| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| Red Cross pulls out of Baghdad, Basra |
| 2003-11-08 |
| The International Committee of the Red Cross has decided to temporarily shut its offices in Baghdad and Iraq's southern city of Basra. The organisation says the decision has been made because of concerns for the safety of its staff in Iraq. It says it is still discussing what to do with its foreign staff in Iraq. An ICRC spokesman says the situation is extremely dangerous and volatile in Iraq following an attack on its Baghdad offices, in which 12 people were killed. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #9 I hope I'm not too late with this comment. I've got a line on used medical equip. here in Wisconsin the people here would be thrilled to get the $ to send a couple of containers over there. |
| Posted by: Ron 2003-11-9 2:37:16 AM |
| #8 I've been contributing to the various websites, such as Operation Air Conditioner (excellent and organized) and Chief Wiggles' effort (much less so, sadly). If you get something going with Zayed, I'm in. If the US is willing to restart the Peace Corps / CARE idea anew, that would be excellent. I think this sort of effort may be called upon again, soon. |
| Posted by: .com (RoPMA) 2003-11-8 8:45:23 PM |
| #7 I have a suggestion. Let's quit playing games with the nutzoid NGO's and set up a person-to-person aid program in Iraq. I've already volunteered to help Zayed get anything he needs - there are several dentists in the local area willing to help. Maybe we need to adopt a "Chief Wiggles" type approach, multiplied by the number of people willing to help. We did that in Europe with CARE. Now, CARE's joined the list of leftist NGO's. Let's start fresh, one-on-one. I think that will achieve much better results, and much sooner, than all the NGO crap in the universe. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-8 4:36:16 PM |
| #6 The Italian Red Cross is staying--and they're staying in Baghdad no less, according to Reuters. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-11-8 2:56:11 PM |
| #5 So sez the Red Cross: Our personal cowardice trumps our humanitarian impulses. If the going even looks like it might be rough, count on us to cut and run. Gosh, if we stayed that might actually help the US effort to rebuild Iraq. We can't have that now, can we? |
| Posted by: Mark 2003-11-8 2:34:13 PM |
| #4 Leave. Make it permanent. The domestic RC is just to the Left of ANSWER, the Int'l flavor is off the chart. Besides, we can't afford their terrible ratio of $ to benefit. Regards Iraq reconstruction, we'll just have to muddle our way through without them and their ilk. Our people are proving to be more honest, ingenious, and flexible that I would've ever guessed. They kick ass, in fact. Time to stop making them duck, too. This shooting gallery shit is getting very old, indeed. Get medieval. Gloves off. Tough shit version of tough love. Deal with the Sunnis with an iron fist and zero mercy. USE the 4ID power to level anything or anyone in the Triangle dumb enough to stick its head up. 10x return fire - and no BS no-fire zones in the Triangle. Then gather the so-called religious leadership of all the phreakin flavors and camps and factions and splinters and whatever together and issue this edict: stop the violence by reporting every foreigner you encounter to the police or military. Report every criminal who was released by Saddam to sew confusion and anarchy. Report anyone who demands baksheesh. All corruption stops NOW. Denounce the perps and the slackers. Use your ooga-booga threats / powers and skeer 'em if you need to, but fucking do it. Forget running your own militias. Not happening. Forget this Holy Ground BS. Get a grip. Saddam' pricks went wherever they wanted - which proves it ain't so Holy after all. If you don't cooperate in all of these things you're out - no representation in any governmental body. You'll have to fight your way up politically the hard way after the process is turned over by the coalition. You'll be an outsider - those who cooperate in making Iraq civil will be incumbents. If you make any seditious noises or even suggest you might put together a militia, you will be rounded up and taken to the Western Desert for re-education - or deported to your sponsor country. If you DO cooperate, you will find many plums in your Ramadan stocking to pass out to your dumb-as-dirt followers. They will love you for it. Forward to Pentagon PC Specialists for prettification and then to Cracker Jack Corp for sugar-coating. |
| Posted by: .com (RoPMA) 2003-11-8 11:17:11 AM |
| #3 SH, I thought the Brits were running Basra. Maybe Bulldog knows more about this. I know they had some minor fighting down there but nothing on par w/the sunni triangle. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-8 11:01:08 AM |
| #2 Why would they pull out of Basra? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-8 10:55:22 AM |
| #1 Cowards! Don't let the door hit you on the way out you pussies. I hate the red cross. They are a corrupt group of bigots with a superiority complex. I wonder how hard it is to sleep at night, after handing a bill for services to a soldier that has been treated for their wounds, sustained while protecting the red swastikkka's rights to exploit heros? |
| Posted by: Islam Sucks 2003-11-8 10:34:22 AM |