Monday, September 7, 2009

U.S. TROOPS STORM SWEDISH HOSPITAL

"... the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan said the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division forced their way into the charity's hospital without permission to look for insurgents in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul... a clear violation of internationally recognized rules and principles... it also went against an agreement between NATO forces and charities working in the area.... The U.S. troops came to the hospital looking for Taliban insurgents late at night... kicked in doors, tied up four hospital guards and two people visiting hospitalized relatives, and forced patients out of beds during their search... also barged into women's wards... strange men entering rooms where women are in beds is a serious insult to the local Pashtun culture and word of it could turn the community against international troops..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/07/us-troops-stormed-through_0_n_278627.html

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