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Afghan Hospital Bombing: MSF Demands Investigation Under Geneva Conventions

posted by n1 on Thursday October 08 2015, @06:44PM   
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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• Re:Soylent? Re:Soylent? (Score: 3, Informative) by tathra on Friday October 09 2015, @02:58AM

  by tathra (3367) on Friday October 09 2015, @02:58AM (#247226)

  It was a *hospital*.

  yup, which makes the US now guilty of violating the geneva conventions [icrc.org]. torturing people was bad enough, now we're actively violating the geneva conventions? everyone involved in this, all the way up to the general who approved the attack, needs to be tried for their war crimes.

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• Not the 1st hospital USA has bombed (add these 5) Not the 1st hospital USA has bombed (add these 5) (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @03:50AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @03:50AM (#247247)

  This Isn’t The First Time The U.S. Has Bombed A Hospital [thinkprogress.org]

  -- gewg_

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  • Re:Not the 1st hospital USA has bombed (add these (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday October 09 2015, @12:08PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday October 09 2015, @12:08PM (#247355) Homepage

    You can add Zliten, Libya, 2011 to that list.

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