This attack certainly was a focus by the USA media and legitimately so, but,
mostly because they want to refocus on Benghazi. This is nearly status quo
for operations by the Taliban. They focus on human rights which legitimize
their presence and their clout over the Karzai government.
Published time: December 07, 2012 15:11
Edited time: December 07, 2012 19:11
Published: April 7, 2013 at 11:32 AM
QALAT, Afghanistan, April 7 (UPI) (click here) -- A 25-year old diplomat was among five Americans killed this weekend in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, the U.S. State Department confirmed.
Foreign Service Officer Anne Smedinghoff of Pennsylvania had been assigned to the Kabul embassy since July...
Ms. Smedinghoff was doing everything right. She was escorted by military in her venture into Afghanistan. However, if those military personnel are known to be involved with human rights violations they are the target and not necessarily Ms. Smedinghoff.
ISAF, Coalition Casualties (click here)
2013-04-C-008
For Immediate Release
ISAF, Coalition Casualties Kabul, Afghanistan (April 6th, 2013 - Three International Security Assistance Force service members and two coalition civilians died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today.
It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.
Secretary Kerry has to ask how effective any military presence is going to be if basic services such as hospital care is denied to the people of Afghanistan.
The Geneva Conventions allow medical care of prisoners. So, even if the medical units across Afghanistan are giving care to so called enemies, they are doing so legitimately and in honor of human rights.
That is important. Those boundaries between war and peace need to be respected by the forces in Afghanistan. If the Geneva Conventions are a threat to the troops, then they need to leave. These human rights violations are actually giving validity to The Taliban and causing harm to our troops and foreign service. There have been other attacks similar to this in Afghanistan. It is hardly new.
mostly because they want to refocus on Benghazi. This is nearly status quo
for operations by the Taliban. They focus on human rights which legitimize
their presence and their clout over the Karzai government.
Published time: December 07, 2012 15:11
Edited time: December 07, 2012 19:11
A Swedish NGO has charged (click here) the Western occupying coalition in Afghanistan with possible violations of international law for its repeated assaults on medical facilities.
On October 23, ISAF soldiers broke into a clinic run by the NGO Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) in Sewak, in Afghanistan’s central Wardak province.
The Geneva Convention forbids belligerents in a conflict zone from targeting medical personnel or facilities. However, ISAF commanders did not order their soldiers to stop; the troops occupied the clinic for three days, occasionally using it as a temporary jail for suspected militants.
The SCA, which has been operating in Afghanistan for decades, condemned the actions of ISAF in an official statement issued on December 6.
SCA Country Director Andreas Stefansson described the incident as a “totally unacceptable breach against all established rules” that could “have a negative long-term impact on access to healthcare for ordinary Afghans.”
The clinic was forced to shut down after suffering extensive damage while being occupied by the ISAF soldiers: “[The] surrounding wall was partially destroyed, windows and doors broken, and examinations beds, chairs and cupboards damaged.”...
According to the Swiss, the ISAF violates the Geneva Conventions on a right regular basis. It would be prudent to determine if these violations are actually provided for since the initial invasions in 2001. There have been a variety of so called 'treaties of operation' or whatever they are called that actually allow the Coalition forces to operate outside the Geneva Conventions. Regardless, these are human rights violations.Published: April 7, 2013 at 11:32 AM
QALAT, Afghanistan, April 7 (UPI) (click here) -- A 25-year old diplomat was among five Americans killed this weekend in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, the U.S. State Department confirmed.
Foreign Service Officer Anne Smedinghoff of Pennsylvania had been assigned to the Kabul embassy since July...
Ms. Smedinghoff was doing everything right. She was escorted by military in her venture into Afghanistan. However, if those military personnel are known to be involved with human rights violations they are the target and not necessarily Ms. Smedinghoff.
ISAF, Coalition Casualties (click here)
2013-04-C-008
For Immediate Release
ISAF, Coalition Casualties Kabul, Afghanistan (April 6th, 2013 - Three International Security Assistance Force service members and two coalition civilians died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today.
It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.
Secretary Kerry has to ask how effective any military presence is going to be if basic services such as hospital care is denied to the people of Afghanistan.
The Geneva Conventions allow medical care of prisoners. So, even if the medical units across Afghanistan are giving care to so called enemies, they are doing so legitimately and in honor of human rights.
That is important. Those boundaries between war and peace need to be respected by the forces in Afghanistan. If the Geneva Conventions are a threat to the troops, then they need to leave. These human rights violations are actually giving validity to The Taliban and causing harm to our troops and foreign service. There have been other attacks similar to this in Afghanistan. It is hardly new.
