HOLD UP: Did US Troops Get NUKED In An Airstrike Back In 2020?
Is Iran's Supreme Leader an even worse tyrant than we thought?
You may remember a missile attack against US assets back in 2020 that seemed to have failed at the time. If Paul Harvey were still around today, this would be a very strong candidate for one of his famous ‘rest of the story’ retellings of familiar facts.
Like so many of our conflicts, the breadcrumbs for this one lead back to Iran.
You could hardly dream up a wider gulf between Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ approach with Iran foreign policy and the bribe and capitulation approach we saw with the Obama/Biden approach that preceded it.
At the very same moment in history where Obama was openly cheering revolutionary movements in the so-called Arab Spring, he made a conscious decision to throw no support at all behind the revolution — much like the one we are seeing today — that tried to overthrow the oppressive regime of Iran’s Supreme Leader. Instead, they threw pallets of cash their way. Criminal investigations into some of the world’s top terrorists withered on the vine, to appease Iran. (See: Project Cassandra)
And for what? How did any of that help either the people of Iran the bodies of whom — as we speak — are being stacked up like cordwood as their tyranny kills protesters en masse. With reports pointing to the use of toxic agents being deployed against the protesters filtering out through Iran’s digital blackout.
Even leaving aside the horrors being conducted halfway around the world, did the ‘rapprochement‘ foreign policy emphasis first of Obama and then Biden toward Iran serve any of America’s national interests?
Iran had initiated numerous attacks on American interests over the years, both directly and indirectly. More recently, they have authorized Fatwas against American citizens, had bomb plots in DC foiled, and had several terror attempts in the past 2 years foiled by authorities.
But have you heard about the time Iran nuked us?
No, we’re not talking about a mushroom cloud like Hiroshima. Any hopes they had of dropping one of those on an American city now lie buried at the root of some mountain complex. But that is hardly the only way you can weaponize radiation.
You’ve heard of ‘dirty bombs’? Normally, we imagine some guy with a suitcase or a truck. We see conventional explosives used to disperse radioactive material. Dirty bomb. The rogue terror nation’s biggest wildcard.
But what about a country like Iran. The regime loves its nuclear weapons. But they have gone all-in on their use of missiles to demoralize and destroy their enemies. What would stop them from…?
That’s exactly the question Catherine Herridge dug into in her video.
And she raises a series of compelling reasons to think that’s exactly what happened.
Worse still, under Biden and Garland, a long-standing policy that would have given injured Americans recourse to sue Iran for damages was reversed to the detriment of the injured Americans.
BREAKING: I have obtained military records that suggest Iran’s January 2020 ballistic missile attack on al-Asad Air Base targeted US troops with numerous toxic agents, including radiation.
Six years after the attack, US service members that were involved are now battling… pic.twitter.com/efKeP9FXVT
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) January 15, 2026
The video itself his here:
BREAKING: I have obtained military records that suggest Iran’s January 2020 ballistic missile attack on al-Asad Air Base targeted US troops with numerous toxic agents, including radiation.
Six years after the attack, US service members that were involved are now battling… pic.twitter.com/efKeP9FXVT
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) January 15, 2026
She gives timestamps and a walk-through of her reporting:
Six years after the attack, US service members that were involved are now battling traumatic brain injuries and emerging cancers they blame on the toxic fallout.
I sat down with Retired Lieutenant Colonel Al Johnson and Retired Army JAG Al Broadbent who say a new “Agent Orange” crisis may be on our hands.
Straight to the Point: Iran’s Toxic Tactics
01:53 After Iran’s attack, six years of struggle for US service members
02:42 Traumatic Brain Injuries, Mental Health Challenges, Homelessness
04:10 After Iran’s ballistic missile attack, military testing identified toxic agents, including radiation
04:40 Thyroid cancers emerging
05:20 Did Iran use a “dirty” warhead against US service members?
06:21 Another “Agent Orange”
07:00 Johnson: No organized surveillance, preventative screening program for al-Asad cohort established under Biden DoD
07:40 Trump Administration can take action right now to limit negative effects of blast injuries from Iran’s attack
09:26 US soldier’s suicide linked to his traumatic brain injury from Iran’s attack
11:10 Iran’s attack was designed to kill every American on the base after the US assassinated a top Iranian General
12:10 Courts dismissed lawsuit against Iran because no US service member was killed in January 2020, only severely injured
13:19 Biden Justice Department broke with long standing legal precedent: US service members took back seat to Iran
14:32 No accountability for Iran: +80 US service members and contractors with Traumatic Brain Injuries
15:10 @SecVetAffairs, @SecWar can make comprehensive medical surveillance and screening program possible for injured soldiers
15:48 Ongoing radiation risk? Dosimeters issued at al-Asad base
16:33 Is Iran using a new tactic, contaminated warheads against adversaries?
18:00 What’s next: In the courts and for the al-Asad soldiers
19:24 Department of War responds to the investigation