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maddezmom

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1. Syria crisis: Red Crescent enters Baba Amr, Homs (no support or aid yet)

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Wed Mar 7, 2012, 11:35 AM

Mar 2012

Syria crisis: Red Crescent enters Baba Amr, Homs Continue reading the main story

The Syrian Red Crescent has entered the devastated Baba Amr district of the city of Homs, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says.

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Relief teams have been waiting since Friday to move into the district, but the authorities blocked them citing danger from unexploded ordnance.

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There has been no officials statement from either Baroness Amos or the Red Crescent, but the UN aid chief spent an hour in Baba Amr assessing its humanitarian needs and has now moved on to other districts of the city.

The Red Crescent has not yet been able to deliver any support or aid to anyone in the district.

more;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17290058

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U.N. aid chief Amos in Syria, heading to Homs [View all] maddezmom Mar 2012 OP

Syria crisis: Red Crescent enters Baba Amr, Homs (no support or aid yet) maddezmom Mar 2012 #1

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Of course the ICC has no case against Bashar Assad. David__77 Mar 2012 #3

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