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US Gov't gives 5 ..make that 6- different excuses for bombing Doctors W/O Borders hospital...
1.Representative Duncan Hunter has apparently been informed by a few special forces operatives that the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, which is in charge of overseeing airstrikes, did not know the compound contained a hospital.
2. The U.S. Army’s $5 billion intelligence network was down and affected the ability of forces to avoid bombing civilians.
The trouble with this new “fog of war” explanation for bombing the Doctors Without Borders hospital is it marks another shift in the U.S. account of what happened.
The story of what happened shifted four times in four days after the airstrikes
3.The U.S. military was unsure if the hospital had been bombed but claimed U.S. forces had been under fire.
4.Then, the U.S. military claimed strikes were in the “vicinity” of the hospital and the bombing was an accident.
5.Then, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan claimed Afghans had called for the strike and U.S. forces had never been under any threat.
6.Then, while addressing a Senate committee, he stated U.S. forces had called for the airstrike after receiving a request from the Afghans.
2. The U.S. Army’s $5 billion intelligence network was down and affected the ability of forces to avoid bombing civilians.
The trouble with this new “fog of war” explanation for bombing the Doctors Without Borders hospital is it marks another shift in the U.S. account of what happened.
The story of what happened shifted four times in four days after the airstrikes
3.The U.S. military was unsure if the hospital had been bombed but claimed U.S. forces had been under fire.
4.Then, the U.S. military claimed strikes were in the “vicinity” of the hospital and the bombing was an accident.
5.Then, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan claimed Afghans had called for the strike and U.S. forces had never been under any threat.
6.Then, while addressing a Senate committee, he stated U.S. forces had called for the airstrike after receiving a request from the Afghans.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/doctors-without-borders-releases-horrific-details-of-kunduz-hospital-bombing-by-u-s-forces/5487374
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