Afghan Wounded Tell of More Left Behind in Marjah

[G_j]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9939695


Afghan Wounded Tell of More Left Behind in Marjah
Taxis ferry Afghans wounded in assault on Marjah to hospital, many more may be left behind
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press Writer
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan February 24, 2010 (AP)
The Associated Press

Taxis turned into ambulances ferry wounded civilians out of the combat zone in southern Afghanistan, but one man's long trip to a hospital began with a two-hour wheelbarrow ride.

Mohammad's legs were peppered with shrapnel when a bomb exploded nearby. His brother found him unconscious and lifted him into the only thing he could find, pushing him in the wheelbarrow before he flagged a taxi.

Mohammad, who is from the Nad Ali district around Marjah, is one of 40 civilians treated at Emergency Hospital in Lashkar Gah since the Afghan-NATO offensive in Marjah began on Feb. 13. Both of his legs were in casts. Steel pins protruded from his right leg.

Most of the wounded civilians recuperating at the whitewashed Italian-run hospital said their injuries were caused by "the foreign soldiers" — a claim that does not bode well for international and Afghan forces who are trying to get residents to renounce the Taliban and embrace the Afghan government.


Bernard Metraux, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Helmand province, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that as many as 40,000 people trapped by fighting in and around Marjah have little to no access to medical care.


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[Bigmack]

1. Civilians?... Wounded?... No medical?...

Who would have dreamed that would happen.

Ya know, I'm keeping score. This shit is all on Obama now.

[amborin]

2. winning hearts and minds...and preventing new recruits.....

[EFerrari]

3. Amy reported this on 2/17:

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/2/17/group_nato_forces_blocking_wounded_afghan

That was over a week ago. And *that* is why no one can hold a candle to that woman's work.

[G_j]

5. funny, I posted that on 2/17

and you were the only one to respond..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7732222&mesg_id=7732222

[EFerrari]

6. LOL

:hug:

:hi:

[G_j]

7. maybe not quantity

but certainly, quality.


:hug:
:hi:

[BeFree]

4. Damn it!!

These poor people don't know what hit them. All they know is that before the foreign soldiers arrived, they weren't getting blown up.

I wished I could imagine some good from all this, but it just plain escapes me.
All I can say is: not in my name. But how true is that? Damn.

[bvar22]

8. Falujah Redux, only BIGGER!

This area will soon be "cleansed".
It worked in America too against the native inhabitants.