Oh Scheise... I knew something like that would happen.

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2003-04-02 08:55am

http://www.reuters.de/news_article.jhtm ... ID=2493400

Shit, it means. A Red Half-moon hospital bombed.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-02 08:59am

Stas, could you please post links IN ENGLISH. No everyone can read German.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-04-02 09:14am

Just link the site through an online translation engine.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-02 09:14am

Maybe i should post link to French Canadian news network sites.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-04-02 09:17am

Montcalm wrote:Maybe i should post link to French Canadian news network sites.

If it's an important enough news and you can't find it elsewhere, then yes, you should.

It supports your story, and there are many people who can read french, or german.

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2003-04-02 09:19am

Oh, my apologies.
It's not translated in English yet, I think.

Dargos · Post by **Dargos** » 2003-04-02 09:26am

Bagdad (Reuters) - US-Flugzeuge haben beim Angriff auf Bagdad am Mittwoch nach Angaben einer Reuters-Reporterin und von Krankenhausvertretern eine Geburtsklinik der Hilfsorganisation Roter Halbmond sowie andere zivile Einrichtungen getroffen. Mehrere Menschen seien getötet und mindestens 25 verletzt worden.

translation

Bagdad (Reuters)- US-Airplanes in an attack on Bagdad on Wednesday, reported a Reuters-(Female)reporter and Hospital Staff, have hit a Gerburtsklinik(damn I forget what the hell a clinic that specializes in Births and nadel care is called in english) run by the Red Cresent, as well as other civilian buildings. Several persons were killed and at least 25 were wounded.

Just a quick translation for those who are who can't read german.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-04-02 09:53am

Given that Iraqis have been hiding in hospitals and such something like this is the inevitable end result. It's a damn shame but it's the result of the way this war has been conducted.

Lord_Xerxes · Post by **Lord_Xerxes** » 2003-04-02 09:55am

This is what we call collateral damage of war. These type of things can and will happen. Unfortunately, with media coverage the way it is today, it makes it seem like is so much worse than it really is. What, do people think that this sort of thing never happened in any of the previous wars our country has been involved in?

It's like the way the media blows Shark attacks out of proportion. They start reporting them on the news, and everyone gets freaked out. When really, the numbers show that they're lower than usual, or within their average amounts. It's just that they're being publicized so much, that everyone makes a big deal about it. Ok, I'm done with my stupid analogy now.

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2003-04-02 10:12am

Stormbringer
Actually they targeted a government building, but hit the hospital and some kind of civilian structure, I can't recall what it was, let's hope for an expanded report from someone else.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-04-02 10:25am

Stas Bush wrote:Stormbringer
Actually they targeted a government building, but hit the hospital and some kind of civilian structure, I can't recall what it was, let's hope for an expanded report from someone else.

It's a damn shame that innocent people died but it happens in war. It's still cleaner than previous wars but no one's perfect.

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2003-04-02 10:28am

Stormbringer
Sure.

Axis Kast · Post by **Axis Kast** » 2003-04-02 10:36am

Stormbringer makes a point.

Civilians die in all wars. That does not make the cause any less correct.

You should try to keep in mind that we use precision-guided weaponry and take great pains to eliminate civilian casualties. Our troops have died while attempting to be trusting of the majority of Iraqis. On the other side of the fence, they routinely slaughter innocent civilians as a means of coercion.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2003-04-02 02:00pm

Here's a BBC report on the incident.

The US military is investigating reports that coalition aircraft have bombed a Red Crescent maternity hospital in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Hospital sources and witnesses quoted by Reuters news agency said there were a number of casualties and some damage at the hospital.

The BBC's Rageh Omaar, who is in Baghdad, said the Red Crescent hospital in the city is said to have been hit in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The reports came after doctors at a hospital in central Iraq told the BBC that they had dealt with more than 250 fatalities since the start of the US-led war.

In Baghdad, Red Crescent official Abdel-Hameed Salim told Reuters: "There were air raids. Some 25 people who work and live in the area were wounded. Three of our Red Crescent staff were also wounded."

In a statement, US Central Command said: "US Central Command is looking into an allegation that coalition aircraft bombed a Red Crescent maternity hospital in Baghdad, Iraq."

It added: "Coalition forces target only legitimate military targets and go to great lengths to minimise civilian casualties and damage to civilian facilities."

There has been no official Iraqi statement on the reported incident.

Iraqi authorities said on Wednesday that at least 55 civilians had been killed by coalition forces in attacks on Baghdad and other cities in the past 24 hours.

At least 33 of the victims are reported to have died when US helicopter gunships strafed a residential neighbourhood in the city of Hilla on Tuesday.

Aid agencies say they are increasingly worried about the mounting number of civilian victims of the war.

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