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U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed ​their investigation, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

Reuters was unable to determine more details about the investigation, including what evidence ‌contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the U.S. might have struck the school.

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[–] BananaLama@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Would be hilarious if Israel bombed something and went "what do you mean it's an American bomb. Wasn't us"

Also fuck zionists

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago

America is so good at making school children fear for their lives that were exporting that to other countries.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

A shame for the GOP. I'm sure they regret the loss of potential child trafficking victims.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

If they could have somehow gotten them to ICE, what a waste.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago

Yeah no shit sherlock

[–] normalentrance@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Seems logical that it could have been intentional. The US/Trump wants an all out war in order to cancel elections and seize more power.

He does a little oopsie and kills a bunch of innocent children; they get pissed off, attack the US directly, and then he has a war that both populations want. Kind of like 9/11, but we are the terrorists this time.

I think if there are boots on the ground, then all bets are off and that scenario might play out -- but who knows?

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I’m fairly certain that war can’t stop elections in the US, from a constitutional standpoint.

[–] normalentrance@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I agree. But also he said this a while back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvUBtdHw3g4

He will try anything to either stop or rig the elections. The Democrats taking the house would be an effective end to his presidency/ reign of terror -- as long as they aren't all aipac shills.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago

Can these US citizens be put on trial for murder or war crimes by chance?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago
[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

many countries have schools close to or nearby or in military bases.

America for example: https://dodea.widen.net/s/hnzlgvtmvq/dodea-by-the-numbers

we knew this. all the technology that we have and we bombed them.

its a warcrime.

[–] BangCrash@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

I feel the word "war crime" has lost any meaning after the last few years

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 12 hours ago

This particular article does not say that. It says it hasn't been able to rule it out. Which honestly doesn't make a lot of sense, you would think we know who flew where and dropped what at a specific time and place.

[–] tirateimas@lemmy.pt 6 points 16 hours ago

Regardless of who did it, it is a disgusting war crime.

[–] Greddan@feddit.org 12 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Huh. That's usually Israels MO. Maybe the US got inspired by their whole terrorist state death cult thing they have going on.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 10 points 18 hours ago

Israel says where to bomb and USA immediately fires. That's how they seem to operate.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Based on my armchair understanding of the satellite photos, the building looked like part of the adjacent military complex, and US military “intelligence” did a little oopsie.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'd be willing to believe AI picked the target and no one is bothering to double check the targets it picks.

But I'm also willing to believe this was an intentional act of terrorism meant to demoralize the Iranian people.

Could go either way.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If that was the case and this school is the only 'hallucination', they must have extremely good AI

More likely GI Schmoe put a dot on the wrong building

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

No, they double tapped the school. Killed the children, then waited for first responders to show up to kill them too. It's either something cooked up by an AI or by a psychopath, there's not a lot of room for this to be an honest mistake.

Also, there's this story.

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[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If they misidentified the building... Why wouldn't they double tap it?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

The first responders being civilian instead of military is a pretty strong clue. Also a bunch of parents and neighbors showed up, which wouldn't make any sense if it was a military target.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Wait, do you think they are watching a live feed of every single building during such a thing?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

... do you think they aren't watching the targets they bomb?

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they don't, actually

Such a strike where they're hitting hundreds of sites in a couple of hours with a multitude of planes in the air simultaneously is planned way in advance and carried out with very careful timing. Even bombs are pre-programmed for certain coördinates. There's just no leeway for stuff like Tom Cruise grabbing the mic and radio'ing "oh no Roystar-5-9 I just saw a baby crawling inside that building, cancel your orders right now!"

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The double tap contradicts this. They waited for a response before hitting again, which implies eyes on the site.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Is every strike a double tap? Or was this one picked deliberately for some reason?

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Are you saying that they didn't double tap the military buildings and only the school?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Did they double tap every building?

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

Well if you're saying it's proof if they deliberately doubtle tapped the school, don't you think that's a legitimate question?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

A wall had been built between the military complex and the area that had the school and clinic. It's too bad the military didn't do any kind of investigation into their target BEFORE they bombed it.

Unless Israel gave them bad intel

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I mean, it was their money

[–] ItSonOfWhat@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The expansion of the GOP war on women. 😓

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Not just satisfied with raping little girls, got to blow them up to.