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Title: One Day After Warning Russia of Civilian Casualties, the U.S. Bombs a Hospital in Afghanistan
Source:
The Intercept
URL Source: https://theintercept.com/2015/10/03 ... spital-in-the-war-obama-ended/
Published: Oct 3, 2015
Author: Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2015-10-03 12:09:33 by Aragorn
Keywords: syria, russia, terrorism, obama
Views: 17
Yesterday afternoon, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power marched to Twitter to proclaim: “we call on Russia to immediately cease attacks on Syrian oppo[sition and] civilians.” Along with that decree, she posted a statement from the U.S. and several of its closest authoritarian allies – including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UK – warning Russia that civilian casualties “will only fuel more extremism and radicalization.” Early this morning, in the Afghan city of Kunduz, the U.S. dropped bombs on a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)). The airstrike killed at least 9 of the hospital’s medical staff, and seriously injured dozens of patients. “Among the dead was the Afghan head of the hospital, Abdul Sattar,” reported The New York Times.
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