Iran has deliberately targeted civilian sites which could constitute a war crime, according to intelligence experts. McKenzie Intelligence Services, which uses satellite imagery to assess damage during disaster situations, told the Express that several of theIranian strikes on civilian locations, including hotels, ports and airports, appear to have been intentional.
“We have seen enough footage that makes it look like there has been deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure by these one-way attack drones,” explainedMIShead of intelligence, David Heathcote. The ex-army officer, who served in the intelligence corps for nearly a decade, explained that key clues in the footage helped the team reach this conclusion.
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“That's mainly due to the angles at which they are impacting and the nature of the kind of terminal phase. So, we're talking about the angle that the drone is flying at before it impacts. And that makes it look like they have been deliberately targeting those sites.”
His team, largely made up of veterans, had assessed risk zones in the Middle East months ago, in preparation for potential conflict after the exchange of munitions between Iran andIsraelin June last year.
They had predicted attacks on American consulates or even energy infrastructure, becauseIran could use that to destabilise the economy, but the "indiscriminate nature of the attacks" came as a "surprise".
“If you were to look at the areas that we previously identified through that preparatory report, we were more focused on military infrastructure. Our expectation was not, frankly, the form of targeting that we have subsequently seen.”
“I wasn't expectingTerminal 3 of Dubai to be struck, or [the airports in] a number of different nations as well."
Last week, Dubai's Fairmont The Palm hotel was struck by a large explosion, and debris from an intercepted drone resulted in a "minor fire" at the five-star Burj Al Arab hotel. Dubai International Airport was also damaged in what authorities called an "incident", grounding thousands of flights.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
