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	ABC News: Italian Red Cross May Have Hid Insurgents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		ROME Aug 25, 2005 (AP)— Italy's Red Cross treated four Iraqi insurgents with the knowledge of the Italian government last year and hid them from U.S. forces in exchange for the freedom of two kidnapped aid workers, a top Italian Red Cross official said in an interview published Thursday.
		Maurizio Scelli, the outgoing chief of the Italian Red Cross, told the Turin newspaper La Stampa that he kept the deal secret from U.S. officials, complying with "a nonnegotiable condition" imposed by Iraqi mediators who helped him secure the release of Italians Simona Pari and Simona Torretta.
		Officials at the Italian Red Cross headquarters in Rome said Scelli was out of the office and could not be immediately contacted.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1068203&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (392 words)

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		The AP reports that the Italian Red Cross hid four Iraqi terrorists in exchange for the release of two Italian aid workers last year -- who promptly turned around and promoted their cause once they returned to Italy.
		Italy's Red Cross treated four Iraqi insurgents and hid them from U.S. forces in exchange for the freedom of two Italian aid workers kidnapped last year in Baghdad, an official said in an interview published Thursday.
		Maurizio Scelli, the outgoing chief of the Italian Red Cross, told La Stampa newspaper that he kept the deal secret from U.S. officials, complying with "a nonnegotiable condition" imposed by Iraqi mediators who helped him secure the release of Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, who were abducted on Sept. 7 and freed Sept. 28.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=6083167&postID=112507995373615056 (652 words)

	With the Red Cross in Najaf and Kufa
		There were around 15 Italian Red Cross volunteers with some Iraqi Red Cross staff and we were to travel in convoy on the long and possibly dangerous journey to Najaf, taking much needed medical supplies and a lorry load of litre bags of water.
		I spoke to one of the Italian doctors who told me there was nothing to be done for her here, but that she could go to the Italian Hospital in Medical City in Baghdad and receive treatment there free of charge.
		The Italian doctor told her to come to Medical City in 6 months for an ultrasound scan - they would only be a problem if they moved or became bigger - in the meantime she was to drink lots and lots - the family had brought her x-rays for him to check.
	www.health-now.org /site/article.php?articleId=311&menuId=1 (5745 words)

	Force versus law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and chemical warfare in the Italo-Ethiopian war 1935-1936
		Its aim was to discuss with the Italian authorities the procedures for an inquiry into alleged violations of the 1929 Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick in the field, in accordance with Article 30 thereof [9].
		He immediately informed the Italian Red Cross President, anxious for news and perfectly aware of the crucial role which the ICRC was playing at this moment with regard to Italy’s image in the world.
		This is only true as regards the statement to the Italian Red Cross that gas warfare needed to be banned absolutely: the comment in question overlooks the significant fact that the ICRC only repeated the terms of the 1925 Protocol after the war was over.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList166/9568E649AAE10D03C1256B66005B8D15 (9784 words)

	CTV.ca \| Italian Red Cross may have protected insurgents
		Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, shakes hands with former Italian Red Cross Commissioner Maurizio Scelli in Florence, Italy, in this March 2005 file photo.
		The International Red Cross said it was not involved in or informed of Scelli's activities.
		It said the Italian Red Cross is an independent organization that doesn't answer to the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125001915629_23?hub=World (650 words)

	Guardian \| Italian Red Cross admits Iraq hostage deal
		Italian Red Cross workers smuggled four wounded Iraqi insurgents through US roadblocks as part of a deal to free two aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad, it emerged yesterday.
		Maurizio Scelli, outgoing head of the Italian Red Cross, said they hid "four alleged terrorists" under blankets and boxes of medicines in a jeep and an ambulance so they could be treated for injuries sustained in combat.
		It said the Italian Red Cross was a neutral organisation and that Mr Scelli had acted independently.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5271251-111093,00.html (486 words)

