Was targeting the clinic in Afghanistan a war crime?

2015-10-04T13:22:52-04:00

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/03/asia/afghanistan-doctors-without-borders-hospital/

Afghanistan: 19 die in air attacks on hospital; U.S. investigating - CNN.com

A U.S. air attack in Kunduz at the same time a Doctors Without Borders hospital was hit early Saturday may have caused "collateral damage," a U.S. Army colonel says.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 4 at 2015 3:52 PM

2015-10-04T15:52:24-04:00

Absolutely not. That facility has been a marked protected target going all of the way back to when I was in Afghanistan in 2003. It is well marked. Even if enemy were in there, it would require permission from the top - the very top - to authorize a strike on that building.
It was a terrible mistake to fire on that hospital, Taliban or not.