A new press conference by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) allowed them to lay out strong evidence for their claims that the US deliberately attacked what they knew was an MSF hospital on the outskirts of Kunduz, a strike which killed at least 22, and left dozens of others missing.
MSF revealed today that not only was the hospital directly hit, but it was the only building in the entire compound that was struck, and was struck repeatedly for nearly an entire hour, with the gunship making five distinct passes over the hospital, firing on it each time.
The attacks continued even though MSF contacted the US after the first strike, warning them they were hitting the hospital, and the site was hit over and over despite this warning, and even though there is a 9-foot flag draped across the roof identifying it as a protected medical facility.
The US insists that the site was “mistakenly” hit, and that they had no idea it was a hospital that they were repeatedly attacking, but that they were told by the Afghan military they came under fire from the compound. Interestingly, though the Afghans claimed Taliban were on the site, there was no evidence of any firing elsewhere in the compound, and again, only the hospital itself was hit.
It's time to haul Obama, Ash Carter, and the entire chain of command before a tribunal.
was the hospital treating taliban fighters? this may be the reason for the attack but it does not seem like something either the US military or the hospital will talk about
So what if they were Taliban fighters? Israel is treating wounded
ISIS fighters at their medical facilities.
So, are you saying that if a US military field hospital in Afghanistan were treating a captured Taliban or ISIS commander, it would be ok to repeatedly attack with a US gunship?
They don't want to talk about it because it was a war crime. You don't bomb hospitals regardless of who is inside.
"was the hospital treating taliban fighters?"
would that make a difference? hospitals treat the injured regardless of their "side" and still
maintain protected status. or are you implying that VA hospitals in "ze fazzerlandt" are now
valid targets?
They also went to Afghanistan "mistakenly" but that's just after the fact.
Now, about that Chinese Embassy in Belgrade…
We are the biggest and the baddest. If we have a reason to hit it, we hit it. Anybody says anything, we slap'em. We always have hit hospitals if we have a reason and always will. Nobody does anything cause we are above the law. There will be no war crimes against us even if we have to start twisting arms to make them shut up. Move on, nothing to see here.
What you always have to watch for in this kind of thing is what's not said that you would expect to be said. For a hospital, you'd expect it to be marked by Red Cross flags but, odly, the report linked to says only that it was marked by two 9-foot flags, without specifying that they were Red Cross flags. Nor does anyone seem to have a picture of these flags. You would expect MSF to want to show off their Red Cross flags as proof positive that there could have been no mistake as to the nature of the building. The fact they are not doing so, nor even claiming that the flags were indeed Red Cross flags makes me suspicious.
How about the fact that they notified the US and the bombing continued nonetheless? At least you didn't mention Putin this time but you're posts are still revolting.
Red Cross flags in Afghanistan? I don't think so.
As the previous poster points out, there is no "Red Cross" in Muslim countries, and MSF are not the flipping Red Cross. Kenny, you are as ignorant as you are paranoid.
The brave heroic warriors responsible for this attack will certainly be receiving medals for Service to the Empire, just like George Tenet and so many other Dear Leaders. It takes extraordinary courage to murder patients in their beds, considering the howls of protest from those damn bleeding-heart liberals and demands for "investigations".
Fortunately Our Brave Heroes live in the Land of the Free to Murder Brown People With Impunity.
Obviously, the building was hit BECAUSE it was a MSF hospital, not despite the fact.
I'm waiting to see if anyone in the US chain of command is actually held accountable. If the past is anything to go on no one will be found culpable or perhaps some junior guy will be made to walk the plank.
No one should be surprised that the U.S. attacks hospitals. After all, Israel has repeatedly struck hospitals in Gaza and the U.S. defended the Israeli right to defend themselves!.. The Israelis also deliberately attacked a U.S. navy ship, "The Liberty," was too frightened of the Israeli lobby to say one word of condemnation. There is no more United States. There is only the cesspool of corruption in Washington that is completely dominated by Israeli supporters in this country.
This incident is truly eerily familiar – it is like the Israelis attacking the USS Liberty. It also was flying flags denoting its neutral and unarmed status; it also protested to its attackers at the time and none of this made any difference to the attackers. Has the USA become Israel or did they become us?
"flying flags denoting its neutral and unarmed status"
i do believe the liberty was flying a big ole highly visible stars and stripes,
which i'm sure the israeli pilots could clearly see as they made recon
passes above the ship, close enough to wave at the sailors.
not sure if the flag was still visible after the main attack, when the
israelis, as members of the most moral military, returned to strafe
the survivors in lifeboats.