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Mass grave prepared for the school girl massacre, 165 souls

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Dirtydianaoh · 04/03/2026 01:34

For a nation to say they care about women and girl rights and liberation, and then to bomb a school wtf?!
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Dirtydianaoh · 04/03/2026 08:07

Dollymylove · 04/03/2026 08:03

This is absolutely correct. When my son waa critically injured in Afghanistan we had a visit from a welfare guy, someone high ranking who had served all over the world. He told us that life is cheap to to these people, they really don't give a toss. "Plenty more where they cam from" were his words.
Unfortunately its the women and the children who bear the brunt, as always.
Someone should have a quiet word with the likes of the Green Party and the protesters who have been campaigning for the Iranian regime to have the right to continue slaughtering the innocent.
Looking at you, Bristol, along with other s 🤬

Why was he in another country fighting in the first place? Those wars killed a million people. Life is indeed cheap to the US and the soldiers that fight in these illegal wars.

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Dollymylove · 04/03/2026 08:03

Wellthisisdifficult · 04/03/2026 07:48

Oh for Gods sake. Just admit that many of these Middle Eastern Islamic regimes don’t give a shit about their own people, hiding military assets and personnel in schools/hospitals. Murdering thousands of its own citizens protesting. The only people responsible for murdering Iranian protestors is Iran - unless you’re saying those protestors deserved it?

This is absolutely correct. When my son waa critically injured in Afghanistan we had a visit from a welfare guy, someone high ranking who had served all over the world. He told us that life is cheap to to these people, they really don't give a toss. "Plenty more where they cam from" were his words.
Unfortunately its the women and the children who bear the brunt, as always.
Someone should have a quiet word with the likes of the Green Party and the protesters who have been campaigning for the Iranian regime to have the right to continue slaughtering the innocent.
Looking at you, Bristol, along with other s 🤬

inamarina · 04/03/2026 08:03

timeserved · 04/03/2026 07:24

As a general, armchair or otherwise, do you honestly believe that those protests weren't "helped along" by one or more of the combatant states. So if the protests reached boiling point do Israel /CIA/US bear some responsibility for what happened next.

And if you change "Iranians" for Persians and Arabs, apparently some countries cant get enough of killing 'em

Do you think tens of thousands of Iranians just mindlessly took to the streets despite the pretty high risk of being killed, just because Israel/ US told them to?

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 08:01

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/03/2026 07:55

Yes, the US and Israel are evil.

I thought this was well known no?

I mean look at the history of both countries?

The American's are famous for not really caring about school killings. In the US regular school shooting are just part of life.

Carlie97 · 04/03/2026 07:59

These men will be seeking refuge in our country soon. How about we let the women and children in to build new lives in safety and screen men coming through?

RichardOnslowRoper · 04/03/2026 07:58

NeelyOHara · 04/03/2026 07:52

Wait, didn’t The Guardian try and declare the WiSpa incident as a ‘hoax’. They most certainly do report bollocks, particularly if it suits them.
Don’t be so naive.

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CNN has reported it too.
Many Western media.
It happened.
How it happened we may never know.

NeelyOHara · 04/03/2026 07:58

Wellthisisdifficult · 04/03/2026 07:48

Oh for Gods sake. Just admit that many of these Middle Eastern Islamic regimes don’t give a shit about their own people, hiding military assets and personnel in schools/hospitals. Murdering thousands of its own citizens protesting. The only people responsible for murdering Iranian protestors is Iran - unless you’re saying those protestors deserved it?

They pretty much are. They think it makes them look kind, or that they are supporting the underdog, or some such bollocks.

Or they just hate Trump so much they’ll take literally anyone’s else’s side.
If he went to war with North Korea they’d be posting about poor Kim Jong Un.

inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:55

Bringemout · 04/03/2026 07:05

unfortunately when you put militants inside civilian infrastructure you turn it into a legal target. This is true.

Hamas regularly put tunnel networks under civilian infrastructure and used hospitals and schools to store weapons and operate out of. This is true

Hamas use war deaths as propaganda, we know this because they say so, we also know this because they could have sheltered civilians and they chose not to.

If you attack a population they are likely to attack back and try to ensure you are not in a position to repeat the attack. This is also true.

