While the mainstream media was focused on the latest news from La-La Land – (Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist remarks to his girlfriend) – outraged over a surreptitiously recorded conversation that hurt exactly no one – most of them glossed over the deaths of three American doctors, murdered by Islamic extremists in Afghanistan ~

April 24, 2014 – The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan confirmed Thursday that three American doctors — including a father and son — were killed by an Afghan security guard who opened fire at a Kabul hospital.
 
Two of the dead Americans were a father and son, Minister of Health Soraya Dalil said, adding that the third American was a Cure International doctor who had worked for seven years in Kabul.
 
 
One of the doctors has been identified as Dr. Jerry Umanos, who practiced pediatric medicine at Lawndale Christian Health Center in Chicago, officials from the center said.
 
Dalil said an American nurse also was wounded in the attack […]

Source: Fox News

 
CURE International, the Christian non-profit organization that these doctors were affiliated with, is a group of charitable hospitals and surgical programs that delivers life-changing medical care and the good news of God’s love to children and families with treatable conditions.

Founded in 1998, the organization has facilities in 29 countries worldwide. CURE specializes in conditions like clubfoot, bowed legs, cleft lips, untreated burns, and hydrocephalus. Without treatment, they won’t go to school and will have little hope for a future. Many will die from their condition.
 
But apparently, saving the lives of children, trying to make the world a better place in God’s name, doesn’t sit too well with the barbarian faction in Afghanistan.

The Afghan capital has seen a spate of attacks on foreign civilians in 2014, a worrying new trend as the U.S.-led military coalition prepares to withdraw most troops by the end of the year.
 
It was unclear whether the Taliban were behind Thursday’s shooting, though the insurgents have claimed several major attacks that killed foreign civilians this year, an escalation after years of mostly targeting foreign military personnel and Afghan security forces.

Source: Fox News

 
This senseless attack is sadly reminiscent of a similar tragedy less that 4 years ago: Taliban executes Christian medical team in Afghanistan; 6 American doctors among those murdered.
 
Thank God for these selfless Christians who are willing to serve the least of these even at the risk of their own lives. Don’t their service and sacrifice deserve more than a passing mention? Why does one ignorant NBA owner warrant 100 times the media coverage that this story received?
 
The low-information people will have never heard about this senseless attack – most probably couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map anyway. But hey, they know the LA Clippers owner is a big fat racist. Priorities ya know.

 
A message on CURE’s website from President & CEO Dale Brantner ends with this request ~

Please pray with the 1,600 CURE employees worldwide that God would comfort the families of these victims as well as all those affected by this tragedy and give them a peace that truly defies human understanding.

 
Related:
CURE In the News: Week of April 20, 2014 ~ Links from CURE’s site to various news stories

Three American Doctors Killed by Afghan Guard Assigned to Protect Them ~ David Wood at Answering Muslims offers his perspective on the murders