Pentagon probe found that the Feb. 28 US missile strike on an Iranian elementary school in Minab — killing 123 children — resulted from a cascade of failures.
Outdated intelligence that still classified the school as an IRGC facility, compressed timelines as the administration demanded 1,000+ strikes in 24 hours, overreliance on Palantir's Maven AI system (which personnel wrongly expected to flag stale data), and Hegseth's 90% cuts to civilian-harm-mitigation teams.
The site had visibly operated as a school for nearly a decade, was on Google Maps, and had its own website.
UN report this week said the failures "went beyond negligence" and may constitute war crimes.
The Pentagon investigation has been effectively complete for months but remains unreleased.
The administration still hasn't publicly accepted responsibility.
Source: Bloomberg
BREAKING: #MichiganState lands 5⭐️ PG Antonio Pemberton over Kansas, Tennessee & more ✅
The 2027 Massachusetts product is a dominant recruiting win by Tom Izzo to follow up an elite 2026 guard haul of Carlos Medlock & Jasiah Jervis.
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Reporter: The elephant in the room tonight, or lack thereof—
El-Sayed: No, the elephant was not in the room. The elephant decided that they did not want to be in the room. The elephant cowarded out. Although the elephants were all in the room in Dallas.
It’s wild to me that this guy is more interested in going to speak for, what, six minutes and 48 seconds in Dallas than he is to have 60 minutes with Michiganders here in Detroit.
But it tells you who he is. He’s a coward.
So if I were him, I wouldn’t debate me either.
Reporter: So did you buy his excuse for not wanting to be here?
El-Sayed: What was his excuse? He’s in Florida?
Okay Bob. I’ll do it your way.
Fkn’ A…
Thanks for letting me ride alongside you. It sure was a pleasure.
If you say it’s not the end, then I’ll believe you.
I’ll meet you in the music.
Come find me anytime.
JohnBo
Greg Kampe on how much Tom Izzo means to him:
“This relationship for me is the single most important relationship I’ve had in my professional career.” 🥹
"I'd do whatever for these kids. And as long as my mom's proud of everything I'm doing, that's a win for me as well."
Michigan State’s Armorion Smith's life changed in an instant when his mother Gala Gilliam died in 2024. He honors her by being a D-I athlete, a student and by caring for his siblings ❤️
(via @JenLada)