Trump administration’s revision of Iran war casualties ‘huge disrespect’, say veterans

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Defense department updated database of casualties to list four service members deceased in ‘Overseas Operations’

A controversial move by the Pentagon to reclassify casualties in the Iran war is being taken by US military veterans as a sign of disrespect for the dead.

“It’s such a huge disrespect for the families,” said Michael E Smith, a retired US rear admiral and the founder of National Security Leaders for America. “To claim that they weren’t killed as a result of the war – oh, it was just overseas operations – is just ludicrous.”

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