The international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says an internal review of last month's airstrikes by U.S. forces on its hospital in northern Afghanistan shows no reason why the facility should have come under attack.
The organization, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), released a report Thursday documenting events surrounding the airstrikes. The report says there were no armed combatants fighting within or from the hospital grounds.
Last month, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army General John Campbell, had said the U.S. accepted full responsibility for the bombing, which, according to the Pentagon, came after Afghan forces called in U.S. airstrikes against Taliban fighters thought to be firing from inside the medical compound.
The MSF document, part of an ongoing review of events undertaken by the group, is based upon 60 debriefings of MSF national and international employees who worked at the 140-bed trauma center, internal and public information, before and after photographs of the hospital, email correspondence, and telephone call records.
At least 30 people were killed in the airstrikes, including 13 staff members, 10 patients and 7 unrecognizable bodies yet to be identified.
“The view from inside the hospital is that this attack was conducted with a purpose to kill and destroy,” said Christopher Stokes, MSF General Director. “But we don’t know why. We neither have the view from the cockpit, nor the knowledge of what happened within the U.S. and Afghan military chains of command.”.........http://www.voanews.com/content/doctors-without-borders-msf-report-afghan-hospital-attack-us-military/3038220.html
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The organization, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), released a report Thursday documenting events surrounding the airstrikes. The report says there were no armed combatants fighting within or from the hospital grounds.
Last month, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army General John Campbell, had said the U.S. accepted full responsibility for the bombing, which, according to the Pentagon, came after Afghan forces called in U.S. airstrikes against Taliban fighters thought to be firing from inside the medical compound.
The MSF document, part of an ongoing review of events undertaken by the group, is based upon 60 debriefings of MSF national and international employees who worked at the 140-bed trauma center, internal and public information, before and after photographs of the hospital, email correspondence, and telephone call records.
At least 30 people were killed in the airstrikes, including 13 staff members, 10 patients and 7 unrecognizable bodies yet to be identified.
“The view from inside the hospital is that this attack was conducted with a purpose to kill and destroy,” said Christopher Stokes, MSF General Director. “But we don’t know why. We neither have the view from the cockpit, nor the knowledge of what happened within the U.S. and Afghan military chains of command.”.........http://www.voanews.com/content/doctors-without-borders-msf-report-afghan-hospital-attack-us-military/3038220.html
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MSF: l'attaque de Kunduz avait pour objectif de tuer et de détruire...
ReplyDeleteL'ONG Médecins Sans Frontières a diffusé une revue interne sur les frappes aériennes US sur son hôpital de Kunduz, en Afghanistan.
Le 3 octobre, pendant la nuit, l'hôpital ouvert en 2011, était pilonné par l'US Air Force durant une heure. Au moins trente personnes, dont 13 employés de l'ONG et des patients, ont trouvé la mort dans cette attaque, brûlés vifs ou touchés par les tirs alors qu'ils fuyaient le bâtiment.
Selon la déclaration de MSF, l'examen chronologique des événements du 3 octobre "ne révèle aucun élément qui expliquerait pourquoi l'hôpital a été attaqué". L'organisation précise qu'il n'y avait pas de combattants armés ou d'affrontements dans l'enceinte de l'hôpital.
"De l'intérieur de l'hôpital, on voit bien que cette attaque a été menée dans le but de tuer et de détruire, mais nous ne savons pas pourquoi", indique Christopher Stokes, directeur général de MSF.
Dans le même temps, l'ONG réaffirme avoir communiqué, cinq jours avant l'attaque, ses coordonnées GPS aux gouvernements afghan et américain, rappelant l'obligation de respecter les structures médicales. Vendredi 2 octobre, les employés accrochaient deux nouveaux drapeaux sur le toit............http://sptnkne.ws/aaWA
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ReplyDeleteDie Auswertung der Flugschreiber-Daten von der über dem Sinai abgestürzten Passagiermaschine hat laut der Tageszeitung „Kommersant“ keine Fortschritte bei der Ermittlung von Ursachen des Unglücks gebracht.
Wie die Zeitung aus den Ermittlern nahe stehenden Quellen erfuhr, waren „alle Flugzeugsysteme während des gesamten Fluges, der etwas mehr als 20 Minuten gedauert hat, intakt“. „Danach geschah etwas, wonach es zu einem abrupten Stopp des Fixierens aller Parameter der Flugzeugsysteme kam“, hieß es.
Nach Ansicht von Experten konnte es infolge eines explosionsartigen Drucksturzes in der Kabine geschehen, bei dem sich das Heckteil der Maschine, in dem sich der Flugschreiber befand, vom restlichen Rumpf abtrennte......http://sptnkne.ws/aaUw
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