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Afghan Hospital Bombing: MSF Demands Investigation Under Geneva Conventions

posted by n1 on Thursday October 08 2015, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the known-unknowns-of-collateral-damage dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday October 08 2015, @10:17PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday October 08 2015, @10:17PM (#247102) Homepage

    After 9/11, watching American politics and foreign policy was a lot like watching the rise of Nazi Germany in slow motion, kicked off by America's own Reichstag fire [wikipedia.org] (9/11 itself).

    But about the hospital bombing, I don't feel much sympathy for those killed or injured in the bombing because people who go to war-torn shitholes with populations of feral savages to save lives are a lot more stupid and insane than they are altruistic.

    I feel sorry for those in the hospital like I feel sorry for people who stick their dicks in beehives.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by edIII on Thursday October 08 2015, @11:01PM

    by edIII (791) on Thursday October 08 2015, @11:01PM (#247135)

    Let's remember that those beehive-abusing idiots are largely responsible for whatever goodwill we have with the rest of the world and those "shitholes". The fact they keep risking their lives and dying might actually be meaningful to *some* of the savages.

    Otherwise, you're saying everything they did was in vain. I don't feel that way at all.

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    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 09 2015, @12:59PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday October 09 2015, @12:59PM (#247374) Journal

      Medecins Sans Frontieres generates goodwill, but not for America because they are a French organization. The US equivalent would be something like the Peace Corps, but I don't hear too much press these days about how the world loves us for the work those people do.

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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday October 09 2015, @01:08PM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Friday October 09 2015, @01:08PM (#247377) Homepage Journal

    Yeah man! USA! USA!! USA!!!