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demmiblue

(39,666 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:02 AM Mar 1

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

Johnny2X2X

(24,162 posts)
1. Dead so Trump can change the story from Epstein
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:08 AM
Mar 1

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

GreenWave

(12,625 posts)
13. Exactamundo, dime store demagoguery at its worst.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:48 PM
Mar 1

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

3catwoman3

(29,341 posts)
5. Well, that didn't take long.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:30 AM
Mar 1

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

turbinetree

(27,478 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, 11:38 AM
Mar 1

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

turbinetree

(27,478 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, 11:37 AM
Mar 1

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

(37,836 posts)
8. Those blankets will rot off the walls before this is over.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:49 AM
Mar 1

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

(1,964 posts)
10. Will the president
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:21 PM
Mar 1

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

Bengus81

(10,141 posts)
14. Sons and daughters will DIE so this FELON and PEDOPHILE can stay in office
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:52 PM
Mar 1

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

ChicagoTeamster

(905 posts)
16. Were these operational casualties or the result of retaliatory strikes against our middle east bases?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:02 PM
Mar 1

BComplex

(9,895 posts)
17. Hopefully some country will release ALL the Epstein files so we can stop this war.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:02 PM
Mar 1

Republicans have done it again.

3825-87867

(1,932 posts)
19. Iranian suiciders?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:12 PM
Mar 1

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, 01:48 PM
Mar 1

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

(17,556 posts)
24. Not only no justification, but also no ultimate change and improvement.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 03:25 PM
Mar 1

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

(2,540 posts)
22. + leave it to the Krasnov administration + his do nothing Gongress
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:19 PM
Mar 1

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

'cuz "suckers + losers"...

hamsterjill

(17,556 posts)
23. Sometimes I'm a little dense...but how did these soldiers die?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 03:23 PM
Mar 1

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

(10,141 posts)
25. Going to be there to greet their caskets with a "losers and suckers" salute Trump?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 05:18 PM
Mar 1

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

BidenRocks

(3,229 posts)
28. To quote John Kerry
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:36 PM
Mar 1

“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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