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Really difficult challenges, theyre under bombardment in yemen today in many locations and in other places in syria, as well. that said, weve never had such a sort of targeted attack. i mean the amount of ordinates that was dropped on the single hospital structure in a compound not having any of the other buildings touched, the fact we had warned u.s. officials and afghan officials about the location of the hospital, been there for four years, treated tens of thousands of patients every year it ...

Non-governmental organization has more experience operating in war zones and knowing how to contact the various warring parties, how to tell them what their coordinates are and how to take measures that will make sure this kind of thing doesnt happen. it is conceivable that nsf fell down on the job somewhere here but it is very unlikely. it is much more likely that the afghan national army and the americans somehow really screwed up. >> christopher dickey, thank you very much for being with me. ...

When the afghan says go hit the target. >> i believe there is protocol in place where we do double-check those coordinates and we know what we are striking. we dont know what happened and i cant speculate on what happened right now we know there are a couple of investigations going forward. nato will be another. >> heavy casualties in afghanistan. this is obviously enormously besides being tragic for the loss of life, this is not good for us. >> very regrettable. >> senator, thank you. >> thank ...

United states can do, the justice department can do is conduct its own investigation before any outside investigation begins. >> we know that this had been a hospital for years. we know americans helped build it. we know that the coordinates were given to authorities and those within the military in the days and weeks prior to. we know there were phone calls being made the day of this and more than one bombing run. all of that said, you could have made a series of horrible mistakes and judgment ...

Inside their large compound area. this was the intensive care unit and surgery building. then the aircraft circled round again, came back and hit the same building again, circled round again and came back and hit the same building again. not any of the other buildings, they say, which had minor damage at the worst. so they say, for them that means if each air strike means checking and checking coordinates and making sure you have clearance for each strike, thats three times, at least, that error...

Which ran this hospital, is accusing the u.s. of intentionally bombing a hospital, carrying out a war crime, killing 22 people, doctors and patients, including some patients who were in their beds in the icu. so it is -- they are very carefully chosen words because the difference of intent versus mistake versus a targeted attack all have very important legal implications. >> richard, lets be clear -- this is not a temporary hospital with some kind of tarps. this was an actual structure that was ...

>> and there is confusion if it was or not, and the coordinates were given to somebody, because they kept bombing the same spot, and there is a bigger question, and it is one that president obama should answer, what is the u.s. objective and what is the mission, and why are we bombing anybody in afghan? we had a clear cut mission after 9/11, but it is long gone for many years now sh, and the afgh need to step up, and defend themselvesk but there is no reason for the u.s. to be involved there at ...

The crew was ordered to respond to an afghan unit in trouble. theyre taking the coordinates from the afghan unit and they respond. for whatever reason, the hospital ended up being struck. were they trying to hit something near the hospital and they got the coordinates wrong? we dont know what happened. that will come out. i want to reiterate barbaras point and i picked up on it as soon as the general said it as well. hes ordered the retraining on the rules of engagement. hes not happy with somet...

Thorough and fair and detailed and quick is another word used today investigation of what happened. and yes, the word mistake is used repeatedly. it is unclear how it could have happened. doctors without borders pointed out that the hospital was well-known to coalition and afghan officials. the coordinates is exchanged numerous times and said the planes circled overhead for a half hour. they made calls to headquarters to try to tell them what was going on. a building targeted and others werent. ...

Care. and it is interesting in afghanistan even a lot of lessons were learned on how to prevent civilian casualties and after some tragic events that took place in 2007, 2008 when wedding parties were hit and 80 civil ycivilians were killed. new rules were in training that were implemented to ensure that civilians are better protected during the cross fire. so it is a very tragic incident that happened. its important to learn what went wrong when some of these directives and lessons were identif...