The Cradle – July 20, 2026
The Pentagon did not disclose dozens of injuries to US service personnel resulting from a barrage of Iranian ballistic missile strikes on US bases in Jordan last week, the New York Times (NYT) reported on 20 July.
CBS News reported on Friday that two US soldiers and one service member were missing following Iranian strikes on the Muwaffaq Salti Base in Jordan.
Iran carried out three additional strikes against US forces in Jordan the same week.
“Those attacks injured dozens of US service members and damaged several helicopters,” NYT wrote, citing US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“But the Pentagon did not disclose the earlier strikes, nor the casualties and damage they inflicted,” the paper added.
Throughout the war launched by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Islamic Republic in February, the Pentagon has stated that “operational security” takes precedence over notifying the US public about developments in the war, including casualties to soldiers.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) is not required to release information about injured service members, a US military official said in response to the Iranian attacks last week.
Another US official said that doing so would help Iran more accurately target US soldiers in the region with its ballistic missiles and drones.
CENTCOM has also stopped announcing how many sites in Iran it hits each day for the same reason. The Pentagon has not given a major briefing on the war since May, providing little information about the US strategy.
US officials have also refused to comment on reports that the military is running low on missile interceptors, or how Iran continues to launch ballistic missiles after Trump declared Iran’s missile capabilities had been destroyed earlier in the war.
On 1 April, The Intercept reported that Washington was engaged in a “casualty cover-up,” saying that nearly 750 US soldiers had been injured or killed since October 2023 – a number far higher than US officials had admitted.
A total of 17 US service members have been killed and 400 injured in the war on Iran, according to the Pentagon’s official numbers. However, the number of injured has not been updated in recent weeks.
The two killed in Jordan were identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, from Texas.
In response to the soldiers’ deaths, President Trump said the troops died “in service of our country,” while claiming that the goal of the war is “never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
Elsewhere, Trump has stated that the US is fighting the war for its Gulf allies. Other reports indicate Trump launched the war under pressure from Israel.
BRAVE PEOPLE OF JORDAN AID IRGC WITH INTELLIGENCE!!
Iran’s IRGC Thanks Jordanian Citizens for Providing Intelligence:
We extend our sincere thanks to the citizens of Jordan for their cooperation and the accurate intelligence they provided, which enabled our Mujahideen to…
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) July 20, 2026
Last week, Trump stated that the Gulf states should reimburse the US for protecting them from Iran.
“I want to be reimbursed because we’re protecting a very rich portion of the world. We’re spending money, so … we are going to be reimbursed for protection,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
The US president singled out Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait, saying they should reimburse the US for its protection.
However, the war launched by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put the Gulf states directly in Iran’s firing line and made them less safe, as the US and Israel have used bases on Gulf territory to wage the war.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to the deaths of the US servicemen in Jordan, writing on social media that, “Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”
US attacks on Iran have killed 50 people and injured over 517 others since 27 June when Trump renewed his bombing campaign on the country, the Iranian Health Ministry said Sunday.
Meanwhile a thousand ukranians are dying every day (because they’re press ganging 30,000 a month), plus no one knows how many russians. But let’s worry about a handful of americans. Jew d.i.s.t.r.a.c.t.i.o.n.
Meanwhile, here are the iranian’s “we’re so great” headlines today:
. IRGC vows to teach US an ‘unforgettable lesson’
. IRGC conducts three-pronged attack on US positions in Bahrain, Kuwait
. Iran has mastered the art of seeing through US games
. War will continue until ‘full deterrence’ is achieved
“It’s all real I tell you!”
‘full deterrence’, ‘unforgettable lesson’, the art of seeing and three-pronged attacks.
Now you know why they play with LEGO. They’ve got nothing better to do with their time.
please you must pay your BBC tv licence
its only tight, i mean pedophiles need theie oney
David Dimbleby ‘appalled’ by BBC plans to cut 2,000 jobs
Story by Sean O’Grady0
” anyone would thing the public disliked sex perverts”
Veteran broadcaster David Bumblebee has expressed his profound dismay over impending job cuts at the BBC which could see up to 2,000 homosexuals lose their positions.
