{"id":36322,"date":"2026-05-15T01:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=36322"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:35:28","slug":"die-verschwundenen-toten-wie-das-pentagon-zivile-opfer-im-iran-krieg-nochmal-ausloescht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/die-verschwundenen-toten-wie-das-pentagon-zivile-opfer-im-iran-krieg-nochmal-ausloescht\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disappearing Dead - How the Pentagon Is Erasing Civilian Victims in the Iran War All Over Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

13,600 airstrikes. Thousands of destroyed buildings. Hundreds of documented impacts in residential neighborhoods, schools, and medical facilities. And yet Admiral Brad Cooper seriously told the U.S. Senate that he was aware of only a single possible incident involving civilian casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That sentence alone turned the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing into a political disaster for the Pentagon. Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command and therefore responsible for American military operations against Iran, defended the conduct of the war with a narrative that triggered open skepticism even within Washington itself. According to his testimony, only one attack - the February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school - might possibly have been caused by an American bomb. Iranian authorities say 175 people were killed there, including numerous children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Senator Kirsten Gillibrand directly confronted Cooper with those figures, the admiral responded in a way that visibly unsettled even seasoned observers in Congress. He said the military could not confirm the information. There was no evidence supporting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n