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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since the troll poster has requested more information from the WSJ, I'm happy to oblige with a gift link.  There's a very clear satellite picture showing just how close the school is to the base.  Anyone claiming that this school wasn't very much adjacent to the military base - and previously a part of it - is nutty.

The school is located on the edge of a compound linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces, according to an analysis of images by The Wall Street Journal. There are indications the school building had previously been used as an IRGC headquarters, the official said.

The Journal analysis of satellite and open-source images shows the building was next to, and possibly part of, a compound linked to the IRGC. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute specializing in Iran’s military, said visual clues such as the size, number and arrangement of structures support the assessment that the site was a base, though there was little to suggest to him that it was an important one.

Google Maps identifies one building as a “cultural complex” of the IRGC, where young members play sports and train, Nadimi said. The compound also has a medical facility. A photograph pinned to the location on Google Maps shows a sign that says, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Medical Command.”

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-school-strike-07d8ffac?st=o8z38t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink[/quote]

Being "close to" a base is no excuse for bombing a school.  No one would be saying "oh that's ok, it's understandable they killed my kid" if their kid was killed because they attended one of the 150 DoED schools co-located on a military base.[/quote]

If it was the second day of bombing, you'd better believe American parents wouldn't be sending their kids to school [b]anywhere[/b], much less to a school co-located on a military base.  But do keep repeating yourself over and over and over...[/quote]
Wrong. It was within the first hours of the first day of bombing that those little girls were murdered by an American made tomahawk missile. Like many schools in America, this school was located near, adjacent, or on military facilities. [/quote]

You are correct - my mistake.  It was indeed the first day of bombing.  However, the strike on the base was the target - NOT the girls' school.  That was an unintentional and tragic mistake.  [/quote]

According to both the New York Times and the Washington Post, the school was on the target list. For some reason, the school had been identified as a factory (according to the Post quoting a source familiar with the strike). It's possible that the U.S. was using outdated intelligence — which would be negligent — but the building was not hit by accident. It was intentionally targeted.
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A source familiar is not something to be relied on [/quote]
Better than your source, which is your rectum.[/quote]

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