Sudan Air Force Bombs Hospital Run by Doctors Without Borders

Sudan Air Force Bombs Hospital Run by Doctors Without Borders

by Jordan Schachtel 17 Jun 2014

http://cdn.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/06/17/Sudan-Air-Force-Bombs-Hospital

On Monday, a hospital in Sudan used by members of the internationally recognized NGO Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was hit by Sudanese air force bombing runs.

Doctors Without Borders said in a statement, "As bombs struck the village of Farandalla on June 16, two hit the MSF hospital there. Five people were wounded in the village, and one MSF staff member was injured at the hospital. We are shocked that a medical facility can be bombed, especially since it was clearly identified with a flag and a cross on the roof."

MSF said an emergency room, a dressing room, the pharmacy, and the hospital’s kitchen were all heavily damaged in the bombing run.

Sudanese officials denied that the incident happened. “We did not attack any hospital there because our target is not civilians," said a Sudanese military spokseman.

It is the second time a bombing of a hospital occurred in the past few weeks.

US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said that since April, the Sudanese government has purposefully targeted schools and hospitals with hundreds of air strikes.

A joint statement last week between the US, UK, and Norway said Sudan “continues to wage war and target civilians in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and bears primary responsibility for intensifying the conflict in Darfur.”

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court, charged with committing war crimes in Darfur.

Samantha Power

Samantha Power is the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration, was Barack Obama’s aide, a director at the International Rescue Committee, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Human Rights Watch, the Center for American Progress, and the Millennium Promise.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor at the Human Rights Watch, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the Center for American Progress, and Doctors Without Borders.

Joan R. Platt is a director at the Human Rights Watch, and was a director at the Save Darfur Coalition.

John Prendergast is a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a co-founder for the Satellite Sentinel Project.

Satellite Sentinel Project monitors activities of Sudan, and South Sudan.

Angelina Jolie was a director at the Millennium Promise, and is a co-founder of the Jolie/Pitt Foundation.

Jolie/Pitt Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.