You may start a fight with an adversary which is better armed and more competent than you. This is true.

Your responsibility is for your own people, the people you attack should not seek to harm civilian populations but equally it is not responsible for their wellbeing. You are. This is true.

There is blindspot with many in regards to the Gaza war and it’s entirely ideological. Iran killed the same number of dead in Gaza within a few days. They were all civilians, this is not the case in Gaza. Yet we didn’t see the same outpouring for dead Iranian children a few weeks ago. I’ve followed both and god knows it hurt my heart to see Gazan children dead or with amputated limbs, it hurt my heart to see the pictures of Israeli children who had been murdered and it hurt my heart to see mums and dad in Iran weeping over their children.

The sad reality is there are people who only seem to care about children when they think Jews or americans may have killed them. We see this with the crying over the death of Khomeini, a man who was responsible for the deaths of many children, he contributed to the purposeful barrel bombing of children in Syria for example, yet no outrage against him. Indeed people like Mothin Ali are going to vigils for the old bastard.

We have ideology masquerading as morality and it is grotesque. Theres no point in trying outrage on me, I’m not a racist so it just doesn’t work.

Well said.

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 07:55

It's just the Netanyahu way. There's a reason he is there is an arrest warrant issued for him by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/03/2026 07:55

PurpleAxe · 04/03/2026 05:40

I don't know who bombed the girl's school. But I am interested in hearing from those who are sure the US/Israel did it, on WHY they think they would target a school.

Not whether it was a mistrike/bad intel/debris/Iran itself, or whatever.

But WHY would the US/Israel deliberately fire on a school full of little girls?

Do you think it was strategic? They are just evil? What would be the point?

Yes, the US and Israel are evil.

I thought this was well known no?

I mean look at the history of both countries?

Twiglets1 · 04/03/2026 07:53

Alexandra2001 · 04/03/2026 07:22

Whether you believe the US/Israelis or the Iranians, the fact is, had they not attacked Iran in the way they did and used a more targeted approach on their Nuclear ambitions..... all of these school children and their teachers would still be alive.
The US destroyed a hospital in Kabel, dont be so sure they don't make "mistakes, the Israelis would do it deliberately.

Trump now, is encouraging the Kurds and others to his "boots on the ground" this will end up like Afghanistan, Libya etc

A man with Dementia destroying lives.

That is true.

But you could also argue that if Iran had shut their schools in areas close to military sites once they were at war, this would not have happened.

The reality as far as I can tell is that we don't know at the moment who actually caused this tragedy though people have various theories. But it was preventable if the school had been closed or if the war had never happened in the first place.

NeelyOHara · 04/03/2026 07:52

OneFunBrickNewt · 04/03/2026 07:35

Maybe the Daily Mail, not the Guardian

Wait, didn’t The Guardian try and declare the WiSpa incident as a ‘hoax’. They most certainly do report bollocks, particularly if it suits them.
Don’t be so naive.

Wellthisisdifficult · 04/03/2026 07:48

timeserved · 04/03/2026 07:24

As a general, armchair or otherwise, do you honestly believe that those protests weren't "helped along" by one or more of the combatant states. So if the protests reached boiling point do Israel /CIA/US bear some responsibility for what happened next.

And if you change "Iranians" for Persians and Arabs, apparently some countries cant get enough of killing 'em

Oh for Gods sake. Just admit that many of these Middle Eastern Islamic regimes don’t give a shit about their own people, hiding military assets and personnel in schools/hospitals. Murdering thousands of its own citizens protesting. The only people responsible for murdering Iranian protestors is Iran - unless you’re saying those protestors deserved it?

inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:48

AStonedRose · 04/03/2026 06:55

This is so unlikely to be a rocket misfire, or some kind of intel error.

It's indiscriminate murder of kids. Let's be honest with ourselves and call it what is. Anything else is sickening.

Why is a rocket misfire unlikely?

RichardOnslowRoper · 04/03/2026 07:46

Trump has deep ties with Saudi Arabia, that bastion of women's rights. When is he sorting them out?

inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:46

RichardOnslowRoper · 04/03/2026 07:42

As Trump admitted yesterday, the next regime may be worse. There is no exit plan for this chaos.

