{"id":61503,"date":"2020-02-11T10:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T02:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=61503"},"modified":"2020-02-11T10:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T02:39:53","slug":"sharp-rise-in-brain-injuries-from-iran-raid-on-us-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=61503","title":{"rendered":"Sharp rise in brain injuries from Iran raid on US base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.brudirect.com\/images\/news\/20200211_america.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES)\u00a0&#8212;<\/strong>The number of US troops suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after an Iranian attack on a US base in Iraq in January has risen to 109, according to US officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figure is a significant increase from the 64 injured service members previously reported by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump initially said no Americans were injured in the raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack on Jan 8 came amid tensions over the US killing of an Iranian general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 70% of the injured service members have returned to their duties, the Pentagon added in its statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rising number of reported cases results from the mild form of injury which means symptoms take time to manifest, the Pentagon said in a press conference in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month Trump downplayed the significance of traumatic brain injuries when asked about the impact of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things, but I would say, and I can report, it&#8217;s not very serious,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about possible TBIs he said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries I have seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TBIs are common in warzones, according to the US military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common cause of a TBI for deployed soldiers is an explosive blast, writes the US Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are classified as mild, moderate, severe or penetrating. A mild TBI is also known as a concussion, and can be caused by a blast&#8217;s &#8220;atmospheric over-pressure followed by under-pressure or vacuum&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air vacuum is capable of penetrating solid objects, making it possible for soldiers to avoid blunt force trauma but still receive an invisible brain injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 400,000 troops have been diagnosed with TBI&#8217;s since 2000, according to the US government. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES)\u00a0&#8212;The number of US troops suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after an Iranian attack on a US base in Iraq in January has risen to 109, according to US officials. The figure is a significant increase from the 64 injured service members previously reported by the Pentagon. President Donald Trump initially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61503"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}