The Pentagon did not disclose injuries suffered by dozens of U.S. troops in Jordan by Iran earlier this month, according to a report that a Pentagon spokesperson furiously denied at length. According to the paper, the Pentagon did not disclose Iran’s earlier strikes or the dozens of injuries they caused. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disputed the Times’ report in a four-paragraph statement in which he made personal attacks on journalists. When reached for comment, the Pentagon referred the Daily Beast to Parnell’s initial statement as well as a follow-up about troops’ injuries. Parnell wrote a follow-up post about troops' injuries.