U.S.: Strike may have caused Afghan "collateral damage"

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Nine local staffers for Doctors Without Borders were killed and 30 were missing after an explosion near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that may have been caused by a U.S. airstrike.

In a statement, the international charity said the "sustained bombing" took place at 2:10 a.m. Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes have been fighting to dislodge Taliban insurgents who overran Kunduz on Monday.

U.S. forces in Afghanistan said they conducted an airstrike on Kunduz at 2:15 a.m. The spokesman, U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, said the strike "may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility" and that the incident was under investigation. Tribus said it was the 12th U.S. airstrike "in the Kunduz vicinity" since Tuesday.............

Doctors Without Borders said its trauma center "was hit several times during sustained bombing and was very badly damaged." At the time of the bombing, the hospital had 105 patients and their caretakers, and more than 80 international and Afghan staff, it said.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-airstrike-afghanistan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-army/

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Tragic.

There's much much more information than can be put into 4 paragraphs, I urge you to read the full story.

[peacebird]

1. We had the exact coordinates of the hospital. Bombed it anyway.

[Scuba]

2. It was a "surgical strike".

[peacebird]

3. Ouch! (...well done, btw)

[Jesus Malverde]

4. If you see the footage on France24

Its clear they hit the intended target.

[energy_model]

5. The story repeats itself

Over and over.

[Geronimoe]

6. Used to be

Used to be targeting a hospital was a war crime.

The spokesman, U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, said the strike "may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility".

Really? 9 confirmed doctor's killed and 30 missing.... "might have resulted in collateral damage".

Used to be that we had war correspondents.

[GeorgeGist]

7. There's no may about it.

Fucking psychos.

[groundloop]

8. I've contributed to Doctors Without Borders in the past, I think it's time to help them again

My heart goes out to those courageous professionals putting their lives on the line while doing thankless work.

[Fuddnik]

9. Our murderous foreign policy on full display.

How many more must die before we admit, as in Vietnam, that we're in an unwinnable conflict. Just propping up corrupt flunkies.

[restorefreedom]

12. well said.

our policy has been bad for so long, people alive today don't know anything different.

[swilton]

10. 'might' have caused collateral damage

totally sick

[Fred Sanders]

11. Not caused by the Russians? Then nothing to see here! "Collateral damage" is an American term.

[LiberalArkie]

13. You don't understand, they were treating them A RABS.

We are a sick society.

[blackspade]

14. Not just tragic, criminal.

They knew DWOB was there.
There is no excuse for this.

[complain jane]

15. But why did we do this?

If we did have the coordinates and were aware this was a charity hospital, why did we blow it up?
Of all the posts about this that's the one thing I don't understand.

[840high]

16. Let's blame Putin.

[arcane1]

17. Are we still pretending to be going after the 9/11 plotters?

Or are we going with the "war on extremists" nonsense?

[rusty fender]

18. Attacked in service to the Empire

[Geronimoe]

19. Crickets from the Administration

Perhaps they have become numb from the killing or perhaps they are just shopping.

[Psephos]

20. Nobel Peace Prize my ass. n/t