Breaking: two US troops killed by Iran in Jordan
Two more American service members are dead in Jordan. One is missing. Sixteen US troops have now been killed by Iran since the start of Trump's unauthorized, unpopular, and expanding war — and the Pentagon is already promising to hit back. Paul Rieckhoff cuts into a summer weekend to break down what happened, what comes next, and why military families are getting no days off while much of America checks out.
Two US service members were killed and one is missing after another Iranian strike on American forces in Jordan. That brings the confirmed…
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→ Four things from today’s episodeBreaking. two US service members killed by Iran in Jordan, one missing, wounded count still unknown
Why this is the first confirmed US fatality from Iranian fire since April. and what the missing service member likely signals about the damage
The running total. sixteen American troops killed in action by Iran since the start of Trump's war
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