Allegations Of Pentagon “Casualty Cover-Up” Operation Epic Fury
…Low-Ball and outdated figures: “hiding losses”…
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Well-known national security news site The Intercept has issued fresh reporting which alleges a Pentagon cover-up when it comes to mounting US casualties from Trump’s Operation Epic Fury. Speculation and questions have lately surged among the public and analysts given that casualty updates put out by the Pentagon have been very few and far between. It actually accuses the Pentagon of shoddy record-keeping going back significantly before the current Iran war.
Currently the official numbers… “Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 303 US service members have been wounded,” CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said earlier this week. And, as of April 2nd, 13 US service members have been confirmed killed going back to the war’s start on February 28, 2026. But The Intercept is alleging an astounding “casualty cover-up” by the Trump administration:
Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won’t acknowledge it.
U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, appears to be engaged in what a defense official called a “casualty cover-up,” offering The Intercept low-ball and outdated figures and failing to provide clarifications on military deaths and injuries.
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Two officials confirmed that at least 15 soldiers were injured last week in an Iranian strike on a Saudi air base, adding that “Hundreds of US personnel have been killed or injured in the region since the US launched a war on Iran just over a month ago.”
The Intercept found that CENTCOM’s latest April 2nd casualty count and ‘update’ to be “three days old and excluded at least 15 wounded in the Friday attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia,” noting that “The command did not reply to repeated requests for updated figures.” This has raised suspicions that other incidents are being omitted too.
The US military has also declined to provide a confirmed death toll since the start of the Iran war. The Intercept estimates it is “no less than 15” – while Washington has publicly acknowledged no more than 13 fatalities.
“This is, quite obviously, a subject that [War Secretary Pete] Hegseth and the White House want to keep under major wraps,” an anonymous defense official was cited in The Intercept as saying. The report ultimately charges the US Army with “hiding losses”.
Figures released under President Trump “lack detail and clarity” – The Intercept alleges further. It cites the following incident as but one example:
The Trump administration’s numbers, by comparison, lack detail and clarity. The current CENTCOM casualty figures do not appear to include more than 200 sailors treated for smoke inhalation or otherwise injured due to a fire that raged aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford before it limped off to Souda Bay, Greece, for repairs. CENTCOM did not reply to close to a dozen requests for clarification on the casualty count and related information sent this week.
Recent polls have shown greater American public skepticism toward the war, especially amid talk there could be some kind of ground operation introduced – which the US public overwhelmingly opposes.
Large US casualties related to the Iran war would likely almost immediately result in a revolt against Trump’s war among not only the broader US public, but could split the Republican party as well in terms of Iran policy.
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