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In reply to the discussion: Ilhan Omar Again Sets Off a Fight Among Democrats [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,238 posts)49. But attacks like that are part of the problem
On the night of the attack, there were 105 patients in the hospital and 140 of our international and national staff were present, of whom 80 were on duty.
Starting at 2:08am on Saturday 3 October, a United States AC-130 gunship fired 211 shells on the main hospital building where patients were sleeping in their beds or being operated on in the operating theatre.
At least 42 people were killed, including 24 patients, 14 staff and 4 caretakers. Thirty-seven people were injured.
Our patients burned in their beds, our medical staff were decapitated or lost limbs. Others were shot from the air while they fled the burning building.
The attack from the air lasted for around one hour. The main hospital building came under precise and repeated airstrikes, while the surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched.
Throughout the airstrikes our teams desperately called military authorities to stop the attack.
https://www.msf.org/kunduz-hospital-attack-depth
Starting at 2:08am on Saturday 3 October, a United States AC-130 gunship fired 211 shells on the main hospital building where patients were sleeping in their beds or being operated on in the operating theatre.
At least 42 people were killed, including 24 patients, 14 staff and 4 caretakers. Thirty-seven people were injured.
Our patients burned in their beds, our medical staff were decapitated or lost limbs. Others were shot from the air while they fled the burning building.
The attack from the air lasted for around one hour. The main hospital building came under precise and repeated airstrikes, while the surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched.
Throughout the airstrikes our teams desperately called military authorities to stop the attack.
https://www.msf.org/kunduz-hospital-attack-depth
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Her outrage is selective. She refused to acknowledge the Armenian genocide by being the only
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#9
Let me know when Hamas or the Taliban warn people to evacuate a building before they bomb it.
EX500rider
Jun 2021
#11
So firing 4,000 rockets at Israeli cities trying to kill civilians is not a war crime?
EX500rider
Jun 2021
#57
Mistakes happen, war isn't pretty. Big difference between accidental and on purpose however.
EX500rider
Jun 2021
#56
Here we see the problem: the American military investigates itself, decides it was all an accident
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2021
#63
So it should be OK to put the Americans in the Hamas/Taliban list, then
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2021
#68
No I do not think the US military belongs in the same grouping as those terrorist groups.
EX500rider
Jun 2021
#69
She is selective, as was demonstrated in her not voting for the resolution acknowledging the
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#10
I wouldn't agree with her a lot of the time but this was a factual statement. I suspect the
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#13
Ilhan Omar clarifies remarks on Hamas, US and Israel, but not before condemning Jewish lawmakers'
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2021
#16
I don't know about Congress, but her comments sure have divided DUers in this thread
Bucky
Jun 2021
#23
American Taliban, wasn't that the group that stormed the Capitol on 1/6? n/t
DiamondShark
Jun 2021
#44