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Anderson Cooper 360

Pentagon: Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured Over Last 2 Weeks in Iran War

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Pentagon now says that nearly 100 troops have been hurt in just the last two weeks of war with Iran. That is on top of the at least three service members killed over the weekend, and new strikes and counterstrikes are underway tonight. Plus, what authorities in New York have revealed about the Army veteran they say lit a fire, set off fireworks, and brandished a rifle outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, the Pentagon admitting nearly 100 troops have been hurt in just the last two weeks of war with Iran.

0:08.0

That is on top of the three, possibly four servicemen and women killed over the weekend.

0:13.0

And new strikes and counter strikes underway tonight.

0:16.0

John King here in for Anderson.

0:18.0

It is the 10th round of airstrikes against Iran since the ceasefire broke down.

0:21.5

It comes with mediators today floating a 10-day pause in hostilities. But President Trump had already

0:26.9

signals his intentions at lunchtime, saying every time Iran kills an American soldier, they will

0:32.2

pay for that killing many times over. And at 4 p.m. today, CENCOM launching new attacks. A U.S. official telling CNN,

0:40.2

even though ceasefire talks are continuing, the president is focused right now on making Iran pay

0:45.1

for violating that memorandum of understanding. And this official says, for the American troops,

0:49.8

killed in action.

1:08.0

This is video of a deadly missile strike on a Jordanian air base overnight Friday into Saturday. This morning, the Pentagon identified two soldiers killed in that attack.

1:12.2

Private Isabella Gonzalez of Texas was just 19 years old. She was assigned to an air defense

1:16.8

regiment based in Germany. First Lieutenant Tyler James Fian was from Hawaii and served also in

1:22.5

missile defense with a unit from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A third, as yet unidentified servicemen, was killed

1:29.4

in northern Iraq, and a fourth is missing still in Jordan. And again, as we mentioned, the Pentagon

1:34.5

spokesman says nearly 100 service members have been hurt since July 7th, mostly mild concussions, he said.

1:41.1

Separately, a CNN data review shows that the Pentagon has been slow to disclose war

1:45.2

injuries, which that same spokesman says is to protect other service members who might be jeopardized,

1:50.5

he claims, by releasing such information prematurely. But it is the new fatalities that the president,

1:56.5

first and foremost, is concerned with, the most since March, when 13 U.S. service members lost their lives.

2:03.9

We feel very badly, but, you know, those great people, those great patriots,

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