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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongressional Probe Reveals Cover-Up of "Auschwitz-Like" Conditions at U.S.-Funded Afghan Hospital
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/1/congressional_probe_reveals_cover_up_ofA congressional investigation has revealed a top U.S. general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into abuse at a U.S.-funded hospital in Kabul that kept patients in "Auschwitz-like" conditions. Army whistleblowers revealed photographs taken in 2010, which show severely neglected, starving patients at Dawood Hospital, considered the crown jewel of the Afghan medical system where the countrys military personnel are treated. The photos show severely emaciated patients, some suffering from gangrene and maggot-infested wounds. The general accused of the cover-up is Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, one of the nations highest-ranking commanders in Afghanistan, who served as the commander of the $11.2-billion-a-year Afghan training program. We speak to Michael Hastings, contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine and a reporter for BuzzFeed, which has been following the story closely. [includes rush transcript]
Much more at the link.
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I posted this to make up for the similar one that was zotted because somebody didn't like the source (or was it the nature of the story?). I assume Democracy Now and Rolling Stone are okay.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,755 posts)Yup.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)kenny blankenship
(15,689 posts)Someone at DU, I mean. Is partisanship so rank here that it would outstink a gangrenous wound?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,755 posts)It is conspiracy non-sense. With the Hosts almost never locking this shit like they should, it will get worse and worse.
See here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021062638
Others have explained why this is shit.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)It's a horrible story and I hope something is done about it now that Congress has been made aware of it. To hand over money like that to anyone, and not keep tabs on what they are doing, seems insane.
I could not look at the photos, too graphic by far but glad someone had the stomach to record what is going on nevertheless.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)edited to add a thank you to taterguy
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)At Afghan Military Hospital, Graft and Deadly Neglect
By MARIA ABI-HABIB
The Wall Street Journal
September 3, 2011
KABULAmerican officers deployed as mentors in Afghanistan's main military hospital discovered a shocking secret last year: Injured soldiers were routinely dying of simple infections and even starving to death as some corrupt doctors and nurses demanded bribes for food and the most basic of care.
The discovery, which hasn't previously been reported, added new details to longstanding evidence of gross mismanagement at Dawood National Military Hospital, where most salaries and supplies are paid for by American taxpayers.
Yet the patient neglect continued for months after U.S. officials discovered it, as Afghan officials rebuffed American pressure to take action, multiple documents and testimonies viewed by The Wall Street Journal show.
The way senior Afghan officials tolerated such deadly graft shows just how deeply rooted corruption has become in President Hamid Karzai's administration, as well as the limits of Washington's ability to rein it in. American advisers have since forced an improvement in conditions at the hospital.
More: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904480904576496703389391710.html
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)Which brings even more questions for me. Why is this story just now being blown into the news? Why are we doing a Congressional hearing when the U.S. did in fact take action and correct it? The Afghan government had to be forced into correcting the condition.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)It certainly isn't conspiracy woo.
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)It will help me with research on the subject.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)stockholmer
(3,751 posts)good that you found other sources