{"id":21019,"date":"2026-03-11T09:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=21019"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:58:39","slug":"trumps-iran-war-the-quagmire-expands-the-casualties-pile-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/11\/trumps-iran-war-the-quagmire-expands-the-casualties-pile-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Iran War: The Quagmire Expands, the Casualties Pile Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/as-many-as-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-in-iran-war-sources-say\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN: Attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz escalate, as Iran launches \u2018intense\u2019 strikes &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-11-26\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBC: Three ships hit near the Strait of Hormuz, maritime monitoring agency says &#8211; read it <a href=\"http:\/\/Three ships hit near the Strait of Hormuz, maritime monitoring agency says\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guardian<\/em>: Mojtaba Khamenei was hurt in strike that killed his father, Iran\u2019s Cyprus ambassador confirms &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/11\/mojtaba-khamenei-was-hurt-in-strike-that-killed-his-father-irans-cyprus-ambassador-confirms\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ProPublica: The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>NY Times<\/em>: At Least 17 U.S. Sites Damaged in War With Iran, Analysis Shows &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/03\/11\/world\/middleeast\/iran-us-military-bases-strikes-map.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>WaPo<\/em>: Russians say Iran attack shows U.S. can\u2019t be trusted in Ukraine talks &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/03\/11\/russia-ukraine-iran-trump-negotiations-trust\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guardian<\/em>: IEA poised to call for largest ever release of stockpiled oil to reduce crude price &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/11\/international-energy-agency-release-oil-stockpile-iran-war\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>WaPo<\/em>: As Israel targets Iran, Gaza\u2019s nascent recovery stalls and Hamas gains strength &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/03\/11\/gaza-iran-war-israel-trump\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NPR: U.S. attacks Iranian mine-laying vessels near Hormuz on Day 12 of war &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/11\/nx-s1-5744029\/us-iran-war\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBC: Republican Speaker Mike Johnson says he doesn&#8217;t support nation-building in Iran &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/republican-speaker-mike-johnson-doesnt-support-nation-buidling-iran-rcna262806\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suddenly, news about the cost in American lives and resources emerges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21019"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21022,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019\/revisions\/21022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}