Report: 196 US Troops Were Killed By Iranian IEDs In Iraq

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Defense One: How Many US Troops Were Killed By Iranian IEDs in Iraq?

Far fewer than Congress thinks, according to newly declassified documents from U.S. Central Command

Explosively formed penetrators — a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb — killed 196 American soldiers in Iraq over a five-and-a-half-year period, according to recently declassified Pentagon documents.

That’s about half as many deaths as lawmakers have attributed to the bombs, which U.S. officials say were largely supplied by Iran’s elite Quds Force.

The carnage wrought by EFPs returned to the news over the summer, as opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran cited Tehran’s behind-the-scenes actions against U.S. troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a reason to scuttle the agreement. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who is also running for president, and others in Congress have said that EFPs had killed more than 500 troops.

WNU Editor: It may be fewer than the 500 claim .... but it is still a lot.