How and why US troops at al-Asad have traumatic brain injury
The explosions at the US air base in Iraq came in waves and lasted more than an hour, and the drone pilots bore the brunt of the blasts
21 February 2020 - 05:00
In the wee hours of January 8, Tehran retaliated over the US killing of Iran’s most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq.
Among the 2,000 troops stationed there was US Army Specialist Kimo Keltz, who recalls hearing a missile whistling through the sky as he lay on the deck of a guard tower. The explosion lifted his body — in full armour — several centimetres off the floor...
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