Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian Girls School

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Within hours of a Feb. 28 missile attack that hit an Iranian school, some Pentagon personnel knew the US was responsible, according to officials involved in an internal investigation of the incident.

Two Tomahawk missiles struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School building and its grounds that Saturday, killing more than 150 people, including at least 123 children. The strikes devastated the two-story school, which was built on land that was part of a military compound in the southern Iranian town of Minab. In terms of child casualties, it’s the deadliest American military targeting error (are you sure it was an error?) of the 21st century.

United Nations investigators said Thursday that there were reasonable grounds to conclude that the strike on Minab and another US attack that took place on the same day amounted to war crimes. The US has yet to publicly accept responsibility for the school strike, and President Donald Trump has previously suggested it was Tehran’s fault. As recently as July 14, he told Fox News, “I don’t think anybody’s going to ever be able to say what happened there.”



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‘Reasonable grounds’ to believe US committed war crimes in Iran – UN​

Indiscriminate attacks, such as the strike on an elementary school in Minab, went beyond negligence, a new report has found.

A UN fact-finding mission has found reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes by carrying out indiscriminate strikes on civilian targets in Iran, according to a new report.

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran released its findings to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, focusing in part on two strikes it described as “emblematic” of the conflict and involving “significant violations” of international law.

The first was the February 28 double strike on an elementary school in Minab. The mission said credible information confirmed 157 deaths, including 123 children aged 13 and younger.

Investigators identified the weapon as a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), used only by the US during the conflict. Citing evidence including internal Pentagon investigations and Washington’s failure to explain the incident, the mission concluded that the school had been deliberately targeted, apparently on the basis of outdated intelligence.

The site had been part of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound before 2016, but the school had been separated from the military facility by a wall for more than a decade. Investigators said it was clearly identifiable as a civilian site and found no evidence it was being used for military purposes.
 
It was terrible 🤷

I don't think it was done intentionally. Some context could also include:


Surrounding Area: The school sat on a city block next to facilities used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy.

History: The school building was originally part of the military base compound years prior. Between 2013 and 2016, the property was separated by a fence, given public entrances, and converted into a civilian school.

Intelligence Error: Investigations indicate that military targeting data failed to update the site's change in use, incorrectly labeling the functioning school building as a military target
 
311boogieman said:
It was terrible 🤷

I don't think it was done intentionally. Some context could also include:


Surrounding Area: The school sat on a city block next to facilities used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy.

History: The school building was originally part of the military base compound years prior. Between 2013 and 2016, the property was separated by a fence, given public entrances, and converted into a civilian school.

Intelligence Error: Investigations indicate that military targeting data failed to update the site's change in use, incorrectly labeling the functioning school building as a military target
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Solution: Don't start an illegal war of aggression. No war = zero chance of murdering hundreds of innocent little girls.
 
Shevek said:
Solution: Don't start an illegal war of aggression. No war = zero chance of murdering hundreds of innocent little girls.
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I'm starting to get the feeling that you might not care for trump very much.
 
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