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Relief Workers Consider Dangers after Attack on Red Cross
Following recent attacks on both the United Nations and the International Red Cross, World Vision and other relief and development agencies are once again considering whether or not to continue their work in Iraq.Attacks specifically targeting aid workers and other humanitarian organizations have increased in many areas of Iraq. The largest such attacks have been the August 19 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, in which 22 people were killed, including the top U.N. representative Sergio Vieira de Mello, and the October 27 bombing of the International Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad killing 12.
World Vision continues to rebuild schools and health clinics in the west and north of the country. However, all staff members are continually on high security alert, realizing that they may be pulled back to Amman, Jordan if conditions become untenable.
“Like many Iraqis, our staff are committed to rebuilding a nation that has suffered deeply,” said David Robinson, World Vision’s regional vice president for the Middle East.”
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