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Ron DeSantis: “The majority of the casualties, both killed in action and…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Condo Reform Bill in Clearwater Beach

Published | Video Starts at 36:12

You also saw it at the bombing of the khobar Towers in 1996. And then when I was serving in Iraq as a junior officer. The majority of the casualties, both killed in action and wounded in action at that time in the conflict 2007 into 2008, were at the hands of Iranian backed Shia militia. So they are responsible for maiming thousands of American service members and probably killing over 1,000 US service members. (36:12–36:25)

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Asserts that most U.S. casualties in Iraq during 2007-2008 were caused by Iranian-backed Shia militia.

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