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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The absolute ego destruction of realizing that we are, in fact, the baddies, is an extremely painful and demoralizing but important part of the healing process that will eventually lead us to a better place. But be prepared to face the worldwide reckoning, because there will be one, and it's going to be brutal and feel very unfair. Reconciliation will be hard. Endure the flagellation even when it feels like it's undeserved and make a commitment to being better, that's all we can realistically do, at least, that's the only productive thing we can do. Many won't, they'll just resist reality, refuse to acknowledge it, try to defend it, making it worse and making the process even slower.
Most people can't take the discomfort of socializing with friendly people or having to wait more than 30 minutes for food to be delivered. We are so far beyond an age of people willfully accepting discomfort into their lives. It plagues all sides of the political spectrum too, the lazy avoidance of facing uncomfortable realities and one's own shortcomings.
I was raised conservative by back-country, cultish apocalypse preppers and drug addicts, so the change and realizing came easier for me as soon as I got out of that environment and started seeing the world for what it really is. There were a few pivotal moments that made me suddenly say "Wait a minute, we're the BAD GUYS here" and it made me want to make the country better.
For most people it's very black-and-white though, there is no "better" or "worse" in many people's vocabulary, seriously this is a huge problem in discourse, nobody gets that something can be "worse but not bad" or "better but not good" and this is shredding our ability to bring people over to the side supporting better outcomes.