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To: TimF who wrote (893484)	10/14/2015 3:28:29 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575955

will the sun rise in the east? Just deny it and maybe it won't "US special operations forces – not their Afghan allies – called in the deadly airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, the US commander has conceded." since when is a confession that US forces called in the airstrike not a deliberate act? did Afghan forces hold guns to their heads? perhaps is was Russians holding the guns? who made them do it?

To: TimF who wrote (893484)	10/14/2015 4:05:21 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575955

In attempting to explain why they had bombed a hospital, U.S. military leaders changed their story four times. On Saturday, the day of the bombing, U.S. spokesman Col. Brian Tribus said the strike occurred “against individuals threatening the force. The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility.” On Sunday, Gen. John Campbell, U.S.-NATO commander in Afghanistan, claimed the strike occurred “against insurgents who were directly firing upon U.S. service members … in the vicinity of a Doctors Without Borders medical facility.” On Monday, Campbell announced, “Afghan forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support” and “several civilians were accidentally struck.” By Tuesday, Campbell said, “the decision to provide aerial fire was a U.S. decision, made within the U.S. chain of command. A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a medical facility.” Since the Pentagon has access to video and audio recordings taken from the gunship, they must know what actually occurred. The Daily Beast reported that the recordings contain conversations among the crew as they were firing on the hospital, including communications between the crew and U.S. soldiers on the ground. Moreover, AC-130 gunships fly low to the ground so the crew can assess what they are hitting. But members of Congress who oversee the Pentagon have been denied access to the classified recordings. truthdig.com