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| US troops raid Afghan hospital |
| 2009-09-07 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] US troops burst into a Swedish charity-run hospital in Afghanistan and tied up patients' relatives and staff, the charity said on Sunday, in what it called a breach of deals between the military and aid groups. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) said soldiers had entered its hospital in Wardak, south of Kabul, on Wednesday evening without explanation and conducted a search, including of female wards and toilets. "Upon entering the hospital they tied up four employees and two family members of patients at the hospital. The SCA staff as well as patients (even those in beds) were forced out of rooms/wards throughout the search," SCA said in a statement. "This is simply not acceptable," said SCA Country Director Anders Fange told Reuters. A press officer for the Nato-led force, Lieutenant-Commander Christine Sidenstricker, said she was aware of an incident but did not have enough information to comment. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Just post a soldier at the hospital for security, easy, done. Talibs wont show up. When the Sweeds leave with meds to help the talibs they can be followed arrested for supporting terrorism... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-09-07 12:21 |
| #5 Idiots, they want the troops to call ahead and announce the raid a day(Or So)in advance? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-07 12:12 |
| #4 Nobody said they had to violate their Hippocratic oath and not treat ill or injuried terrorists - just that they had to violate their hypocritical oath and report those treated to NATO. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-09-07 10:10 |
| #3 ...then they are received and treated as they should be by international law." Must be that international law they repeatedly and consistently violate. Someone misses the key element that compliance with those laws is a prerequisite to enjoying the benefit of those laws who's main objective is to protect civilians. By ignoring that key element, it results in more not less civilian casualties, pain and suffering. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-09-07 09:03 |
| #2 More... "SCA provides runs health, education and agricultural development programmes in about half of the country's provinces. It has been based in Afghanistan since the early 1980s. When the soldiers left, hospital staff were told to report any potential insurgents they treated to the NATO forces, the Swedish group said. Fange said the SCA did not have to do so. "There is the Hippocratic oath. If anyone is wounded, sick or in need of treatment ... if they are a human being, then they are received and treated as they should be by international law." |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-07 01:44 |
| #1 "burst" did they? Let me guess how high the squeal-factor would be if we let the Taliabn have their way? Let's run a trial experiment, assholes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-07 00:57 |