[Spoken Word] February 28, 2026 US armed forces struck the Shajarat al-Tayyiba elementary school in Minab Hormozgan province in Southern Iran with a Tomahawk missile before following up with others [Audio/Sound Event] killing 156 including 120 school children 35 adults and a fetus all were civilians the deadliest strike in terms of civilian casualties in the ongoing war also the deadliest US attack on civilians in the 21st century the deadliest since the Amiriya shelter bombing in 1991 here you can see the rescue workers search through the rubble mourners gather for the mass funeral and burial remains of a classroom after the strike first strike 11:22 second strike 2:30 11 in the morning and two in the afternoon double-tap missile strike [Audio/Sound Event] RGM UGM 109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile TDA 156 73 boys 47 girls 120 children killed by a double-tap missile attack with two Tomahawk missiles and 35 adults 26 women teachers seven parents and a school bus driver and a clinic worker and one fetus killed by a double-tap Tomahawk attack [Audio/Sound Event] the US responsibility concluded by the UN Amnesty International Forensic Architecture Sky News Bellingcat New York Times AP and other sources US military internal investigation corroborated the strike was perpetuated perpetrated perpetuated perpetrated by the US aware within hours of the strike despite the probe not being concluded reasonable grounds said the UN to believe the US committed war crimes AI warfare against Iran DoD project Maven a target tagging system integrating Palantir's Maven smart system and Anthropic's Claude large language model Project Maven launched in 2017 under the NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Encompassing multiple applications across the Department of Defense now renamed the Department of War you can see why founded by work Robert O. Work National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contractors include have included Google which withdrew in 2018 and follow on integrators such as Palantir and the roll AWS and Anthropic withdrew in 2026 Anthropic Anthropic Anthropic Anthropic withdrew in 2026 Amazon Web Services and Google but Google employees protested and Google did not renew the contract with Pentagon and Palantir took over the contract Booz Allen Hamilton a large award is part of Project Maven other companies have contributed to the data integration including L3Harris Maxar Microsoft 2023 and 2024 Amazon invested in Anthropic also in 2024 Palantir partnered with Anthropic to integrate Claude into Palantir's software Defense Information Systems Agency running on Google Cloud as of February 2026 Maven was running on Amazon Web Services AWS and incorporates a version of Claude a series of AI systems developed by Anthropic 2026 March 4th Department of Defense designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk decreeing that all use of Anthropic products to be phased out in all US military within six months six steps in the kill chain identify locate filter down to lawful valid targets prioritize assign them to firing units and fire that's it [Audio/Sound Event]
