Iran's war on Americans began decades ago. These families still carry the scars

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. The sister of Maj. Stuart Wolfer and widow of Capt. Shawn English say Iranian-backed attacks in Iraq left wounds that remain raw nearly 20 years later. Nearly two decades before the latest war with Iran, an explosively formed penetrator tore through a U.S. Army vehicle on a Baghdad road, killing Staff Sgt. William Brooks and leaving retired Sgt. Robert Bartlett with injuries so severe that he says he "died three times." The weapon was part of a broader Iranian campaign that armed and trained proxy forces to target American troops in Iraq, according to federal court findings. In cases involving hundreds of U.S. victims, judges found that Iran manufactured or supplied the weapons used in the attacks and that the assailants were trained or directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "It cut me in half from my temple down through my jaw, and then