Painful choices for Iraq aid agencies after bombs (3 NGO's leaving)

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/RUS829499.htm

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Stay or go? International aid agencies on Tuesday wrestled with the painful choice of abandoning their work in Iraq after a suicide attack on the Red Cross, or staying on and bearing the risks.

Some said weighing the urgent needs of the Iraqi people against the safety of their staff presented an almost impossible conundrum.

"This is horrible decision for us to have to make," said Marc Joolens, Iraq operations coordinator for medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.

"We are committed to our work in Iraq, but now that the heart of neutral humanitarian assistance has been attacked, we have to think again."

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1. America can protect the oil wells but not the Red Cross

I don't blame them if they leave but I don't believe they will. Some people really do care about people. Even those that aren't wealthy. I realize that is hard for a Republican to believe because to them the only thing worth protecting is money.