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Getler responded to issues addressed in a recent HonestReporting communique:

"Readers who say they see a pro-Palestinian bias in Post reporting claim the paper underplayed an Israeli military charge that Palestinians used an ambulance to transport explosives, which is why Israeli forces have been stopping them. Another [correspondent Daniel] Williams story Friday from Ramallah quotes Red Cross official Ola Skuterud raising doubts about that claim... It is hard to know the validity of the ambulance-weapons claim..."

Unfortunately, Getler has failed his mandate to investigate readers' complaints. Several HonestReporting members sent letters to Getler, providing proof of the "ambulance-weapons claim." Getler was sent a March 31 article from The Jerusalem Post, entitled, "ICRC 'shocked' by explosives in Palestinian ambulance."

According to The Jerusalem Post, "The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said at the weekend it was 'shocked and dismayed' that explosives were hidden by Palestinians in a Palestine Red Crescent Society's (PRCS) ambulance. The ICRC said it 'condemns such abuse of an ambulance and of the Red Crescent emblem' and called for Palestinian 'respect of the ambulances' medical mission.'"

"After the Israeli authorities reported the discovery of explosives in the ambulance, with a child lying on top of them, ICRC delegates made immediate contact with the Israeli authorities and the PRCS and went to the site near Ramallah where the ambulance was stopped. 'There they observed how a device was taken out from the vehicle and detonated in the presence of a number of onlookers,' the ICRC said. 'Until a full investigation has been made, the ICRC is not in a position to comment further on this incident. The ICRC understands the security concerns of the Israeli authorities and has always acknowledged their right to check ambulances, provided it does not unduly delay medical evacuations.'"

See the Jerusalem Post article at:
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/03/31/News/News.46078.html

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=732&e=3&u=/ap/20040713/ap_on_re_eu/red_cross_us_detainees

By NAOMI KOPPEL, Associated Press Writer

GENEVA - The international Red Cross said Tuesday it suspects the United States is hiding detainees in lockups across the globe, though the agency has been granted access to thousands of prisoners in Iraq (news - web sites) and elsewhere.



Terror suspects reported by the FBI (news - web sites) as captured have never turned up in detention centers, and the United States has failed to reply to agency demands for a list of everyone it's holding, said Antonella Notari, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

I am not sure with the fact the red cross tries to hide the terrorist actions done by their member organizations, if they are a fair group to investigate us