Yes, as a worst case scenario. Which is always a possibility.

olderandwiser83 · 04/03/2026 07:46

With the intelligence that US and Israel have why would they bomb a school? And out of the thousands of bombs that have dropped on military targets with minimal civilian losses of life, why have they only hit one school if their intel is so bad? We'll probably never know the truth, but there was that image of a rocket tail circulating that looked like a misfire (and the girl's school was fairly close to a military base) which sounds more like friendly fire - that sounds a lot more plausible as malfunctions can happen especially if they have been deployed or even manufactured in haste.

The deaths are a tragedy to be sure, but give me a break about Iran's crocodile tears after killing 30,000 of their own people.

Wellthisisdifficult · 04/03/2026 07:44

Alexandra2001 · 04/03/2026 07:22

Whether you believe the US/Israelis or the Iranians, the fact is, had they not attacked Iran in the way they did and used a more targeted approach on their Nuclear ambitions..... all of these school children and their teachers would still be alive.
The US destroyed a hospital in Kabel, dont be so sure they don't make "mistakes, the Israelis would do it deliberately.

Trump now, is encouraging the Kurds and others to his "boots on the ground" this will end up like Afghanistan, Libya etc

A man with Dementia destroying lives.

Actually, nothing Trump is doing comes anywhere close to what the evil (thankfully dead) Iranian leader was doing to his own people, massacring thousands in a couple of days just for protesting - think about that https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8y2jxx9ppo

I’m not a fan of Trump but the Middle East needs sorting out - its Islamic regimes are evil, anti women, anti LGB, Racist, anti semitic, pro slavery. All the things the Left hate, constantly criticise the west for, yet, it seems when an Islamic regime does it it’s absolutely fine and shouldn’t be questioned

Iranians protest on a street in Tehran, Iran (8 January 2026)

'We all know someone who was killed': Iran protesters describe personal toll of crackdown

Young Iranians able tell the BBC how they saw friends and other people die as security forces crushed protests earlier this month.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8y2jxx9ppo

inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:42

NeelyOHara · 04/03/2026 06:33

This. They actively want it to be the US.

Or Israel. Because “Israel loves killing kids” according to some.

RichardOnslowRoper · 04/03/2026 07:42

inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:41

Did you miss the recent protests in Iran where tens of thousands were killed by their own regime, including kids and teenagers? Before any bombs were dropped?

As Trump admitted yesterday, the next regime may be worse. There is no exit plan for this chaos.

Dirtydianaoh · 04/03/2026 07:41

inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:41

Did you miss the recent protests in Iran where tens of thousands were killed by their own regime, including kids and teenagers? Before any bombs were dropped?

Did they bomb a school tho…

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DaisiesButtercups · 04/03/2026 07:41

2O26 · 04/03/2026 06:06

But when ICE killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Kristi Noem, the US Secretary of Homeland Security (a woman who killed her 14 month old puppy and pet goat) immediately called them domestic terrorists. So you can't trust the USA with Trump and his circus clown car cabinet (Mark Rubio is a member)

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Even previous US governments including democrats. Both political parties love war and hiding crimes.

Dirtydianaoh · 04/03/2026 07:41

RichardOnslowRoper · 04/03/2026 07:39

It's a good thing the US is liberating all the women then, like they did in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq.
Then they can move on to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia....
Sparing Saudi Arabia of course...

I think Israel and America would love to welcome all of these Iranian women and girls into their country, what do you think?

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inamarina · 04/03/2026 07:41

timeserved · 04/03/2026 06:37

Well if no one had been firing missiles and dropping bombs would those poor kids still be alive? And who started the war?

Did you miss the recent protests in Iran where tens of thousands were killed by their own regime, including kids and teenagers? Before any bombs were dropped?

RichardOnslowRoper · 04/03/2026 07:39

Screamingabdabz · 04/03/2026 07:36

Blame a regime that uses children as human shields by putting a school next to a military base. They don’t care about women and children. Just look at their culture - females are second class citizens.

It's a good thing the US is liberating all the women then, like they did in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq.
Then they can move on to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia....
Sparing Saudi Arabia of course...