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U.S. says airstrike on girls’ school was a targeting mistake

Preliminary U.S. report cites targeting error in deadly strike on Iranian girls’ school; Trump denies U.S. role A deadly strike on a girls’ primary school in Iran that killed at least 175 people was the result of a targeting error by the U.S. military, according to preliminary findings of a U.S. military report. The initial review concluded that coordinates used for the strike relied on outdated information, leading to the misidentification of the target. The early assessment did not specify when the coordinates were…