US commanders bypassed warnings about outdated intelligence ahead of strike that hit school in Iran: CNN
The strike killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, and the Pentagon has not released its findings, drawing criticism from lawmakers.
- Senior US military commanders ignored warnings that their intelligence on Iranian strike targets was outdated before attacking a school in Minab, killing over 150 children and teachers.
- The intelligence used was years old, with satellite images from 2016 showing physical changes at the school compound, but the military targeted the school based on old information.
- The US Department of Defense has delayed releasing its investigation into the bombing, drawing criticism from officials like Rep. Adam Smith and analysts for lack of accountability.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reduced civilian harm mitigation programs and resources prior to the war, impacting protections available to prevent civilian casualties during strikes.
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US commanders ignored warnings before approving strike that hit Iranian school: Report
On the first day of the Iran war, a U.S. missile destroyed an unlikely target: a school for girls. Nearly 200 children and adults died. More than four months later, a new report claims that senior U.S. military commanders approved the target after disregarding warnings that intelligence about the site was years out of date. The allegation came in a CNN report this week about the Feb. 28 strike that hit Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Mina…
US commanders bypassed warnings about outdated intelligence ahead...
Senior US military commanders bypassed warnings in critical databases that intelligence about potential targets in Iran was severely out of date and approved some strikes — including one that hit a school, killing nearly 200 hundred children and adults, according to three sources familiar with the decision-making process. Messages indicating the intelligence was based on years-old intelligence that needed to be re-vetted were embedded in a syste…
According to one report, the omission by senior military officials resulted in the murder of at least 168 schoolchildren and 14 teachers. The massacre was categorized as “one of the worst incidents involving civilian casualties in recent U.S. military history.”
US Commanders ‘Bypassed Warnings’ on School Massacre
CNN’s sources say that shortly after Washington’s attack on Iran’s Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school U.S. military officials knew it was based on badly outdated targeting information, Brad Reed reports. By Brad Reed Common Dreams U.S. military commanders “bypassed warnings” indicating…Read more →
Good Enough for Government Work: The US Military’s Shoddy Target Selection at the Start of the Iran War - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
The Iran War started off at the end of February with a massive joint bombardment by the United States and Israel militaries of targets in Iran. War with Iran had been in planning in the US military since Iranians rose up nearly 50 years earlier to throw out the US lackeys who had been running things there since the US-supported overthrow of the Iranian elected government in 1953. Yet, when the US missiles started flying, it soon appeared that li…
Satellite images reportedly show that the girls' school and the military facility were still part of the same complex in 2013.
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