Soldiers' families press US Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike: report

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The families of US troops killed and injured in a drone attack on a base in Kuwait are questioning the nature of planning in the field and how warnings of a strike went unheeded, The Associated Press reports.

Six soldiers were killed and dozens injured in the deadliest known strike on US troops since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran on Feb 28.

The US Army and the Pentagon have declined to comment.

“We have the right to know what really happened,” a widow of one of the six soldiers told the AP. “If somebody messed up, those people need to be held responsible.”

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