	Red Cross reportedly aided Iraq fighters - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		ROME - Italy’s Red Cross treated four Iraqi insurgents and hid them from U.S. forces in exchange for the freedom of two Italian aid workers kidnapped last year in Baghdad, an official said in an interview published Thursday.
		Scelli told the newspaper he informed the Italian government of the deal and of the decision to hide it from the U.S. through Gianni Letta, an undersecretary in Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s government who has been in charge of Italy’s hostage crises in Iraq.
		Officials at the Italian Red Cross headquarters in Rome said Scelli was out of the office and could not be immediately reached.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9075691/print/1/displaymode/1098 (514 words)

	ICRC, Red Cross and Red Crescent activities in Kosovo, January 2002
		The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is engaged in a wide-ranging operation to provide emergency relief and long-term help for victims of the conflict in Kosovo.
		National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from nine different countries are involved, along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
		The Italian Red Cross is continuing to provide logistic support for the WHO immunization programme in the region.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57XA6P?OpenDocument&View=defaultBody&style=custo_print (1199 words)

	Italian Red Cross
		The first plate for the Italian Red Cross was CRI 1 and was issued in Bergamo on August the 21st, 1911 (many thanks to Roberto Pola for this detail) and you can see it in the first picture (for the full photograph I took this detail from, go to the old photo gallery, picture 11).
		The first CRI plates were square with two lines: the letters CRI and the red cross were on the top, while the number on the bottom: if the number had five digits, the first was placed on the top line (pictures number 2 and 3).
		This CRI plate was painted in white directly on the bumper and didn't have the typical red cross that you see on normal CRI plates (picture number 24; the full image where I took this detail is available in the old photo gallery).
	www.targheitaliane.it /italy/speciali/cri.html (1120 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		Italian intelligence officials were closely involved in the release of the two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq, it emerged yesterday.
		As Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, spoke after three weeks in captivity, it was reported that Italian intelligence and the Italian Red Cross, acting with a trusted junior government minister, were closely involved in the negotiations.
		"This was the proof that the channel opened by the Red Cross was the correct one," the Corriere said, adding that Italian intelligence, with agreement of Gianni Letta, a junior minister trusted by Mr Berlusconi and known for his diplomatic skills, and Maurizio Scelli of the Red Cross opened negotiations.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/04_Terror/040930.ransom.paid.html (607 words)

	In the Midst of the People to bring support and hope
		Maurizio Scelli, a lawyer, is the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Italian Red Cross.
		The Red Cross was born 140 years ago on a battlefield, in Solferino, precisely to assist all the wounded, without discrimination, regardless of which part of the conflict they came from.
		In this difficult situation, I felt as if I were the only Italian interlocutor, because I was seen as not belonging to politics, but as an exponent of a humanitarian organization that because of its neutrality had for a long time been appreciated, well-considered, and accepted unanimously by the entire Iraqi population.
	www.traces-cl.com /july04/inthemidstof.html (1418 words)

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		Italian Ambassador Dr Alvise Memmo addressing the members of the Italian Red Cross at the presentation of certificates.
		He was speaking during the presentation of certificates to 36 Italian members of the Red Cross who attended a week-long course in "Operational Multi Skill Water Rescue and Basic Life Support", run by the Water Rescue Academy of the Malta Red Cross Society.
		The Italians were now coming to Malta to receive their training from the academy, which would be a training hub for Red Cross organisations in the Mediterranean.
	www.kemmunet.net.mt /micc/news.html (249 words)

	CNN.com - Red Cross: Victims will get all Liberty Fund monies - November 14, 2001
		The Red Cross had been criticized by donors and lawmakers because of its plans to do otherwise.
		David McLaughlin, chairman of the board for the American Red Cross, said donors had made it "abundantly clear" that they wanted their money devoted to victims of the terrorist attacks.
		Harold Decker, interim CEO of the American Red Cross, said none of the Liberty Fund money would be reserved for future use unrelated to the attacks.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/US/11/14/rec.red.cross (403 words)

