cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/33264
US military investigators have said it is likely its forces were responsible for a strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children and has been condemned as a war crime, according to a report by Reuters.
The attack on the Minab girls’ school in southern Iran on Saturday is believed to have killed at least 165 people, mostly children under the age of 12.
The UN’s education agency, Unesco, said the attack was a “grave violation of humanitarian law”.
US war secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the military was investigating the incident. Investigators have not reached a final conclusion and it is still unclear what evidence contributed to their assessment, Reuters reported, citing two unnamed officials.
It was also unclear what type of munitions were used and who was responsible, the outlet said.
An investigation by news outlet Middle East Eye determined that the attack on the school was a “double tap” strike – where a target is hit a second time in order to kill rescuers who come to the aid of the injured.
“When the first bomb hit the school, one of the teachers and the principal moved a group of students to the prayer hall to protect them,” a Red Crescent medic told the outlet, citing conversations he had with survivors.
“The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well. Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.”
The UK has joined the war on Iran – which is illegal because it was not approved by the UN or US congress – by allowing the use of its bases for strikes against the country.
Prime minister Keir Starmer has claimed the UK’s involvement is an act of self-defence, despite the fact the US and Israel started the war.
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My MAGA family members are on Facebook saying that "they" (whoever "they" are, idk) intentionally put the girls in that school to be bombed so "the Democrats will have something to whine about."
It's such an astonishingly ghoulish take that has no logical basis at all; these people are beyond redemption.
Lemme get this straight... they intentionally put children in a school?!?!?
Ah yes, they did it so republicans would blow up their kids so those CRYBABY libruls would get upset!!! That makes SOO much more sense now why KIDS would be in a SCHOOL.
Cause that's totally an explanation that a sane person would come up with...
/S
Yeah, my own GOP family members watched the videos of Renee and Alex being murdered by ICE and said very similar things.
These people... The GOP and their supporters... They are genuinely evil.
Authoritarians are fundamentally cowards. They take the side of whoever is strongest, then invent a rationale if pushed to do so.
Honestly their take is so egregiously bad, somewhere deep down I bet they are already on the fence.
Just respond: “Listen to yourself.”
You might break through this time with how things are.
The Trump boat has never been more on fire. It’s time to jump off, and a lot of them are starting to sense it.
I could be wrong, but I guess we’ll see.
Used to hear that a lot about Palestine... But then I would only see videos of IDF soldiers literally using human shields.
funny, not like the Dems give a damn when children are slaughtered by American bombs.
Ah yes, a military base that was not being used to attack the US.
Those shitty woke Democrats only care when innocents get murdered, that is why we send our daughters to be raped by Trump so Iran can't take their virginity.
That's why they have been calling everyone else "cuck". They wish they could offer their wives and daughters in sacrifice to God Emperor Trump.
I just started saying “guess you’re not going to heaven with that opinion” and walking away while their face gets red, steam starts coming out of their ears, and they start proving to you why they are the chosen ones.
For some reason it really bugs them.
I'm trying to get to Heaven, dude
Holy shit, this is the best thing I've seen all year. Right up there with Harley Quinn Cancer Ray.