Kunduz: US admits it targeted MSF hospital “by mistake”

[webfact]

Kunduz: US admits it targeted MSF hospital “by mistake”



WASHINGTON: -- The United States has admitted it launched an airstrike that destroyed a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz.

Washington claims Saturday’s attack was a mistake.

22 people died and many more were injured.

The medical charity MSF, which ran the facility, does not believe the claim. It is calling for an independent investigation.

That call has been echoed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: “The tragic incident, the loss of life in the hospital, is a very serious matter and therefore it is important that we get all the facts on the table and that is the reason why we need a full and thorough investigation.”

The US Commander in Afghanistan General John Campbell told the US Senate Saturday’s attack was launched in error: “The decision to provide aerial fire was a US decision made within the US chain of command. A hospital was mistakenly struck, we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.”

MSF and the UN’s human rights chief say the incident could qualify as a war crime if it is proved that the hospital was targeted deliberately.

MSF says it had given the map coordinates to the US and Afghan forces.

It has withdrawn all its personnel from Kunduz.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-10-07

[Sydebolle]

Yesterday's news referred to the statement, that the US acted on request of the Afghan government.

So what did really happen and why is Stoltenberg not keeping his big mouth shut?

MSF is right in intervening officially - we shall see when and by whom they get stopped - as usual :-(

[Emster23]

I doubt US would get a round of applause if they said they did it on purpose. "We had to destroy that hospital in order to save it" to paraphrase general's statement during Vietnam war.

[micmichd]

U.S. want a guarantee for the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline, that's all.

Edited October 7, 2015 by micmichd

[hugh2121]

America loves to sue anyone and everyone over the slightest thing.

MSF should sue the American government for billions over this tragic loss of the lives of people who were there only to help save lives.

[Soutpeel]

U.S. want a guarantee for the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline, that's all.

Tried that one before and even invited the Taliban leadership to Texas for a BBQ some years back....go and research it....think it was the BBC that broke the story...

[NeilSA1]

So many 'mistakes'. Russia and USA. Pots and kettles calling each other black.

[webfact]

Aid agency MSF demands war crime probe into US bombing of Afghan hospital in Kunduz under never-used Geneva protocol /BBC

[OMGImInPattaya]

Is this the same kind of "mistake" like the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Kosovo or the shooting down of an Iranian civilian jetliner by the USS Vincennes?

[micmichd]

It's the same kind of mistake as 911.

[MaxYakov]

I doubt US would get a round of applause if they said they did it on purpose. "We had to destroy that hospital in order to save it" to paraphrase general's statement during Vietnam war.

Yeah, sure. The vampire quote - it wasn't real and it won't die. It was probably a distortion of something allegedly said by an unidentified U.S. officer by Peter Arnett during his reporting of the Viet Nam war. It has been attributed by Arnett to a Major, BTW. Read all about HERE. The Wiki content, of course, should always be viewed critically and with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Such a ridiculous statement would have to be on unedited video or audio by the actual person to convince me that it had been stated as asserted by any news media person. The MSM have taken to various ploys to alter reality by editing audio in case you haven't noticed.

Your invocation of it is a prime example of how mythical statements such as "Hands up, don't shoot" are perpetuated as vampire quotes.

In any event, I fail to see how that particular vampire quote has any relevancy w/r to the tragic bombing of the hospital and the deaths of innocent aid workers and patients.

EoR

Edited October 7, 2015 by MaxYakov

[Cook my sock]

Finally.

Blaming Russia for similar and not owning up to this was looking pretty foolish..

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