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demmiblue

(39,569 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:02 AM Yesterday

⚠️ CENTCOM: "As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously...

First U.S. casualties reported by Central Command.
#iran #america #news #usiranwar

Michael Martinez :verified: (@michael-martinez.c.im.ap.brid.gy) 2026-03-01T15:01:39.000Z

While operations are coordinated at a members-only, private beach club — in between fundraisers and parties.

Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-01T15:05:14.515Z


WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Three U.S. service members have been killed and another five have been seriously wounded, in the first casualties of the unfolding U.S. operations against Iran, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

The casualties were announced on the second day of strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran, which have plunged the Middle East into a new, unpredictable conflict that has already led to the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement on Sunday that U.S. troops suffered additional, less serious injuries as well.

"Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions - and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing," Central Command said in a statement on X.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-military-says-three-its-service-members-killed-iran-operation-2026-03-01/
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⚠️ CENTCOM: "As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously... (Original Post) demmiblue Yesterday OP
Dead so Trump can change the story from Epstein Johnny2X2X Yesterday #1
Exactamundo, dime store demagoguery at its worst. GreenWave Yesterday #13
The bloody lie of "America first". It is really America last. David__77 Yesterday #2
Blood on Trump's hands newdeal2 Yesterday #3
And the hands of everyone who voted for him. CaptainTruth Yesterday #15
There was no reason for this whatsoever. Scrivener7 Yesterday #4
Well, that didn't take long. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #5
He will have on one of his stupid hats...............if he goes and makes time from his golfing and hiding documents on turbinetree Yesterday #7
...with his blow-up doll du jour, Karoline Lib-it, right beside him peppertree 22 hrs ago #27
When is he going to bring the families in for the show and tell and him gurgling about this and that.............. turbinetree Yesterday #6
Those blankets will rot off the walls before this is over. Hugin Yesterday #8
And KRASNOV's body count (started domestically) ticks on. UTUSN Yesterday #9
Will the president homegirl Yesterday #10
Too busy golfing.... paleotn Yesterday #11
They died to get Epstein off the front page durablend Yesterday #12
Sons and daughters will DIE so this FELON and PEDOPHILE can stay in office Bengus81 Yesterday #14
Were these operational casualties or the result of retaliatory strikes against our middle east bases? ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #16
Yes curious about the circumstances. 617Blue Yesterday #18
Hopefully some country will release ALL the Epstein files so we can stop this war. BComplex Yesterday #17
Iranian suiciders? 3825-87867 Yesterday #19
They had families and friends. I care, even if others don't. twodogsbarking Yesterday #20
This is so wrong Beckett Yesterday #21
Not only no justification, but also no ultimate change and improvement. hamsterjill Yesterday #24
+ leave it to the Krasnov administration + his do nothing Gongress ultralite001 Yesterday #22
Sometimes I'm a little dense...but how did these soldiers die? hamsterjill Yesterday #23
Going to be there to greet their caskets with a "losers and suckers" salute Trump? Bengus81 22 hrs ago #25
Recovering my ass! Maninacan 22 hrs ago #26
To quote John Kerry BidenRocks 19 hrs ago #28

Johnny2X2X

(23,968 posts)
1. Dead so Trump can change the story from Epstein
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:08 AM
Yesterday

And so some billionaires can divvy up Iran’s natural resources.

GreenWave

(12,520 posts)
13. Exactamundo, dime store demagoguery at its worst.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:48 AM
Yesterday

Makes me think the reports (no sources yet) on murder and ritualistic cannibalism aren't that far fetched.

newdeal2

(5,211 posts)
3. Blood on Trump's hands
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:15 AM
Yesterday

All for nothing. Asshole will (ab)use their deaths for his own gains.

