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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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 09 2015, @02:21AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 09 2015, @02:21AM (#247215) Homepage Journal

    Uhhhh - no. BRADLEY Manning was third echelon support. He didn't carry a weapon out on operations. I'm sure you know my opinion of Manning - subhuman twit. Should have been stood up in front of a wall, without benefit of a blindfold.

    Had Manning exposed Abu Ghraib, I might have something good to say about him. Maybe.

    Besides which - Manning didn't edit that video. He gave the video to Wikileaks, and Assange edited that video, and added commentary.

    I respect Assange and Wikileaks, but I 100% disagree with what he did to that video. Journalists are supposed to report the news, not make the news. Journalists aren't supposed to create propaganda with the news. While Assange has remained mostly true to who he is, and what he is, he did cross a line with that particular video. His actions in that instance detract from the respect that he deserved.

    You will never make any points by citing Manning. Better to cite Adolph Hitler, at least he was an intelligent man before he went batfuck crazy.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday October 09 2015, @02:45AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday October 09 2015, @02:45AM (#247224) Journal

    You know who else is qualified to state that there is no war crime documented in that video? Chelsea Hitler!

    (Keep going, Runaway! You're on a roll! You may be gaining valuable points! Or you are already crazy in some way that involves die Fledermaus.)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @09:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @09:40AM (#247326)

    Uhhhh - no. BRADLEY Manning was third echelon support

    If you want to convince people that there is no war crime, you need to avoid showing that you're really a right wing Christian hating everyone who is not an old testament bible thumper.

    When you can't keep things separate, you might as well argue that no war crime happened because Muslims or LGBT people aren't real people.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 09 2015, @01:55PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 09 2015, @01:55PM (#247397) Homepage Journal

      Well - anonymous cowards aren't real people, so we can torture you all we want.

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