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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nTwo more US troops were injured in Iraq and\/or Syria this past weekend. The Pentagon insists that they weren’t involved in trigger-pulling operations, but rather in the rear, according to the Military Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said both troops were injured by indirect fire while conducting train-advise-and-assist missions.<\/p>\n \u201cIn both cases, these were people operating behind the forward line of troops. They were not on the front lines; they were not engaged in active combat…The troops’ injuries were severe enough to prevent them from being returned to duty, Davis said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n More newsworthy this weekend, perhaps, is that the President finally admitted that US troops are involved in combat operations, that we’ve actually lost troops in combat, despite the fact that whole rest of the world has recognized that fact. From Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n The losses of Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV, Delta Force soldier Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler and Marine Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin had previously been called combat deaths by White House and Pentagon officials. Obama\u2019s comments Friday appeared to be the first time that the president himself has acknowledged them as combat deaths.<\/p>\n \u201cThese three men were killed in combat while they were supporting local forces in Iraq,\u201d Obama said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I guess he saw it in the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"