U.S. Says 11 Service Members Were Injured When Iran Attacked Iraqi Base
NPRU.S. Says 11 Service Members Were Injured When Iran Attacked Iraqi Base Enlarge this image toggle caption Ali Abdul Hassan/AP Ali Abdul Hassan/AP The Pentagon says 11 U.S. service members were injured in Iran's ballistic missile attack on U.S. assets in Iraq last week. Sponsor Message "In the days following the attack, out of an abundance of caution, some service members were transported from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, others were sent to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, for follow-on screening," said Capt. The morning after the missile strike, President Trump said, "No Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranian regime." Sponsor Message U.S. personnel at the Ain al-Assad base were placed under a lockdown some two hours before the Iranian strike, with Lt. Col. Antoinette Chase ordering troops to take shelter in bunkers.