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WASHINGTON (AP) — Human error, violations of combat rules and untimely equipment failures led to the mistaken U.S. aerial attack on a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan last fall that killed 42 people, a senior American general said Friday. Investigators called the attack a "disproportional response to a threat that didn't exist."
Sixteen military members were given administrative punishments that could stall or end careers, but no one faces a court martial. A senior defense official said one of the disciplined was a two-star general.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
after ironing out all the kinks, and getting their story straight, this finally official made public.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Human error, violations of combat rules and untimely equipment failures led to the mistaken U.S. aerial attack on a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan last fall that killed 42 people, a senior American general said Friday. Investigators called the attack a "disproportional response to a threat that didn't exist."
Sixteen military members were given administrative punishments that could stall or end careers, but no one faces a court martial. A senior defense official said one of the disciplined was a two-star general.
that read correctly. break combat rules, 'equipment failures' , 42 dead, women, children men elderly
in probably one of the few hospitals available.
and a slap on the wrist.
link
i thought we already freed Afghanistan, were still destroying their land. lets go free NK. they are actively and openly testing nukes.. oh wait we cant. whats is there in NK we could use... oh and China and Russia.
why did i not re enlis after my 5 years....oh yea. i didnt know the uniform of my enemy,.. i wasnt down with murdering innocents.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: odzeandennz
And people say that we need to take the 'kid gloves' off and lessen our rules of engagement even more...
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
Its ok, people in the middle east hate america because of there freedom, its not because kids, women and normal people get killed in the name of democracy.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
Its ok, people in the middle east hate america because of there freedom, its not because kids, women and normal people get killed in the name of democracy.
Then the US wonders why we're hated. Any blowback is deserved after seeing stories like this. Don't know why we have this policemen of the world mentality. The only normal candidate on this issue was Rand Paul, and like his old man, championed a non-interventionist policy.
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
Its ok, people in the middle east hate america because of there freedom, its not because kids, women and normal people get killed in the name of democracy.
Then the US wonders why we're hated. Any blowback is deserved after seeing stories like this. Don't know why we have this policemen of the world mentality. The only normal candidate on this issue was Rand Paul, and like his old man, championed a non-interventionist policy.
If i would have been american i would have voted for ron paul, my dream team would have been, Ron paul for president, and bernie sanders vp, both make too much sense, and they could have kept each other in check. I know thats crazy, but im canadian lol.
I am glad i agreed with you today good sir
Ron paul for president, and bernie sanders vp, both make too much sense, and they could have kept each other in check.
originally posted by: the2ofusr1
a reply to: UnBreakable
Its also worth noting that sense 911 that the ultimate war crime is never brought to the for front of these wars .Along with the drugs and weapons that is very closely linked they are pigeon holed and if need be put under the cover of security . This piece is a good little read ...How the CIA Writes History By Jefferson Morley www.informationclearinghouse.info...
The Cold War is over and Angleton is gone, but the espionage techniques he mastered — mass surveillance, disinformation, targeted assassination, and extrajudicial detention — remain with us, albeit on a much larger scale. Since September 11, 2001, the power of secret intelligence agencies to shape our future is obvious. Yet it wasn’t until I went to Georgetown in search of one of Angleton’s darkest secrets that I came away with a personal lesson in how the CIA makes history — by erasing it.
The bombing took place despite the fact that MSF had provided the GPS coordinates of the trauma hospital to Coalition and Afghan military and civilian officials as recently as Tuesday, September 29, to avoid that the hospital be hit. As is routine practice for MSF in conflict areas, MSF had communicated the exact location of the hospital to all parties to the conflict.
From 2:08 AM until 3:15 AM local time today, MSF’s trauma hospital in Kunduz was hit by a series of aerial bombing raids at approximately 15 minute intervals. The main central hospital building, housing the intensive care unit, emergency rooms, and physiotherapy ward, was repeatedly hit very precisely during each aerial raid, while surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched.
“The bombs hit and then we heard the plane circle round,” said Heman Nagarathnam, MSF head of programs in northern Afghanistan. “There was a pause, and then more bombs hit. This happened again and again. When I made it out from the office, the main hospital building was engulfed in flames. Those people that could had moved quickly to the building’s two bunkers to seek safety. But patients who were unable to escape burned to death as they lay in their beds.”