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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Conveniently Decides Bombing of Hospital Not a War Crime
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Conveniently-Decides-Bombing-of-Hospital-Not-a-War-Crime-20160429-0031.htmlThe U.S. bombing of a Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people, including 14 staffers, and injured 37, was not a war crime, a U.S. military investigation concluded Friday.
The report released by U.S. Central Command, stated that the hospital was not the intended target. The location U.S. forces meant to hit was the National Directorate of Security compound.
"The investigation concluded that certain personnel failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict," General Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, said in a news briefing on Friday to release the final report. "However, the investigation did not conclude that these failures amounted to a war crime."
The reasoning behind this decision is that the term "war crimes" is usually "reserved for intentional acts."
The report released by U.S. Central Command, stated that the hospital was not the intended target. The location U.S. forces meant to hit was the National Directorate of Security compound.
"The investigation concluded that certain personnel failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict," General Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, said in a news briefing on Friday to release the final report. "However, the investigation did not conclude that these failures amounted to a war crime."
The reasoning behind this decision is that the term "war crimes" is usually "reserved for intentional acts."
Well, isn't that special?
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US Conveniently Decides Bombing of Hospital Not a War Crime (Original Post)
KamaAina
May 2016
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)1. grrrrr
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)2. friendly carpet bombing?
choie
(4,111 posts)3. Why isn't the International Court deciding
Whether it was a war crime? Oh yeah - because we're not a signatory of it...Yay American Exceptionalism!!!!
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)4. Complete bullshite.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)5. "We investigated and found no wrongdoing."
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. Whew! That's good news
How fairer and more impartial can you get than having the perpetrators investigate the incident? Everyone's all right with this result, right? I mean, this shouldn't give terrorists any reason to gin up more anti-American feeling, should it? Surely they won't use it as a recruiting tool, right?
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)7. Doctors without Borders
Their only purpose is to save lives. All lives. They are not combatants on any side.
To us, bombing them is either a "mistake" or "collateral damage."
I call it Murder, by any other name ...