Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford |
The 500-plus number, during fighring between 2005 and 2011, became the focus of debate last week as US Central Command declassified repprts that showed 196 Americans died from iranian-made explisively formed projectiles (EFPs). But that is only part of the story.
Navy Cmdr.Kyle Raines, a Central command spokesman, said the 500 number is correct. "As it relates to recent reporting on this, some had mischaracterized the CENRCOM data regardin the number of U.S. service member deaths resulting from EFPs in Iraq, " Cmdr. Raines told The Washington Times.
Iran organized and trained Iraqi Shiites at a base north of Tehran called Imam Ali, and the Quds Force did similar training at a facility south of the capital before inserting the extremists back inside Iraq.
"The Imam Ali base, historically the central location for training terrorists, has now been allocated entirely to the training of Iraqi militia, " said the PMOI report.
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