3catwoman3

(29,156 posts)
5. Well, that didn't take long.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:30 AM
Yesterday

And let’s guess who will not be showing up at Dover to greet the flag draped coffins.b

turbinetree

(27,364 posts)
7. He will have on one of his stupid hats...............if he goes and makes time from his golfing and hiding documents on
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:38 AM
Yesterday

sex trafficking.............

turbinetree

(27,364 posts)
6. When is he going to bring the families in for the show and tell and him gurgling about this and that..............
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:37 AM
Yesterday

at a room with blankets hanging from the ceiling with a sign that says SCIF room at Mar a Lago................Top Secret room stay out and have his club manager sitting in there signing golf balls for the fat fuck to hand out.......what clearances do these fuck heads confidential...................did his fucking son "volunteer" to fight..................fuck no.............pound sand asshole...............

Hugin

(37,744 posts)
8. Those blankets will rot off the walls before this is over.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:49 AM
Yesterday

Once again the kakistofascists set up their Potemkin made-for-social-media fabric SCIF because it looked so good when they unfolded it during their razing of VZ.

This is an entirely different war they’ve involved the US in this time. It’s the kind of war that never goes away. Let’s hope that their attention spans to it last through lunch.

homegirl

(1,956 posts)
10. Will the president
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:21 AM
Yesterday

honor th casualties of his war by being present when those flag draped coffins arrive in the USA? Will he visit the wounded?

Bengus81

(10,046 posts)
14. Sons and daughters will DIE so this FELON and PEDOPHILE can stay in office
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:52 AM
Yesterday

Just another day in NAZI AMERICA............

ChicagoTeamster

(750 posts)
16. Were these operational casualties or the result of retaliatory strikes against our middle east bases?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:02 PM
Yesterday

BComplex

(9,847 posts)
17. Hopefully some country will release ALL the Epstein files so we can stop this war.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:02 PM
Yesterday

Republicans have done it again.

3825-87867

(1,889 posts)
19. Iranian suiciders?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:12 PM
Yesterday

Seen to recall reading about some years ago. Don't think some people may have enough protection...unless they want to be a martyr?
And didn't Iran sell some rather good drones to Russia? Did we destroy them all?
Could end one of two ways - political change in America, or Blue State problems to take minds off Jeffery!

Just a thought.

Beckett

(28 posts)
21. This is so wrong
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:48 PM
Yesterday

I'm so angry about this. Every single R "prez" gets us involved in the Middle East and for what? More dead Americans without any justification. It's only the first day. How many more deaths will there be??? My heart goes out to their families.

hamsterjill

(17,388 posts)
24. Not only no justification, but also no ultimate change and improvement.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:25 PM
Yesterday

Welcome to DU.

You're right as to every damn Republican President taking us to war in the Middle East. And every single time, ultimately, there is no real change. They never learn because they don't care about ordinary people losing their lives.

ultralite001

(2,476 posts)
22. + leave it to the Krasnov administration + his do nothing Gongress
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:19 PM
Yesterday

to defund veteran's services, close clinics, shut off mental health care for vets,
shutter veteran's hospitals + nursing homes...

'cuz "suckers + losers"...

hamsterjill

(17,388 posts)
23. Sometimes I'm a little dense...but how did these soldiers die?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:23 PM
Yesterday

First and foremost, my sincere condolences to their families and friends. These Americans were doing what they were ordered to do.

Maybe I've missed the coverage - which is quite possible - but has the specifics of this operation been explained? Did these soldiers go into a building and come under fire? Was this a helicopter crash and subsequent engagement? I expected that the majority of this was air coverage with bombs. Was there ANY thought given to how this was carried out and how best to protect lives?

I doubt it...Trump doesn't care. It's no one he cares about. If they were killed or captured, they're just losers in his mind any way.

Bengus81

(10,046 posts)
25. Going to be there to greet their caskets with a "losers and suckers" salute Trump?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 04:18 PM
22 hrs ago

You fucking NAZI POS, I hope YOUR death is slowwww and hideous.

BidenRocks

(3,092 posts)
28. To quote John Kerry
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:36 PM
19 hrs ago

“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”
― John Kerry

How do you ask anybody to be the first to die in an illegal, unconstitutional war?

You don't ask!

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