So a US tanker bulldozes its way into the

[malaise]

Doctors without Borders' hospital in Afghanistan yesterday and destroyed property and removed stuff leading to an already suspicious group suggesting that they were removing evidence...per Richard Engel.

Does International Law still apply to the US??

[SamKnause]

1. Does International Law still apply to the U.S. ???

No, has it ever ???

[spanone]

2. NO. look at what bu$h* & cheney got away with...without a wimper from the international community

[Octafish]

3. Doctors Without Borders says US tank 'destroyed potential evidence' near Afghan hospital

"Their unannounced and forced entry damaged property, destroyed potential evidence and caused stress and fear," it said in a statement, adding that an MSF team had arrived at the hospital earlier in the day.

The U.S. military airstrike on the MSF trauma center in Kunduz killed 10 patients and 12 staff members. Another two staffers are now presumed dead, the group said this week. The rest of the staff have been accounted for.

The report of the “intrusion” comes as the Associated Press reported Thursday that American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the hospital because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate with Taliban activity.

SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/16/doctors-without-borders-says-us-tank-destroyed-potential-evidence-near-afghan/

Hey, DU! Who's your favorite war criminal?

[malaise]

4. You know it's as if no other country in history was ever attacked

Why do we have these laws if some countries don't give a shit about following them.

[Octafish]

5. Bush wanted war in Iraq before Afghanistan.

Bush 'Sought Way' to invade Iraq

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2462517


Then in more recent times...


Obama repeated Bush line that Taliban refused to turn over bin Laden.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7133118


War itself is a crime. Why it continues unabated is no mystery: Secret Government, Secret Agencies, Secret Agents, Secret Beneficiaries.

[malaise]

12. +1,000

[MuseRider]

6. Too many to choose from. n/t

[Downwinder]

7. When has International Law ever applied to the US?

[Mendocino]

8. A plea bargain

The US can wiggle out of this. Send Cheney to the Hague.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Where do I start?

1. The U.S. has already apologized, accepted full responsibility, and will pay reparations, so this matter is closed as far as MSF is concerned...

2. I don't know what "evidence" you would expect to be found...

3. Since the hospital has not been secure the entire time since the incident, I can't imagine any discovered "evidence" would have much legal weight...

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. "This matter is closed as far as MSF is concerned."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34463608

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres is seeking to invoke a never-used body to investigate the US bombing of its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz.

MSF said it did not trust internal military inquiries into the bombing that killed at least 22 people.

The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) was set up in 1991 under the Geneva Conventions.

The US says last Saturday's bombing was a mistake. It came amid efforts to reverse a Taliban takeover of Kunduz.

Kunduz, a strategically significant city of about 300,000 inhabitants in north-west Afghanistan, was quiet for the first night in more than a week, reports said.

Security forces say they have spent the past few days mopping up Taliban remnants and sporadic fighting has been largely confined to the outskirts.

[Blue_Tires]

17. It is -- They have nothing more to do with this...

This is now a matter for the USAF, SOCOM and Congress (if necessary) to deal with...

The U.S. is under no obligation to submit to some 'independent' inquiry.

[Catherina]

11. Cockpit recordings reveal crew questioned order resulting in Afghan hospital strike.

https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/654787470790234112

[malaise]

13. Oh My

As I wrote earlier - whoever gave that order must be fired and charged

[temporary311]

14. If the crew thought it was a bad order but did it anyway

they might need to be charged too.

[malaise]

15. Yep

No one could make me bomb a hospital - war or no war

[LittleBlue]

16. Covering up a war crimes

Hope and change