US and Afghanistan vow investigation into air strike on MSF hospital

[BPKY]

• A hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan, was hit several times and destroyed by sustained bombing at 2.10am UTC on 3 October.
• MSF claimed the GPS coordinates of the hospital were widely circulated to all parties fighting in the conflict, and denied reportsthat Taliban fighters were using the facility as cover while they battled Afghan and American forces. The charity also alleged the bombing continued for up to 30 minutes after it raised the alarm with US and Afghan officials.
• The bombings have drawn widespread condemnation from charity and human rights groups. The UN commissioner for human rights said the strike could constitute a war crime, MSF demanded accountability and an investigation, and Human Rights Watch said it had “grave concerns about whether US forces took sufficient precautions to identify and avoid striking the facility”.

Maybe we should do background checks on Presidents before giving them the weapons to commit mass murder?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...suspected-us-strike-on-afghan-hospital-latest

 

[NCPitt]

• A hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan, was hit several times and destroyed by sustained bombing at 2.10am UTC on 3 October.
• MSF claimed the GPS coordinates of the hospital were widely circulated to all parties fighting in the conflict, and denied reportsthat Taliban fighters were using the facility as cover while they battled Afghan and American forces. The charity also alleged the bombing continued for up to 30 minutes after it raised the alarm with US and Afghan officials.
• The bombings have drawn widespread condemnation from charity and human rights groups. The UN commissioner for human rights said the strike could constitute a war crime, MSF demanded accountability and an investigation, and Human Rights Watch said it had “grave concerns about whether US forces took sufficient precautions to identify and avoid striking the facility”.

Maybe we should do background checks on Presidents before giving them the weapons to commit mass murder?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...suspected-us-strike-on-afghan-hospital-latest

The hypocrisy of this administration was exposed again with this incident. An AP reporter noted that the State Dept strongly criticized Israel when a missile hit near a school next to the source of rocket attacks launched into Israel back in 2014. The State Dept statement then (note it doesn't condemn Hamas for the rocket attacks):

The United States is appalled by today’s disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least ten more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed. The coordinates of the school, like all UN facilities in Gaza, have been repeatedly communicated to the Israeli Defense Forces. We once again stress that Israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties. UN facilities, especially those sheltering civilians, must be protected, and must not be used as bases from which to launch attacks. The suspicion that militants are operating nearby does not justify strikes that put at risk the lives of so many innocent civilians. We call for a full and prompt investigation of this incident as well as the recent shelling of other UNRWA schools.

The US just did exactly what it condemned Israel for.

 

[BPKY]

This administration also continues to try to paint Russia as the bad guy for "collateral damage" in Syria.

Good. The more they double down the more people will wake up to the theater that is the War On Terror.

Can we draft Putin for POTUS now that "natural born citizen" is no longer a requirement?

 

[deepelemblues]

Oh look another orchestrated "US committed a war crime" allegation by a bunch of avowed anti-Americans. Of course they're going to deny Taliban fighters were there when they were, they're scared shitless of real war criminals like the Taliban and know the only way to literally keep their heads on their shoulders is accuse the US instead.

 

[BPKY]

Oh look another orchestrated "US committed a war crime" allegation by a bunch of avowed anti-Americans. Of course they're going to deny Taliban fighters were there when they were, they're scared shitless of real war criminals like the Taliban and know the only way to literally keep their heads on their shoulders is accuse the US instead.

We attacked a hospital. That is a war crime. You can look it up.

Show me a Taliban injured during he attack. We see nurses, patients, staffers....but no Taliban. Hmmmmmmm.....

I think our Zionist military wanted to send a message to doctors without borders.

Nobody ever calls their war criminals "war criminals". Plenty of US soldiers raping and robbing. Proud to be 'murrican.

 

[deepelemblues]

We attacked a hospital. That is a war crime. You can look it up.

Protected targets lose their protection under the laws of war if used as a military site, including as a firing position, bunker, supply depot, command/observation post, etc. If they are destroyed legal responsibility lies with the party that used them for military purposes.

Show me a Taliban injured during he attack. We see nurses, patients, staffers....but no Taliban. Hmmmmmmm.....

Yeah the Taliban are real interested in providing Western media with footage or photographs of their casualties. Hmmmmm...

I think our Zionist military wanted to send a message to doctors without borders.

I think you're a short step away from putting those jackboots on and goosestepping through town to show all those Jooooooos you're on to their game. So what?

Nobody ever calls their war criminals "war criminals". Plenty of US soldiers raping and robbing. Proud to be 'murrican.

Raping locals or raping other soldiers? One is a war crime (if done under orders or as policy, like the rape of 2-3 million German women by Red Army soldiers in 1944-45), one isn't.

Robbing what? Maybe you can point to some examples of this "plenty" of looting of local property.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Oh look another orchestrated "US committed a war crime" allegation by a bunch of avowed anti-Americans. Of course they're going to deny Taliban fighters were there when they were, they're scared shitless of real war criminals like the Taliban and know the only way to literally keep their heads on their shoulders is accuse the US instead.

I have not been following this story, but are you suggesting that the doctors and nurses working for Doctors Without Borders are avowed anti-americans and as a result they are lying?

 

[paulbl99]

Protected targets lose their protection under the laws of war if used as a military site, including as a firing position, bunker, supply depot, command/observation post, etc. If they are destroyed legal responsibility lies with the party that used them for military purposes.



Yeah the Taliban are real interested in providing Western media with footage or photographs of their casualties. Hmmmmm...



I think you're a short step away from putting those jackboots on and goosestepping through town to show all those Jooooooos you're on to their game. So what?



Raping locals or raping other soldiers? One is a war crime (if done under orders or as policy, like the rape of 2-3 million German women by Red Army soldiers in 1944-45), one isn't.

Robbing what? Maybe you can point to some examples of this "plenty" of looting of local property.

Excellent.....

OP was total nonsense

 

[anon_d97v9o3a8b6xr]

During WWII, my fathers small town in Belgium was overtaken by the Nazis. What is the first thing the nazis did, took over the schools, hospital, and church. Why, because they knew nobody would bomb schools, hospitals, or the church.
I would believe Taliban are pretty smart also, and would use a hospital for cover. But, one concern of course is the Intel received on these locations prior to bombing. I'd imagine the Intel knew the Taliban were there, but why not know of the volunteer hospital staff and patients.

 

[BPKY]

During WWII, my fathers small town in Belgium was overtaken by the Nazis. What is the first thing the nazis did, took over the schools, hospital, and church. Why, because they knew nobody would bomb schools, hospitals, or the church.
I would believe Taliban are pretty smart also, and would use a hospital for cover. But, one concern of course is the Intel received on these locations prior to bombing. I'd imagine the Intel knew the Taliban were there, but why not know of the volunteer hospital staff and patients.

A poster who can actually think for himself. How refreshing.

I'm all for a trial for the officer(s) who ordered the strike on the hospital where they can prove there were Taliban there yet how no Taliban were injured. We have plenty of doctors, nurses and staff who can testify as to whether or not there were Taliban and if said Taliban were shooting.

And then they can find out why local Afghanis don't have the right to defend their nation against the thieves and rapists who have invaded their country.

US soldiers raped Iraqi boys in front of mothers

U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have stolen tens of millions through bribery, theft, and rigged contracts.

'I didn't think of Iraqis as humans,' says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl before killing her and her family