{
 "record": "Trump's Wars",
 "slug": "wars",
 "url": "https://crustnews.com/wars/",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "generated": "2026-08-22T00:45:02Z",
 "updated_cadence": "editorial",
 "ledger": [
  {
   "label": "Killed, Iran war, all sides",
   "value": "8,983 - 18,317",
   "source": "Independent casualty trackers (WarCosts, aggregate)",
   "as_of": "2026-08-08",
   "sub": "independent tracker aggregate; range, never averaged"
  },
  {
   "label": "Killed in US strikes on Iran since July 8",
   "value": "50",
   "source": "Iranian officials, via Al Jazeera",
   "as_of": "2026-08-08",
   "sub": "documented minimum; 500+ wounded",
   "floor": true
  },
  {
   "label": "US air attacks on Iran since July 8",
   "value": "100",
   "source": "Al Jazeera strike mapping",
   "as_of": "2026-08-08",
   "sub": "documented minimum",
   "floor": true
  },
  {
   "label": "Killed, Southern Spear boat strikes",
   "value": "221",
   "source": "USNI News / Task & Purpose tally",
   "as_of": "2026-08-01",
   "sub": "63 strikes on 67 boats since late 2025",
   "floor": true
  },
  {
   "label": "US service members killed, Iran war",
   "value": "18 - 20",
   "source": "Public casualty lists, independently tallied",
   "as_of": "2026-08-08"
  }
 ],
 "fronts": [
  {
   "name": "Iran",
   "tag": "iran",
   "status": "Active: strikes continuing despite ceasefire deal"
  },
  {
   "name": "Lebanon",
   "tag": "lebanon"
  },
  {
   "name": "Southern Spear",
   "tag": "southern-spear",
   "status": "Boat strikes ongoing, Caribbean and Eastern Pacific"
  },
  {
   "name": "Egypt",
   "tag": "egypt",
   "status": "Infrastructure attacks: Damietta LNG drone strike, Jul 29"
  },
  {
   "name": "Domestic",
   "tag": "domestic"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "Al Jazeera, US-Israel attacks on Iran live tracker",
   "as_of": "2026-08-08"
  },
  {
   "name": "USNI News, Southern Spear strike tally",
   "as_of": "2026-08-01"
  },
  {
   "name": "WOLA, boat-strikes analysis",
   "as_of": "2026-08-01"
  },
  {
   "name": "Independent casualty trackers (aggregate range)",
   "as_of": "2026-08-08"
  }
 ]
}