Kill Them All – US Strike on Afghan Hospital
The
deadly US airstrike on an Afghan hospital has been downplayed by
Washington as a «tragic mistake» committed in the «fog of war». But
recently disclosed documents on the secret policy of drone
assassinations by the Pentagon reveals a cold-blooded calculus to «kill
all» within a designated strike zone, even resulting in 90 per cent
«collateral damage» of «unintended targets».
deadly US airstrike on an Afghan hospital has been downplayed by
Washington as a «tragic mistake» committed in the «fog of war». But
recently disclosed documents on the secret policy of drone
assassinations by the Pentagon reveals a cold-blooded calculus to «kill
all» within a designated strike zone, even resulting in 90 per cent
«collateral damage» of «unintended targets».
The
US airstrike on the Kunduz hospital did not reportedly involve unmanned
aerial drones – it was carried out by a warplane. Nevertheless, the
same mentality of wiping out non-combatants to «finish» an intended
target seems to have been at work.
US airstrike on the Kunduz hospital did not reportedly involve unmanned
aerial drones – it was carried out by a warplane. Nevertheless, the
same mentality of wiping out non-combatants to «finish» an intended
target seems to have been at work.
The director of the medical charity whose hospital was hit by the US warplane
has said that the attack was a «premeditated massacre» and amounts to a
war crime. The official line from Washington is that the strike on the
hospital was a «mistake» and that the death of civilians was a tragic
case of «collateral damage».
has said that the attack was a «premeditated massacre» and amounts to a
war crime. The official line from Washington is that the strike on the
hospital was a «mistake» and that the death of civilians was a tragic
case of «collateral damage».
But
evidence points to a deliberate attempt by US forces to take out
suspected targets within the facility – even if that meant killing all
inside the hospital, including civilian patients and medical staff.
evidence points to a deliberate attempt by US forces to take out
suspected targets within the facility – even if that meant killing all
inside the hospital, including civilian patients and medical staff.
