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| Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after April beheading |
| 2012-08-29 |
| [Jerusalem Post] The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) said on Tuesday it was halting most of its aid programs in Pakistain due to deteriorating security and the beheading of a British staff doctor in April blamed on Taliban jihad boys. The independent agency, which had already suspended operations in three of Pakistain's four provinces in May pending a security assessment, said it would carry on working in the country "but on a reduced scale". "All relief and protection activities are being stopped. All projects of rehabilitation, economic projects, have been terminated," said Jacques de Maio, head of ICRC operations in South Asia, on one of the organization's blog. "We have closed a number of offices. We are also terminating all visits to detainees in Pakistain," he added. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 Even the UNICEF Officers in charge of polio innoculations are choosing to quit over the Taliban threat. Iff the Hard Boyz wanta disease wasteland of dead or crippled kiddies. they'll get it. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-29 22:30 |
| #9 Why should they? The ICRC are either infidels or working for infidels. And everybody knows the polio vaccine is actually George Bush's urine. |
| Posted by: Fred 2012-08-29 14:04 |
| #8 The ICRC people are supposed to be protected by the host government. That's the usual arrangement. Clearly the Pak government isn't willing to do that. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-08-29 11:24 |
| #7 while I admire the work that these humanitarian groups do - their general security procedures are apallingly bad. It's hard to see how they will get a lot of new volunteers - when staff are being kidnapped and beheaded. Someone needs to re-think their whole set of security arrangements ... the world is gettign to be a "tough game" out there. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-08-29 10:24 |
| #6 April of what year? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-08-29 07:44 |
| #5 ...April? It's almost September. |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-08-29 07:27 |
| #4 ION WAFF > AFGHAN BEHEADINGS OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO FUTURE. Afghanistan is far from pacified or secure. versus * DAILY TIMES.PK > AFGHAN BEHEADINGS COULDS SIGNAL CONFUSION IN TALIBAN RANKS. * MULLAH OMAR, AIDES HIDING IN PAKISTAN: US. The Pak Taliban hide in Afghanistan while the Afghan Taliban hide in Pakistan??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-29 01:08 |
| #3 The Islamic version of biting the hand that feeds you. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-08-29 00:18 |
| #2 Callous disregard for human rights. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-08-29 00:18 |
| #1 Yeah, I guess they draw the line at beheading... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-08-29 00:12 |