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The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive

Iran’s parents had just dropped their children off for class on Saturday morning when they found themselves racing back to school gates, as bombs began to fall across the country in a joint US-Israel attack.

At one elementary school, according to Iran’s state-controlled media, they arrived to find devastation. At least 80 children had been killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, the IRNA news agency reported, with dozens more unaccounted for.

In one video circulating on social media, purportedly showing the immediate aftermath of the strike, smoke rises from the burnt-out walls, and debris lies spread across the road. Hundreds of onlookers gathered at the site, some in obvious distress. Screams can be heard in the background. The report of the bombing, its death toll and the video’s source could not immediately be independently verified by the Guardian. Persian factchecking service Factnameh was able to cross-reference the video with other photographs of the school site, and concluded that the video was authentic. Reuters said it had also verified the footage as being from the school.

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[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 9 hours ago

That's what liberation from oppression looks like or so.....

/s

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Iranians also probably care about protestors being gunned down. Its not exactly black and white.

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

I'm sure this won't drive the people of Iran right into the arms of new leader once he is picked. /s

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Remember when we all condemned Russia for hitting those schools in Ukraine? And, of course, they're still doing it.

I guess not all of us did.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 16 hours ago

Well it wouldn't be an Israeli strike without at least one school being blown to bits.

[-] ambientdread@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Exporting Trump Sponsored Terrorism and GOP war on women and children to the whole world.

[-] Klox@lemmy.world 220 points 1 day ago

God fucking damnit, so fucking frustrating. Another 30+ years of "terrorists" because people will avenge war crimes committed by the US. This is maddening.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 27 points 1 day ago

And terrorist attacks on Americans ensures more supposed "strong man" presidents. It's all part of the plan.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago

Another 30+ years of “terrorists”

We were never going to hear the end of "Muslim Terrorist" rhetoric, because it was instrumental in justifying our dominion over the region.

There isn't going to be another 9/11. We're well past the point of needing a causa belli for this kind of war. It'll just be ICE goons murdering parents in front of crying children and CNN talking heads explaining how we're safer because of it.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

causa belli

It's "casus" belli

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[-] scvarii@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago

Yes, this is exactly what I was thinking. All suicide bombers need to do is say "this was for those schoolgirls" and it's kind of hard to disagree with them.

The problem is that the people committing these atrocities face no legal justice, so it's up to vigilantes to do it instead.

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[-] Arancello@aussie.zone 68 points 1 day ago

Israelis and americans expanding and practicing their genocide tactics to see what they can get away with. I dont understand how murdering junior school girls is a legitimate target. Unfortunately western governments are all supporting this despite is blatant illegality. I am ashamed of my government for coming out in support of this. Anthony Albanese is Prime Minister of Australia. Shame on you.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

because the military convinced everyone their bombs are super precise, but in reality they have a 20% hit rate on average where a "hit" is within the radius of 250 yards (~230 meters)

So this could've been a "direct accurate hit", statistically speaking, on the actual target which was as far away as being on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge or a "very near miss" at a distance of laying the empire state building on its side

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 32 points 1 day ago

Americans are so used to school killings that they don't blink an eye at this.

[-] Arancello@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

How can you live with such a callous disregard for childs lives? What has become of your country?

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 22 hours ago

Become?

We're talking about the only UN member that hasn't ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, because they don't want to have to stop executing children.

Hurting children has always been a core value of the USA, up there with shooting each other, rampant egoism, and their twisted version of christian fundamentalism.

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[-] TheLastOfHisName@piefed.social 137 points 1 day ago

Fucker is either murdering kids or raping them.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

Little of column A. Little of column B.

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[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago

What's that thing when people are killed for no real strategic purpose? 🤔

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[-] liffeyman@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure targeting children's schools breaches the Geneva Convention rules of war. Although Israel will say they're a cover for a military base

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Americans and Israelis when these particular roosters will inevitably come home to roost: "why do they hate us?".

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