Dozens of U.S. service members suffered serious injuries in Kuwait, sources say
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Dozens of US service members sustained serious injuries in Kuwait at the start of the war with Iran.
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Dozens of U.S. service members sustained serious injuries in Kuwait at the start of the war with Iran, according to multiple sources who spoke with CBS News. These injuries included shrapnel wounds and brain trauma. Aaron Navarro is reporting further on this development.
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