"Update: Thanks to TheMomCat for posting MSF’s follow-up comment which insists its numbers should not be used to justify war. Last Saturday, MSF said that three hospitals it supports in Syria’s Damascus governorate had reportedly received 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms, of which 355 died. Although our information indicates mass exposure to a neurotoxic agent, MSF clearly stated that scientific confirmation of the toxic agent was required and therefore an independent investigation was needed to shed light on what would constitute, if confirmed, a massive and unacceptable violation of international humanitarian law. MSF also stated that in its role as a medical humanitarian organisation, it was not in a position to determine responsibility for the event. Now that an investigation is underway by UN inspectors, MSF rejects that our statement be used as a substitute for the investigation or as a justification for military action. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, MSF’s sole purpose is to save lives, alleviate the suffering of populations torn by Syrian conflict, and bear witness when confronted with a critical event, in strict compliance with the principles of neutrality and impartiality. - See more at: emptywheel.net/2013/09/03/the-case-for-war-since-when-is-medecins-sans-frontieres-a-secret-intelligence-source/#sthash.cVtgVfN6.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 01:49:24 +0000
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