops have been wounded in the last six to eight weeks in Mosul.
The
indications from Tonwsend’s comments were that President Trump
dramatically loosened restrictions on US “non-combat” troops in
Iraq being embedded into combat operations, and Col. John Dorrian, a
coalition spokesman, conceded they have been under fire “at
different times” since then.
The
admission suggests the woundings happened as far back as eight weeks
ago, and that the Pentagon is only now willing to confirm that the
incidents happened. Even more noteworthy, officials are still openly
refusing to say how many US troops were wounded in Mosul, insisting
it was just “some number.”
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