The Pentagon updated its war casualty database, recording more than 140 new wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian strikes last weekend.
War Casualty Count Eclipses 600
The Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, also featured a new tracking category — “Overseas Operations” — for killed and wounded “starting July 7.” When the new Pentagon data is combined with updated totals for Operation Epic Fury, 18 troops have died and another 624 have been wounded since the US launched its war against Iran on Feb. 28.
The Pentagon drew scrutiny from media outlets and lawmakers last week when killed and wounded numbers decreased in the DCAS system. The 12 Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday requesting answers on what was causing the changes.
The Defense Department’s acting press secretary, Joel Valdez, insisted in a Thursday social media post that the decreases were due to “temporary data disruptions on the (DCAS) website.”
Concerns Over War Powers
Lawmakers of both parties have argued against the administration’s interpretation of the War Powers clocks, though some analysts and officials contend that the act itself represents an unconstitutional limit on presidential war-making authority.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
