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Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds

354 points · 307 comments · hebelehubele

  1. boesboes · · focus · HN ↗
    That was never a question right?
    1. jvanderbot · · focus · HN ↗
      Colloquially, I think it is well accepted that US launched the missiles. The question is whether they indiscriminately targeted civilians.

      NYT did an excellent analysis showing that the US probably did intentionally target the building, believing it to be part of the nearby compound that received several direct strikes. This analysis is really good [1]

      The definition of war crime is not "Killed civilians" it is "targeted civilians" or "reckless indiscriminate attacks". My understanding of the NYT analysis is that this was very plausibly misunderstood to still be part of the iran national guard compound.

      Everyone gets their own opinion on this. There were 900 or so strikes in the first 12h, and only one school hit, and that school was actually part of the compound before. A horrific accident that was brought on by unnecessary hostilities, i think.

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      1. orwin · · focus · HN ↗
        The double tap to me is really what is cruel. I understand americans don&#x27;t want to hear it, because they need to believe their military is moral, but a double tap to me show cruelty and willingness to target doctor, nurses, firemen and any person courageous enough to help.

        The US military and its sailors already showed me everything i wont to know about them when i saw the report on them shooting torpedoes at capsized boats. Like i said before, if any US person is on a boat and need help, i will still do it, because anybody not helping on the sea is an inhuman piece of shit, but i will keep my distance.

        1. jvanderbot · · focus · HN ↗
          Do you resolve a difference between a double tap attack (one in which a delay is inserted to hit first responders) and just hitting the target twice in one salvo? What duration means &quot;double tap&quot; vs &quot;ensure destruction of target&quot;.
          1. orwin · · focus · HN ↗
            To me, more than 20 minutes, less than a day. Which is what happened (40 minutes between the missiles and the bombs)
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