Number of U.S. Troop Deaths Suddenly Appears Lower on Pentagon Website

NEW YORK TIMES ^ | July 24, 2026 | Helene Cooper

[hcmama]

On Wednesday, the Pentagon reported on its casualties website that a total of 18 American service members had been killed during the war in Iran.

By Thursday, the Defense Department had lowered that number, reporting that 14 American troops had been killed in the war.

Three military officials said that one reason behind the change was that the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list — three in Jordan and one in northern Iraq — because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April.

The officials described sensitive internal discussions on the condition of anonymity.

The acting press secretary for the Pentagon, Joel Valdez, attributed the change instead to “temporary data disruptions” on the website that he suggested would be quickly fixed.

[hcmama]

Here's hoping Joel Valdez is right and this is not some incorrigibly stupid move on the part of the Pentagon to downplay the death of four US soldiers

[grobdriver]

I can just see ol' Helene Cooper rubbing her hands together with glee as she wrote this piece.

[FlipWilson]

Remember the withdrawal from Afghanistan? The New York Times sure was all over troop deaths then, weren’t they?

The Times and other rags trying to do what they always do when their guy/gal isn’t in the White House. They make each U.S. casualty equal a hundred.

So sick of this.

You don’t hate the media enough.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Helene is trying to build some sympathy for her Iranian terrorist New Yawk Slimes readers.

[Da Coyote]

There is no lowest depth of depravity for the NYT pretend journalists. What’s next for these clowns? Nose hair on the president? Toe cheese on ICE workers? Perhaps those jokers might consider regretting getting through college without ever encountering a course requiring thought, because obviously the journalism curriculum was there only to draw those who failed underwater lesbian dance studies.

[Karl Spooner]

(Circa 2027) Pentagon deletes 5 billion deaths from their website.

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[libertylover]

That's funny, the New York Times is concerned about the Pentagon getting the count wrong by 4, but in 2020 they weren't the least bit concerned about the apparent vote count being wrong by millions.

[Miami Rebel]

Yes, that’s the ticket!

Shoot the messenger.

[libertylover]

You don’t hate the media enough.

I do. And my Tagline exposes the media with every post.

[Tell It Right]

Why in the world is anyone scared of Iran? In the 5 months of the war, weakling Iran has killed half as many Americans as have been killed by blacks in Chicago in just the month of April.

Perspective

[Skid289]

Ok NYT. Now do the sudden drop in Ilhan Omar’s net worth.

[Miami Rebel]

Americans don’t understand why ANY more servicemen are dying in a war we already won.

[Sacajaweau]

Yesterday read that 100 soldiers were injured. Out of context it makes the fight a disaster. However...96 out of the 100 returned to active duty. No one is down playing anything.

[gibsonguy]

F the NYT. The bastards would love a bunch of dead Americans because it would hurt Trump.

[FlipWilson]

I do. And my Tagline exposes the media with every post.”

I know you do. I meant to be generic as in “one doesn’t hate the media enough.”

[saleman]

Every death is a tragedy.

I wonder how many have been killed in Chicago since “the war”
started?