Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data. wapo.st/4xtFlaf

More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

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Sep 18, 2026 · 6:45 PM UTC

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Oh look. The lying liars of the WaPo are at it again!
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Nothing but lies from WAPO.
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Found the "six U.S. officials" 🤣😂🤣
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You vile lying fuckers with your bullshit anonymous sources need to be next.
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I can't think of anything more disgusting or unpatriotic than censoring the number of dead US soldiers from the American public. We deserve to know the true cost of this illegal Iran War.
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I think you meant to say “More American service members have died in the Middle East during the Not A War,” & their families won’t be collecting benefits. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…

Pentagon refused payout for soldiers who died in Iran conflict ‘because it isn’t a war’

JD Vance offers support after widow expresses frustration in viral online post

telegraph.co.uk
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Dear Iranian terror proxy WaPo, It's literally NOT POSSIBLE in the modern era to hide military deaths from the public. You're lying because your corrupt, anti-American party supports the Iranian terror nazis and want us to lose.
Pete Hegseth
@PeteHegseth
Sep 18
This is DISGUSTING and FAKE. A complete LIE. Shame on the Washington Post — they’re worse than Iranian state media.
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Fuck you. Fake news. Liars. NAME ALL THE SERVICE MEMBERS YOU ALLEGE….
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Is this your source? One of the leaders of the IRGC?
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This is an obvious lie.
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You are purposely lying. You should be banned.
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Pretty bold claim with ZERO fucking evidence. “6 officials familiar with”. Lmfao. Ok losers.
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Proof Trump is lying!
Truth_teller 🇷🇺
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Sep 18
More proof Trump is lying about the number of American casualties, which is easily in the dozens. Iran's attack on the American "Camp Arifjan" base in Kuwait caused significant damages and leaked images of the base's shelters where soldiers are trained to take refuge during conflict show the shelters were completely destroyed. A layer of concrete protecting one of the soldiers' barracks was completely destroyed, which means that Iran used a bunker-buster warhead. The camp Arifkan base was funded and built by the Kuwaiti government in 1999, and the base accommodates roughly 9,000 to 13,500 U.S. personnel (including active duty, reserves, and contractors) as well as forward-deployed military elements from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Romania, and Poland.
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You’re liars and “enemy combatants.” Tick Tock
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What "service" did they provide?
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Let me guess…”Unnamed officials”
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This needs to stop. They’re hiding the casualties. There are good people over that are letting the truth sneak out. Pete is intentionally covering this up with gag orders and silencing legal threats! Act now!
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I don’t believe you. You can’t hide deaths, they are reported to next of kin by law.
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Shocker. They lied, for the billionth time. Centcom is less reliable than Iran, sad yet true
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Fixed it, @washingtonpost 👍
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You guys are so fucking desperate and pathetic Its pure fucking propaganda now Do better you anti-American lowlifes
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Trump regime has been lying from day one. Many troops were on those bases when attacked and they didn’t think Iran would strike all of them at once. Pete Hegseth and Trump are wholly unfit and incompetent. Mike Johnson is protecting Hegseth from accountability by sending Congress home. Trump couldn’t let the true death toll be known much like they manipulate job loss and unemployment rate data.
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Is this Iranian media?
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Pete Hegseth
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Sep 18
This is DISGUSTING and FAKE. A complete LIE. Shame on the Washington Post — they’re worse than Iranian state media.
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reminds me of the fake losers and suckers smear
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@grok so the Washington Post is doing some interesting work. More American service members have died in the Middle East, trying to tie it to the ongoing Iran war. But these additional deaths were not combat deaths, correct?
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Hopefully this isn’t true.
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Liars. I hope you get kicked out of pentagon and White House over this.
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LYING as always.
Pete Hegseth
@PeteHegseth
Sep 18
This is DISGUSTING and FAKE. Shame on the Washington Post — they’re worse than Iranian state media.
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And you wonder why Trump just banned Fake News from the White House , this garbage post is a perfect example. You’re complete and utter garbage WP
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