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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (119052)	11/10/2003 3:43:23 AM
From: boris_a	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>and stand ready to be bribed to come back This is an vague supposition, to say the least. They have all interest to be regarded being neutral. That's why it's not at all helpful when representants of the occupying forces comments or give "advice" about to stay or not. This institution is old and experienced enough to decide independently about security concerns.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (119052)	11/10/2003 9:52:20 AM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Noting that the Red Cross and Medicins San Frontiers have operated for years in much worse security situations, like Sierre Leone, I suspect that they are much quicker to run in Iraq, since there are all kinds of good side effects that flow from it, to their way of thinking I think of the two, Médecins Sans Frontières is less tainted by any politics. They are very active in sub Saharan Africa and have stated at the time when the fud was flying about the invasion (the whole brouhaha over the Iraqi national museum looting, a "crime against humanity" that was the US's fault...) that their services were needed more urgently elsewhere. Certain people in the Red Cross may like the idea of giving the US a black eye over our invasion, I don't know. I remember hearing about that flack when Israel wanted to join, but would only have been allowed under humiliating conditions. I seriously wonder just how many people are actively involved in the terrorism/insurgency acts we're witnessing, since it only takes a minuscule percentage of a population with their hands on the weapons laying around the country to disrupt any functioning of the society.