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President Trump on Saturday told reporters, without citing evidence, that he believes a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in southern Iran last weekend was "done by Iran."

"In my opinion, based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran…We think it was done by Iran, because they're very inaccurate with their munitions, they have no accuracy whatsoever, it was done by Iran," Mr. Trump said aboard Air Force One after attending the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers who were killed in an Iranian strike in Kuwait on March 1.

When pressed by a reporter if Mr. Trump's assessment was accurate, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded that the Pentagon was "investigating," adding that "the only side that targets civilians is Iran." Continue reading here - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-believes-bombing-of-iranian-girls-school-was-done-by-iran/

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"In my opinion, based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran…We think it was done by Iran, because they're very inaccurate with their munitions, they have no accuracy whatsoever, it was done by Iran,"

It's so much more insulting when he can't even be bothered to come up with a believable lie.

[–] tortina_original@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

After seeing those satellite photos of radar/missile sites in Jordan, Bahrain and UAE, I am not so sure anymore about Iran being so inaccurate. I was genuinely surprised.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

CBS News is spreading the regime's propaganda as always.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Pretty much any article or headline that includes "Trump says", is not worth reading

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago

"The only side that targets civilians is Iran" - Man who literally gave the order to target civilians

These fuckwits all deserve a noose.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

No real reason to elevate the US perspective on these matters.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

"Was doing it a bad thing? Yes? Then I didn't do it."

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I would have not even bothered spreading Trump lie

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Isn't this sort of thing not that difficult to prove? Inspect the debris. It's not like they both use Soviet weapons.