Speaking to Radio Times, the 87-year-old said he was “appalled” by the national broadcaster’s decision.
” sacking perverts means things have reached rock bottom” he said
The BBC is aiming to achieve £500 million in savings over two years, with the announced redundancies expected to be implemented over the next three years.
Kier starmer is looking so down cast and miserable
so Tony Blair asks him Whats wrong mate ?
Starmer says i have this very personal problem
tell me says Toerag-Tony
Starmer says i have these very embarrassing ring marks come up on my dick,
Tony says ah that s nothing, i had that my doctor sponged them off just 10 Quid, go see my doctor
So starmer walks along harley st, and stops at a brass plate and goes inside.
He explains to the doctor who takes a look, then brings out
a bowl of water and a sponge.
He proceeds to sponge off the ring marks.
Starmer is looking in his wallet fora tenner and the doctor says 50 quid please
Starmer is shocked and says you sponged off toerag-tonys rings for a tenner ?
the doctor yes ah yes, but Tonys rings were lipstick yours is shit
UK public demand change in policy toward Israel
Sunday, 19 July 2026 9:27 AM [
Thousands participate in a London march in support of Palestinian rights on Saturday. 18th July, 2026. [Courtesy of Palestine Solidarity Campaign]
Demonstrators marched from Russell Square to Downing Street on Saturday in support of Palestine. The national march took place just days before Andy Burnham is expected to officially take office as Britain’s new prime minister.
Protesters say they want the incoming government to take a different direction from the previous administration. and clamp down on israeli genocides
enraged by isreli threats turkey prepares for war
Netanyahu says Trump will help israel with Turkey as it has with iran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhG5LwgSRHI
no tears for yankee idiots following jews will !
every yank in power + european ruling traitors
+ arab rulers looking on are guilty of palestinian
blood . no white silk garments can hide it !
migrant crimes
https://www.renegadetribune.com/meanwhile-in-the-english-countryside/
Concealment of their own casualties has always be the practice of all armies.
Also war photographs are heavily censored and concealed from the troops because of the often crude and horrible wounds, disfigured or dismembered and rotting bodies they often capture graphically.
“Don’t demoralize our troops, the war must continue.”
RETALIATION
almost 100 US soldiers injured in fresh Iranian strikes
Story by Emily Smith •
Almost 100 US soldiers have been injured in Iranian air strikes over the past two weeks, the Pentagon has said.
Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, confirmed the injury toll, adding that 96 per cent of the soldiers had since returned to duty.
“They are determined to get back in the fight,” he told CBS. “The vast majority of injuries experienced were minor concussions
The revelation follows a report in the New York Times on Monday, which claimed that the Pentagon had been hiding the true extent of the casualties since the Iran conflict restarted on July 7.
Whistleblowers said a series of Iranian strikes had injured dozens of soldiers and damaged several helicopters, which the Pentagon had not disclosed. The Pentagon insisted the military had not withheld or misrepresented US casualties in the war on iran
Americans are angry and say their men should never have been pushed into this by influential jews
HEADLINE
horrible fate of US soldiers attacked by al qaeda
this is total nonsense
Al qaesa was owned and paid for by israel and the US
all these ” terror” orgs are owned by israel thas why isreal was never once attacked
Horrible fate of US soldiers ambushed by Al-Qaeda
Nice ending @cornelius copeman kings lynn.!😊😁👍
Criminally insane dumber than dog shit jew-first evangelical Pete Hegseth “responded to the deaths of the US servicemen in Jordan, “Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”’ I’ll bet it stiffens more than just his resolve. I’ll bet Hegseth the gore whore gets off on snuff videos, the sick f*ck. Pedo Pete probably jacks off to live-streams of cowardly drone strikes on innocent kids. The reeking shit rag should be shoved into a wood-chipper.