Red Cross

From : http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/16/colombia.cross/index.html.

Colombian President Uribe admitted Wednesday that the symbol of the neutral Red Cross organization was used in a hostage rescue mission that freed 15 people from leftist rebels two weeks ago. What seems to be part of a red cross is seen on a bib worn by a man involved in the rescue in an official image.

Uribe made the admission after CNN reported on unpublished photographs and videos that clearly showed a man wearing a Red Cross bib. Wrongly using the Red Cross logo is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.

Why rake this up ? So many other things are prohibited by the Geneva Convention, and happen almost daily anyway. Are they now going to send the fifteen hostages back to the terrorists who held them ? Does the Farc even fall under the Geneva Conventions ? And what has the Geneva Convention to say about terrorists holding hundreds of mostly innocent hostages ?

Ingrid Betancourt is the prototype of a highly courageous woman. Direct attacks on her appear impossible. Is there someone, somewhere, with a dirty little agenda and an even dirtier mind who tries to hurt her ; or is it just news, whatever the cost ?