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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: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Friday October 09 2015, @09:05AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 09 2015, @09:05AM (#247315) Journal

    Testifying in front of the Senate Armed Forces Committee on Tuesday, General John Campbell admitted for the first time that US Special Forces on the ground called in a strike from an AC-130 gunship, killing 12 medical staff and 10 patients on Saturday. [vice.com]

    It wasn't just an 'allied unit' - it was a US unit that called in the strike. The US has signed up to the Geneva Convention, and are obliged to comply with it. This does look like a war crime, but an independent investigation is needed to get at the truth and not the spin being put on it by the Pentagon.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 09 2015, @01:27PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday October 09 2015, @01:27PM (#247385) Journal

    The US has signed up to the Geneva Convention, and are obliged to comply with it. This does look like a war crime

    Yeah, good luck with prosecuting anyone in America for war crimes. Dick Cheney should be rotting in a cell somewhere, but nope, free as a bird. A good chunk of Washington DC should be sitting in cells for Guantanamo alone, but nope, nada. CIA torture sites? Nope.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @02:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @02:23PM (#247427)

      Are you suggesting that we should stop carrying about laws because some criminals get away? Because that would be absurd.