	AEGiS-IFRC: Red Cross member selected to Global Fund board
		A veteran of the Italian AIDS response and senior official of the Italian Red Cross, Dr. Massimo Barra, has been selected as a member of the board of the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria.
		As a member of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its network of organisations which has a volunteer membership of 97 million people, Barra brings valuable experience and knowledge of civil society and its response to HIV/AIDS.
		Barra has also been instrumental in building the European Red Cross and Red Crescent Network on AIDS (ERNA) which now has the capacity to reach into Eastern Europe - where the rate of infection is growing fastest in the world.
	www.aegis.com /news/ifrc/2003/IF030101.html (679 words)

	Taylor-->F.D.R. 11/27/44
		The Italian Red Cross and was at a low ebb due to the disabandment of the Fascist organization, the retreat to the North of the Red Cross head who took away its records and the remaining resources.
		I knew teh Italian Red Cross could be made to function if it were e-established on a sound and up to date basis.
		We were very insistent that it should be an Italian Committee, both because of its current political influence and because of its value as a continuing agency for relief purposes.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /fdr/psf/box53/t471g04.html (466 words)

	Italian Red Cross May Have Hid Insurgents
		The outgoing head of the Italian Red Cross said the agency treated and hid Iraqi insurgents from the U.S. in exhchange for the release of kidnapped aid workers.
		She was kidnapped, and 'covertly resecued' by the Italian gov't, though as you remember, they also kept that from the Americans (rumored PM paied ransom, but out of his own money not Italian gov't money as a way to excuse it).
		Italians paying ransoms of one kind or another, keeping it from the rest of the coalition because they are embarassed by it, and know the Americans(nor most others in the coalition) would not allow it.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1471091/posts (1781 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Official: Italy treated Iraqi fighters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Italy's Red Cross treated four Iraqi fighters with the knowledge of the Italian government and hid them from US forces in exchange for the freedom of two kidnapped aid workers last year, a top Italian Red Cross official has contended in an interview published on Thursday.
		Maurizio Scelli, the outgoing chief of the Italian Red Cross, was quoted as telling Turin daily La Stampa that he kept the deal secret from US officials, complying with "a nonnegotiable condition" imposed by Iraqi mediators who helped him secure the release of two young Italian women.
		It said the Italian Red Cross is an independent organisation that doesn't answer to the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/CCF9A80A-0AF5-4DC6-BB57-0042E75DC8C4.htm (598 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Red Cross gets purported hostage remains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Human remains believed to be those of an Italian hostage killed by his Iraqi captors last month were handed over Friday to the Italian Red Cross in Baghdad.
		ROME -- Human remains believed to be those of an Italian hostage killed by his Iraqi captors last month were handed over Friday to the Italian Red Cross in Baghdad.
		Four Italian men working in Iraq as private security guards were kidnapped on April 12 as they took a taxi from Baghdad.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/05/21/red_cross_gets_purported_hostage_remains (184 words)

	Italian Red Cross Saves Terrorists - Sean Hannity Discussion
		TWO Italian women aid workers kidnapped in Iraq were freed last year as the result of a deal in which four presumed Iraqi terrorists received life-saving treatment at the Italian hospital in Baghdad, a senior Red Cross official said yesterday.
		Maurizio Scelli, the outgoing chief of the Italian Red Cross, said that the deal to free Simona Pari and Simona Torretta was kept secret from American officials in Iraq.
		Look, I can't begrudge the Red Cross as a Christian organization it's right to save lives and live up to the highest Christian principles, it is possible, like the good Samaritan, that they might shed some light into the darkness of these peoples' souls.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=24660 (912 words)

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		Red Cross spokesman Fabrizio Centofanti later confirmed to CNN that the organization had treated the Iraqis.
		Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's office, which has denied accusations it paid a ransom to win the aid workers' release, said the Red Cross was independent and did not answer to the government.
		The Italian Government was today embroiled in a row over claims that the Italian Red Cross secretly treated suspected terrorists in exchange for the release of two kidnapped aid workers in Iraq.
	www.charlierose.com /board/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&ti=14314 (689 words)

