Alarmed Observation

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   Second Nature on April 29, 2012 at 9:14 am

   Duuude….step away from the Internet for awhile. The world has always been crazy/deranged/violent.  We just hear about it instantaneously now.

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     BooMan on April 29, 2012 at 9:37 am

     Marc Fisher’s long piece on Tunisia is happier, more interesting reading.  Really complex situation there.  It will be fascinating to see how it turns out.  

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   Oui on April 29, 2012 at 9:54 am

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   Pakistan: kidnapped ICRC delegate murdered

   The ICRC has now received confirmation that Khalil Rasjed Dale, a 60-year-old health-programme manager in Quetta/Balochistan, was murdered almost four months after his kidnapping.

   “The ICRC condemns in the strongest possible terms this barbaric act,” said Director-General Yves Daccord. “All of us at the ICRC and at the British Red Cross share the grief and outrage of Khalil’s family and friends.”

   “We are devastated,” said Yves Daccord. `’Khalil was a trusted and very experienced Red Cross staff member who significantly contributed to the humanitarian cause.”

   Khalil worked for the ICRC and the British Red Cross for many years, carrying out assignments in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He had been working as a health-programme manager in Quetta/Balochistan for almost a year. At about 1 p.m. on 5 January 2012, he was abducted by unidentified armed men while returning home from work.

   The ICRC has been active in Pakistan since 1947, providing humanitarian services in the fields of health-care, in particular physical rehabilitation, including in Balochistan.

   British Red Cross doctor kidnapped in Quetta found dead

   One of the many reasons why I consider Pakistan a failed state with home grown terrorism and providing a safe haven for dozens of terror groups. Some good news – Grand Operation in Lyari, not that this will make any difference. Oops, these are just gangsters operating in Karachi and not terrorists.

   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."