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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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• Game, Set and Match (Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Friday October 09 2015, @12:14PM

  by janrinok (52) on Friday October 09 2015, @12:14PM (#247360) Journal

  Looking at your posting history in this thread, it is becoming more and more apparent to me that you have well and truly lost your argument and are now firing off broadsides at anyone else who cares to post.

  If you don't like the law that your country has signed up to, then you ought to be working at getting that law changed or having your country withdraw from it. You don't get to pick and chose which laws you comply with and which you don't based on recent events which just happen to not be in your favour. This is partly what makes the 'civilised' world civilised. We aspire to do decent things and to treat others humanely and with decency - yes, even during war to the degree that it is possible under such conditions. Your enemy may not have your ideals and values, that doesn't mean you discard them to lower yourself to his level. You fight to promote them, and to bring the same ideals and values to others so that they can enjoy the freedom that you yourself do. If you cannot see that, then you are no better than the enemy you are criticising.

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