Posted on 10/02/2015 11:44:07 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Three doctors of a Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) hospital were killed as an air strike targeted the MSF medical facility in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz city on Saturday, the MSF said in a statement.
"Three MSF staff are confirmed dead and more than 30 are unaccounted after (MSF) trauma center in Kunduz was hit at 2:10 a. m. local time on Saturday (2140 GMT Friday) several times during sustained bombing and was very badly damaged," the statement said.
The medical team was working around the clock to do everything possible for the safety of patients and hospital staff, the statement said.
"We are deeply shocked by the attack, the killing of our staff and patients and the heavy toll it has inflicted on healthcare in Kunduz," Bart Janssens, MSF Director of Operations, said in the statement.
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This would be a drone strike?
DWOB = Doctors With Our Brains. They were idiots to be there in the first place.
Spoofing is not so easily done with our weapons. The Russians have a total of two systems basically in the EMD phase capable of doing so and none are reported in theater. These are just too valuable to them.
No, this facility was targeted, the real question is why.
Our ROE are very strict, something caused the FAC to think this was a legitimate target.
I am in no way a Russian apologist but do respect their Electronic Warfare capability.
Maybe they need a few more borders.
These MSFers are the same that are picking up “refugees” just off the coast of Africa and ferrying them to Europe. Screw ‘em.
Given that the hospital was treating wounded people no matter which side they were on, could the bombing of the hospital been deliberate?
"This incident is under investigation.”
Yes, the pallets with barrels of whitewash are being received as Col. Tribus spoke!
If I’m not mistaken, the explanation was outdated maps.
I thought all operations were from the air. Were you there as military, contractor, or an unfortunate traveler?
I imagine US military relies on encrypted positioning. And if the Russians were capable of hacking the system, I’m guessing the DWOB event wasn’t the best use of that capability.
Thanks for the reference.
Putin kills terrorists, Obama kills doctors.
Military. Bosnia was my big overseas deployment. That embassy mess was a result of sloppy land navigation technique. There will always be events like this in war. War tends to be sloppy.
Poor guesses, but hey, I didn’t expect much.
Expectations are for idiots. Anything else, jackass?
Don’t quit your day job...if you still have one.
Don’t have a day job, asshole.
...but, but your personality is a fit for so many jobs!
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