A former American intelligence operative has come forward with a shocking revelation regarding the tragic US military attack on the Doctors without Borders hospital in Afghanistan earlier this month.
Special operatives had already scouted the location, and had reported it was a civilian hospital. But the Obama administration had it bombed anyway.
American special operations analysts had scrutinized the hospital days before it was destroyed because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The analysts knew it was a medical facility, but commanders unleashed the AC-130 gunship on the hospital anyway. The attack killed at least 22 patients and hospital staff.
The Pentagon initially said the attack was to protect U.S. troops engaged in a firefight and has since said it was a mistake.
After the attack, some US analysts initially said the strike against the hospital had been justified, the former officer says, because they concluded that a Pakistani spy, believed to have been working for his country’s Inter-Service Intelligence directorate, had been killed.
No evidence has surfaced publicly suggesting a Pakistani died in the attack, and Doctors without Borders, the international organization that ran the hospital, says none of its staff was Pakistani. The former intelligence official making these revelations was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook declined to address the new information.
The top U.S. officer in Afghanistan, Gen. John Campbell, has said the strike was a mistake, but has refused to explain how it happened or who granted final approval.
Doctors without Borders has condemned the bombing as a war crime. It insists that no gunmen, weapons or ammunition were in the building, and is calling for an international probe.
Doctors without Borders officials say the U.S. airplane made five separate strafing runs over an hour, directing heavy fire on the main hospital building, which contained the emergency room and intensive care unit. Surrounding buildings were not struck, they say.
Typically, pilots flying air support missions would have maps showing protected sites such as hospitals and mosques. If commanders concluded that enemies were operating from a protected site, they would follow procedures designed to minimize civilian casualties. That would generally mean surrounding a building with troops, not blowing it to bits from the air.
What the new details suggest “is that the hospital was intentionally targeted, killing at least 22 patients and MSF staff,” said Meinie Nicolai, president of the operational directorate of Doctors without Borders, which is also known by its French initials MSF. “This would amount to a premeditated massacre.”
Nicolai said in an email exchange that the group’s staff “reported a calm night and that there were no armed combatants, nor active fighting in or from the compound prior to the airstrikes.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story
obama has repeatedly over ridden the control at socom and the joint-chiefs on targeting, targets that were definately good shoots were rejected by o’bummer.. targets that were marginal at best were plastered.. so nothing new here move on…
I am sick and tired of all this crap going on with Obama, Hillary, justice Department, Supreme Court, Congress and the Senate. America has gone downhill terribly since Obama has been president! This crap must change NOW!!!!!
When the fuk is AMERIKA going to figure out that he is a Muslim-Marxist jihadist – when it is too late! REVOLUTION will be the SOLUTION!
Why in the name of God and Country is a hate filled, evil breeding mosque considered a “protected site”?
Just like everything else going on, we’ll probably never know the truth !
We cannot let this president or any president fire on its own people. God help us if this is allowed to continue. We hear every day about impeachment proceedings and the fact obama is mentally ill, well, lets get it taken care of….
Besides all the lies he tells, Obama has another thing in common with Bill “Slick Willy” Clinton – Clinton bombed an aspirin factory and Obama bombed a hospital! “Brilliant!” Where are the Guinness Beer guys to comment on this?
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I think that our government is afraid of Obaba! Americans need to review the 10th amendment and stop this crap now!
why are these doctors without borders treating Taliban terrorists?
Another step in obummers WAR against Christians & the US. How long are we going to allow this commie muslim to do this crap?
This commie muslim has been carrying on for the last 7 years,and nothing has been done about it !! I can’t understand how he’s still in the White House !!!
Now who do we know that blames everybody else for every decision HE makes??????
There are so many comments about Obama, and something should be done, but what is it that can be done, and by whom?? Why hasn’t something been done?
This incident should be investigated and appropriate steps should be taken. There are plenty of things to attack in Afghanistan. Hospitals should be off limits unless there is clear proof that it is being used by the enemy.
THE GUNSHIPS CAN FIRE CONTINIOUSLY ON A SPECIFIC TARGET. DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WERE REPEATED STRAFFING RUNS ORDERED?
THE GUNSHIPS CAN FIRE CONTINIOUSLY ON A SPECIFIC TARGET. DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WERE REPEATED STRAFFING RUNS ORDERED?
THE GUNSHIPS CAN FIRE CONTINIOUSLY ON A SPECIFIC TARGET. DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WERE REPEATED STRAFFING RUNS ORDERED? WAS IT TO MAKE SURE ALL WERE KILLED?
DWB criticized The TPP secret trade deal, so Obama had a hospital blown up in revenge.
Order a complete and thorough investigation to obtain the Truth even if it costs money but no more unnecessary bloodshed of innocent lives if this is the Truth.