What Dr. Raazk saw is SOP now. US elite units have been so routinely accused of bogus war crimes that any major SF/Seal/"others who can't be named"/etc direct action mission is taped and photographed. It's a CYA thing.
For that reason, I suspect that Dr. Raazk and his people are telling the truth. Yes, we WOULD go into a hospital where a POW was held loaded for bear, and execute a dynamic entry. Reason? If it is really nothing but a hospital, we won't hurt anybody, because they won't be armed or looking for a fight. But -- if it is full of Fedayeen we have to be ready.
One thing that people don't understand, that the reporter might not have known, and that the hospital staff may not understand yet, is that the US is liable for damage to innocents' property done by our forces. If we really trashed the hospital bed and otherwise damaged the hospital, the administrators can make a claim at the HQ. In Afghanistan, CTF-180 had a whole staff section that did nothing but evaluate and pay these claims. So will the Iraq task force once it is a little more settled.
That may seem like a waste of taxpayers' money. It isn't, at least in Stan: I frequently had people comment on this and contrast it to the way the Soviets behaved. (In my job I meet a lot more "ordinary people" than the average GI). When you do the right thing, people notice. (When you do the wrong thing, they really notice).
Note the tone of the Iraqis in the article. They are showing a lot of forbearance, compared to some of their more immediate-gratification oriented countrymen. I think they realise that a period of US stewardship for their country can be very good for their hospital and its patients.
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