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In reply to the discussion: Pentagon: 2015 Strike On Afghan Hospital ‘Not A War Crime’ [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)"OCTOBER 3, 2015 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, which was full of staff and patients. MSF wishes to clarify that all parties to the conflict, including in Kabul and Washington, were clearly informed of the precise location (GPS Coordinates) of the MSF facilities in Kunduz, including the hospital, guesthouse, office and an outreach stabilization unit in Chardara northwest of Kunduz.
As it does in all conflict contexts, MSF communicated the precise locations of its facilities to all parties on multiple occasions over the past months, including most recently on September 29.
The bombing in Kunduz continued for more than 30 minutes after American and Afghan military officials in Kabul and Washington were first informed by MSF that its hospital was struck."
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http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/afghanistan-msf-staff-killed-hospital-partially-destroyed-kunduz
Kunduz Killers Go Free
by Media Lens / March 31st, 2016
MSF154301The remains of a bed frame in a room on eastern wing of the main Outpatient Department building.
The US military has disciplined more than a dozen service members after an air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan killed 42 people last year.
The Pentagon has acknowledged that the clinic was targeted by mistake, but no personnel will face criminal charges.
Note that the BBC wording the Pentagon has acknowledged that the clinic was targeted by mistake is deceptive bias. The BBC made no mention that MSF had presented strong evidence that the clinic was deliberately targeted, that the attack was a war crime, and that there was an urgent need for an independent inquiry.
The BBC continued:
Full article: http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/03/kunduz-killers-go-free/
http://medialens.org/index.php/alerts/alert-archive/2016/815-kunduz-killers-go-free.html