AI Suggested Bombing a School? In the U.S.–Israel war against Iran, AI is being used, and many students have died Tucker Lieberman, 3 min read, Medium, Mar 5, 2026
Background
"...like most of the country I’m still completely confused about what the point of this latest war is, other than, perhaps, distraction from the Epstein files.
To that end, it seems that Trump, even in his attempts to distance himself from charges of abuse and assaults on women and girls, can’t help but inflict more horrific violence on women and girls, as one of the first targets of his and Netanyahu’s joint bombing spree was a girl’s school where more than eighty children, mostly girls between the ages of six and ten, were killed on the first day of the attack."
— Starhawk, War In Iran, Mar 1, 2026
"The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye." (Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school: Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall, Middle East Eye, 4 March 2026)
‘Beyond Evil’: Medics Say Iran School Massacre Was Double-Tap Strike “The second bomb hit,” said one paramedic. “Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.” Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, Mar 04, 2026
New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike, CNN video, March 6, 2026
Rights Group Says Massacre at Iranian School—Likely by US—Should Be Investigated as ‘War Crime’ “Trump loves putting his name on things, but this should be the only building for which he is remembered by history.” Jon Queally, Common Dreams, March 7, 2026
""I can tell you as a veteran in no uncertain terms, the United States does everything it can to avoid civilian casualties," Waltz told ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz on Sunday [March 8]. "Sometimes, of course, tragic mistakes occur.""
— U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz Responds To Report U.S. Is Responsible For Bombing Iranian School, Paige Skinner, HuffPost, March 8, 2026. (Waltz then went on to suggest that someone else might have bombed the school, as in a separate incident when, in October 2023, a hospital in Gaza was bombed and there was dispute over whether it was a Palestinian rocket that fell short or was misdirected and accidentally landed on the hospital, or whether Israel had done it.
Not only did the US, per its own ‘intelligence,’ bomb this girls primary school, THEY BOMBED IT TWICE. www.reutersconnect.com/item/the-pri...
— Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Missile Fragment From Iran School Massacre Marked ‘Made in USA’—But Trump Keeps Lying: Trump falsely claimed that Iran has “some” highly restricted Tomahawk missiles as additional evidence pointed to US culpability for the deadly strike. Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, Mar 10, 2026
"An ongoing investigation into the deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school has concluded that the U.S. military is to blame, The New York Times reported Wednesday [March 11]...The White House has not taken any accountability for the attack, repeating that it remains under investigation." (U.S. Behind Deadly Strike On Iranian Elementary School: Report)
Watch A Republican Senator Apologize On CNN For Bombing Of Girls School In Iran "When you make a mistake, you ought to admit it," the GOP senator said of the U.S. likely being responsible for the fatal strike on a school. Ron Dicker, HuffPost, Mar 11, 2026
Hegseth is blaming the bombing of the girls' school on Iran, Mar 13
Three months later, the search for accountability (CNN video)
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams (Jul 08, 2026):
"The House Democrat who introduced articles of impeachment against Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this year revived her call for his removal on Wednesday following news that top US military commanders bypassed warnings about the reliability of their targeting information before authorizing the bombing of an Iranian school, killing more than 150 people—mostly young children.
“This is unconscionable,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), one of two Iranian Americans in Congress, wrote on social media in response to CNN’s reporting on the US commanders’ catastrophic decision."
