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on Thursday October 08 2015, @06:44PM
from the known-unknowns-of-collateral-damage dept.
from the known-unknowns-of-collateral-damage dept.
A Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital was bombed by the US. Result, 12 dead staff members and 10 dead patients. The coordinates of the hospital had been communicated to the US forces before to avoid mistakes. The US admits the attack was a decision. MSF is now seeking an independent inquiry.
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Afghan Hospital Bombing: MSF Demands Investigation Under Geneva Conventions
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 08 2015, @08:26PM
Like with the shelling of the reporter's HQ in Iraq [wikipedia.org] and the accused war criminals wanted by the European Court of Human Rights but sheltered from justice by the US government.
(Score: 2) by BK on Thursday October 08 2015, @11:08PM
Yep, some guy in a tank thought he was shooting at a forward Artillery Observer. The general consensus is that this is legit.
According to wikipedia:
I guess that makes the Spanish Judge a bit like a climate change denier? There's a consensus after all.
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @01:48AM
CPJ has learned that Pentagon officials, as well as commanders on the ground in Baghdad, knew that the Palestine Hotel was full of international journalists and were intent on not hitting it.
Just the weather. As happened now with MSF. Nothingh to see. Move on. All fair and legit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @08:22AM
If simply saying you thought so makes one avoid court, from now on every criminal will say they thought they were shooting a rapist, not a police officer.
In a system of justice, you are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, but you do not get to claim innocence when the reason is that you keep avoiding showing up in court.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @12:12PM
Unless you're a cop, then the courts will agree that your plea of ignorance of the law, the constitution, and the identity of the person you murdered in cold blood as an innocent is valid, but that's for another story.