Kill Them All – US Strike on Afghan Hospital by Finian Cunningham

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by Finian Cunningham
Writer, Dandelion Salad
East Africa
Crossposted from Strategic Culture Foundation
October 24, 2015

The deadly US airstrike on an Afghan hospital has been downplayed by Washington as a “tragic mistake” committed in the “fog of war”. But recently disclosed documents on the secret policy of drone assassinations by the Pentagon reveals a cold-blooded calculus to “kill all” within a designated strike zone, even resulting in 90 per cent “collateral damage” of “unintended targets”.

Libya: Detainees tortured and denied medical care by MSF UK

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26/01/2012

Detainees in the Libyan city of Misrata are being tortured and denied urgent medical care, leading Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) to suspend its operations in detention centres in Misrata.

MSF teams began working in Misrata’s detention centres in August 2011 to treat war-wounded detainees.

Somalia: Western Media Indulge US and French Denials of New War in Famine-Hit Horn of Africa by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
Featured Writer
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East Africa
26 October 2011

Despite official denials peddled by the mainstream media, it is emerging that the US and France are engaged in a new war in the Horn of Africa.

Given that 11-12 million people are at risk of starvation in the famine-hit region, an escalation of conflict has huge humanitarian and legal implications. Yet the Western public is being given no oversight on the matter from what appears to be a veritable news blackout on the dire situation.

Tunisia, Shousha – We are dying slowly

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Since the start of the Libyan conflict in February, over 250,000 of people have passed through the Ras Ajdir transitory camps, located at the northern Tunisia-Libya border.

Haiti: Mirlanda’s story + Nixon, the boy who survived Haiti’s earthquake

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Six months after the January earthquake, photographer Nicola Vigilanti travelled to an MSF reconstructive surgery in Haiti. There he met Mirlanda, an inspiring 10 year-old girl who lost her mother and her leg in in the earthquake. Vigilanti recorded her slow recovery, as she received treatment for a crushed arm and learned to walk again with the use of a prosthetic limb. Despite the severity of her injuries and restricted mobility, Mirlanda always continued smiling and never let the fact that she had lost a leg stop her joining in with the other children in the hospital, even to play football.

Why Isn’t The World Rushing To Rescue Pakistan? + MSF: Water to Mingora

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Updated: Aug. 24, 2010 Added Part 2

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August 22, 2010

Snehal Shingavi: US has blamed Pakistan for failed policies in region

Haiti: Survival after the quake

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April 14, 2010 — This slideshow is narrated by an MSF communications officer, who also took the photographs during a two-week visit to Haiti in March, 2010. He accompanied MSF field staff on assessments of living conditions in makeshift camps where people had been living without basic assistance.

Your messages delivered to Eastern Congo

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Sent to DS from Pete Masters, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) UK, thanks Pete.

Condition: Critical
March 30th, 2010

On the 24th November 2009, MSF launched the last installment of the Condition: Critical project. You heard stories from Francoise, Mishoko, Bahati and children that have been abducted during the conflict.

Since then, nearly two thousand of you have left messages of support for the people of Eastern Congo on the Condition: Critical message map. The first of these messages have already arrived in Congo and more are to follow. This video shows messages being delivered by MSF staff and the reaction of local people to them.

Inflatable hospital means better conditions for patients in Haiti

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January 28, 2010

The MSF inflatable hospitals are providing patients in Haiti with a safe, clean and comfortable place to receive treatment from MSF teams. The hospital includes two fully-equipped operating theatres in which surgery has already started.

US says it will stay in Haiti for long term

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Jan 22, 2010

Haiti: MSF taking care of patients in Pacot Hospital

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January 19, 2010

On January 12th a major earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, struck Haiti. Despite two MSF hospitals collapsed and many local staff missing, MSF teams are already working in Port au Prince, providing immediate medical assistance to the injured. Thousands are pouring into MSF facilities and MSF teams are working around the clock.