Gaza wounded dying as cut off from help: ICRC (Red Cross)

Joanne98

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Mon Jan-05-09 01:34 PM
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Gaza wounded dying as cut off from help: ICRC (Red Cross)

Source: AFP

GENEVA (AFP) � People wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip are dying because ambulances cannot reach them, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday.

"The situation is extremely dangerous and the coordination of ambulance services is very complex because of the incessant attacks and military operations," ICRC spokeswoman Dorothea Krimitsas said in Geneva.

"Wounded people have died while waiting for Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances," she added.

The International Committee of the Red Cross was also concerned about water supplies in the densely populated coastal strip.

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peace13

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Mon Jan-05-09 01:39 PM
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1. So much for all of the Cynthia nay sayers...

professing that we should wait for the Red Cross to deliver. It looks like we need as many efforts as possible to get help to these people.

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soulcore

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Mon Jan-05-09 02:04 PM
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2. How is this not a war crime?

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subsuelo

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Mon Jan-05-09 02:23 PM
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4. the wrong people are being murdered

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WriteDown

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Mon Jan-05-09 02:37 PM
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5. Its a war...

not necessarily a crime. Can't think of any conflict that took breaks to allow ambulances in.

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Hulk

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Mon Jan-05-09 02:05 PM
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3. And the right wing blogs are calling it all "a stunt" to get medical supplies in...

...such shameless, pathetic political quacks.

But then, to them, who cares. They aren't evangelical white christians...so they don't really matter anyway. IDIOTS!! Nation of morons. We haven't come very far yet. Too many morons to turn the ship around too quickly.

God help the Palestinian people. This israeli government is no better than our out going convicts and mass murderers. Maybe after this they can stop bringing up the Holocaust. This is THEIR game.

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uppityperson

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Mon Jan-05-09 04:01 PM
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6. Not only "right wing" blogs.

People amaze me. k&r

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Tue Jan-06-09 02:15 AM
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7. Error: You've already recommended that thread. n/t

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