2026-07-09 11:07:00 北美东部时区 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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乔纳·卡普兰
乔纳·卡普兰是获奖记者与调查记者，以平衡的报道、深入的访谈以及对全美各地影响社区的重大问题进行的深度调研报道而享有盛誉。他总部位于明尼阿波利斯，其作品见于哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的所有节目和平台，包括《CBS晚间新闻》《CBS晨间新闻》以及CBS 24/7频道。
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迈克尔·卡普兰
迈克尔·卡普兰是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻调查部的获奖记者兼制作人，擅长独家新闻报道和制作长篇电视调查节目。他的作品曾在《60分钟》、美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）以及《纽约时报》发表。
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消息人士向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，美军已完成今年早些时候科威特境内针对美军的致命伊朗袭击事件的调查，预计将于周四向金星家属（指阵亡军人家属）通报调查结果。
3月1日，伊朗袭击了科威特舒艾卜港的一个战术作战中心，造成六名美国人死亡。在美国和以色列发起“史诗暴怒行动”并开启对伊朗战争后，波斯湾地区的多个美国盟友都遭遇了伊朗密集的导弹和无人机袭击，此次袭击是伊朗战争以来针对美军部队的最致命袭击。
美国陆军中央司令部和第三陆军下令开展五角大楼调查，以“查明此次伊朗袭击的事实和情况”。但早在调查启动前，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一项调查就开始揭露多名袭击幸存者所称的袭击前、袭击期间和袭击后的“战略失误”。
在这次致命袭击发生后的第二天，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟将伊朗无人机称为“漏网之鱼”，暗示该无人机突破了科威特境内一支设防部队的防御系统。
今年4月，一名受伤士兵告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“声称‘有一架无人机钻了空子’是谎言。该士兵表示，部队“没有任何自卫能力，这不是一个设防阵地”。
更多袭击目击者在采访中称，早在该部队2月转移到舒艾卜港阵地之前，就收到了多份与部队防卫相关的预警。士兵们后来告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，军方领导层已经掌握了伊朗将瞄准他们在科威特阵地的情报。这些报道引发了参议院民主党人的调查。
“我们进驻了离伊朗更近、极其不安全的区域，那里是已知的打击目标，”一名不愿透露姓名的高级官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
当被问及该部队的设防程度时，这名官员回应道：“我的意思是，我可以说是零。从无人机防御能力来看……完全没有。”
其他幸存者回忆了无人机撞击他们工作区域后混乱不堪的时刻。
“这是一场失败，”斯蒂芬·兰斯伯顿少校在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时表示。他说，他相信如果当时基地有医生、固定急救站或不止一辆救护车，军士长妮可·阿莫尔本可以从伤势中存活下来。
五角大楼多次驳斥有关军方试图淡化该事件的说法。
在X平台上针对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前关于此次袭击的报道发表回应时，五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔表示，“各级都已采取一切可能的措施保障我们的部队安全”，并称“该安全设施建有6英尺高的围墙作为防御”。
士兵对部队指挥官提起投诉
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访了十多名在舒艾卜港现场的士兵，以及遇难士兵的家属和亲友。
五角大楼拒绝回答哥伦比亚广播公司新闻关于调查范围的问题，包括是否有个别指挥官是调查的主要对象。
几名士兵告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，他们希望调查能包含对爱荷华州第103后勤司令部指挥官的履职评估，他们指责指挥官不顾士兵们的已知担忧，下令部队在“史诗暴怒行动”数周前就进驻舒艾卜港。
“我对这个部队的领导层感到极度失望，”一名因军队严格的媒体限制而要求匿名的士兵告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
“我们知道哪些地点是预先确定的打击目标——不仅是哪些基地，还有特定基地的具体位置，”另一名士兵回忆道。当被问及舒艾卜港是否在该名单上时，该士兵说：“是的，绝对是。”
一名部队成员提交给陆军监察长的投诉（已由哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得）称，领导层“无视”情报简报，并“呵斥”那些对进驻舒艾卜港提出质疑的人。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系五角大楼和第103后勤司令部置评。
詹姆斯·拉波尔塔为本报道撰稿。
Army review of Iran conflict’s deadliest attack on U.S. soldiers to be shared with families
2026-07-09 11:07:00 EDT / CBS News
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Jonah Kaplan
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Michael Kaplan
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The Army has completed its investigation into the deadly Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Kuwait earlier this year, sources told CBS News, and Gold Star families are expected to be briefed Thursday on its findings.
Six Americans were killed in the March 1 strike on a tactical operations center at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait, one of several U.S.-allied countries in the Persian Gulf region that faced intense Iranian missile and drone attacks after the U.S. and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, starting the war with Iran. The strike was the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in the Iran War to-date.
U.S. Army Central and Third Army ordered the Pentagon probe “to determine the facts and circumstances” of the Iranian attack. But even before the review was underway, a CBS News investigation began shedding light on what several survivors of the attack described as “strategic failures” ahead of, during and after the strike.
One day after the deadly strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the Iranian drone as a “squirter” — suggesting that the drone managed to slip past the defenses of a fortified unit inside Kuwait.
In April, one of the injured soldiers told CBS News that “painting a picture that ‘one squeaked through’ is a falsehood. The soldier said the unit was “unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.”
More witnesses to the attack claimed in interviews that there were multiple warnings related to force protection ahead of the unit’s February move to the Port of Shuaiba position. Soldiers later told CBS News that military leaders had seen intelligence showing Iran was targeting their position in Kuwait. Those reports sparked an investigation from Senate Democrats.
“We moved closer to Iran, to a deeply unsafe area that was a known target,” one senior official told CBS News on condition of anonymity.
Asked to describe the degree of fortification of the unit, this official responded: “I mean, I would put it in the none category. From a drone defense capability … none.”
Other survivors recounted the chaotic moments in the moments after the drone slammed into their workspaces.
“This was a failure,” Maj. Stephen Ramsbottom said in an interview with CBS News. He said he believed Master Sgt. Nicole Amor could have survived her wounds had there been a doctor, a fixed aid station or more than one ambulance at the post.
The Pentagon has repeatedly pushed back on claims that the Army tried to downplay the incident.
In a post on X addressing prior CBS News reporting on the strike, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said “every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level” and that “[t]he secure facility was fortified with 6-foot walls.”
Soldiers lodge complaints against unit commanders
CBS News has interviewed more than a dozen soldiers who were on the ground at Shuaiba, as well as to the families and the loved ones of those who were killed.
The Pentagon declined to answer CBS News’ questions about the scope of the inquiry, including if any individual leaders were a main focus.
Several soldiers told CBS News they hoped the investigation would include a performance review of the commanders of the Iowa-based 103rd Sustainment Command, whom they blamed for ordering the troops to Shuaiba weeks before Operation Epic Fury, despite what the soldiers believed were known concerns.
“I feel incredibly let down by the leadership of this unit,” one soldier, speaking on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military, told CBS News.
“We knew what things were predetermined targets — not just which bases but specifically which locations on certain bases,” another soldier recounted. Asked if Shuaiba was on that list, the soldier said: “Yes, definitely.”
A complaint one unit member sent to the Army Inspector General, shared with CBS News, said the leadership “disregarded” the intelligence briefings and “yelled” at those who questioned the deployment to Shuaiba.
CBS News has reached out to the Pentagon and to the 103rd Sustainment Command for comment.
James LaPorta contributed to this report.