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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @12:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 09 2015, @12:32PM (#247368)

    A medic that fires back is a valid military target according to the Geneva Conventions. Always has been that way.

    Yes, when a single medic fires back that one medic loses their GC protections, but a single person firing from a hospital does not make the entire fucking hospital a valid target, only the people who were firing are valid targets. "Somebody shot at us from that hospital!" does not allow you to destroy the entire fucking hospital; raid it looking for the individual, sure, but killing everyone in there - doctors, patients (no matter which "side"), and all - is still a war crime.