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Is the United States underreporting its military casualties from Iran's retaliation? A new report has sparked fresh controversy after The Intercept claimed the Pentagon introduced a new system for recording U.S. military casualties, separating troops killed or wounded since July 7 under a new "Overseas Operations" category instead of the traditional Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). According to the report, the official casualty count now stands at 704, while The Intercept claims the actual number could exceed 900 based on its investigation. The Pentagon has denied allegations that it is attempting to conceal casualty figures, calling such reports "baseless and malicious." Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that more than 200 American troops were killed during its retaliatory operations—an assertion that has not been independently verified.
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