Israel Accused of Blocking Aid to Wounded
The
International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday that it had
found at least 15 bodies and several children — emaciated but alive —
in a row of shattered houses in the Gaza Strip and accused the Israeli
military of preventing ambulances from reaching the site for four days.
Red
Cross officials said rescue crews had received specific reports of
casualties in the houses and had been trying since Saturday to send
ambulances to the area, located in Zaytoun, a neighborhood south of
Gaza City. They said the Israeli military did not grant permission
until Wednesday afternoon.
In an unusual public statement
issued by its Geneva headquarters, the Red Cross called the episode
“unacceptable” and said the Israeli military had “failed to meet its
obligation under international humanitarian law to care for and
evacuate the wounded.”
(more)
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Red Cross Reports Grisly Find In Gaza
stageleft:. life on the left side : Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza < read me.
The Right-Wing running scared of the rise of Jack Layton and the NDP
blogging a dead horse: The Layton factor (or why Robert Silver can't take success for an answer) < read me.
The party has increased its seats in every election since Layton became
leader and in the Commons has rewritten the 2005 budget to make key
investments that are building affordable housing and putting buses on
the roads right now.
And as the willingness of Liberals to agree
to the coalition policy agreement shows, Layton's NDP understands the
modern economy better than any “tax cuts will save us all” Liberal or
Tory government ever has.
Layton's (latest) accomplishment has
been the unprecedented coalition agreement reached with Mr Dion with
the tacit support of Bloc MPs – a feat considered impossible by Ottawa
insiders. No New Democrat leader has come this close to producing a
stronger economy or fundamentally changing the culture of Ottawa
before. As a result, Layton is in the strongest position among his
party and Canadians who want change.
The party has increased its seats in every election since Layton became
leader and in the Commons has rewritten the 2005 budget to make key
investments that are building affordable housing and putting buses on
the roads right now.
And as the willingness of Liberals to agree
to the coalition policy agreement shows, Layton's NDP understands the
modern economy better than any “tax cuts will save us all” Liberal or
Tory government ever has.
Layton's (latest) accomplishment has
been the unprecedented coalition agreement reached with Mr Dion with
the tacit support of Bloc MPs – a feat considered impossible by Ottawa
insiders. No New Democrat leader has come this close to producing a
stronger economy or fundamentally changing the culture of Ottawa
before. As a result, Layton is in the strongest position among his
party and Canadians who want change.
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