	AEGiS-IFRC: Millions denied access to anti-retrovirals
		He is a veteran of the Italian AIDS response and the founder and director of "Villa Maraini", an Italian Red Cross Foundation which has provided direct assistance to more than 25,000 injecting drug users.
		The Red Cross must help this process in a humanitarian way in defence of the most vulnerable people," he says.
		Dr. Barra has been active in the Italian Red Cross since he was eight years old and says be became a doctor because he was a Red Cross activist.
	www.aegis.com /news/ifrc/2003/IF030201.html (1059 words)

	Inaugural activation for Italian Red Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The pioneering new station is the brainchild of the radio communications department of the Italian Red Cross's Emilia Romagna region.
		Not to be put off, members of the radio communications department obtained a copy of the official Italian amateur radio regulations and submitted a seven-page application for a licence to the Italian ministry of communications.
		The application was successful and the Italian Red Cross was given the green light to operate an amateur radio station.
	www.rsgb.org.uk /news/redcross.htm (221 words)

	Italian Red Cross provides emergency help to thousands ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		SUMMARY: In Rome, 2,500 Italian Red Cross volunteers are currently providing emergency assistance to more than 1,000 people daily, exhausted by the hours of waiting to pay homage to Pope John Paul II, who passed away on Saturday 2 April.
		Many of the pilgrims being assisted by the Italian Red Cross suffer from dehydration, low blood pressure, fainting spells, heart conditions and diabetes, as they wait for long hours in the queue to see the Pontiff, lying in state in Saint Peter’s basilica.
		Italian authorities are estimating that four million pilgrims have arrived in Rome for the Pontiff’s funeral, and 25 giant screens have been set up in the Rome to allow people to follow the funeral, scheduled for Friday morning, and dissuade them from going to the basilica.
	www.rxpgnews.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=414#414 (393 words)

	All Headline News - Italian Red Cross Aided Possible Terrorists - July 4, 2006
		Rome, Italy (AHN) - The Italian Red Cross treated four "presumed Iraqi terrorists" at its Baghdad hospital to secure the release of two kidnapped Italian aid workers, according to a media report.
		Maurizio Scelli, the outgoing commissioner of the aid organization, is reported to have said the deal to free the two women -- Simona Pari and Simona Torretta -- was kept secret from U.S. officials, according to a CNN report.
		"The Red Cross is an impartial organization and it does not depend on the Italian government," Centofanti said.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/2250032602 (231 words)

	ERC European Resuscitation Council
		Italian Red Cross and the Italian Resuscitation Council signed an agreement.
		On 21st November 2005 the Italian Red Cross (CRI) and the Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC) signed an agreement for nationwide diffusion of the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation.
		The IRC was one of the first Councils to have a collaboration agreement with the European Resuscitation Council.
	www.erc.edu /index.php/newsItem/en/nid=180?7bb88e4ff7641d78afd7e218f4f6dfa4 (80 words)

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		There was no specialised burn treatment available in Iraq before the Italian Red Cross set up a special unit on two floors of a hospital given to them by the Ministry of Health in Medical City, said Roberto Baldessarelli, the Italian Red Cross hospital administrator.
		The Italian Red Cross operated a field hospital in a tent near the former International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)offices but moved in October to the more secure Medical City location, said Alessandro Bartolini, a hospital doctor.
		The Red Cross was bombed in October, compounding insecurity for international agencies after a bombing in August at United Nations headquarters in Baghdad that killed 22 people.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=40980&SelectRegion=Iraq_Crisis&SelectCountry=IRAQ (795 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Italy deplores Iraq hostage death
		Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denounced the killing as an "act of barbarity".
		An Italian source who saw the full video obtained by al-Jazeera was quoted by AFP news agency as saying it contained "horrifying pictures".
		Baldoni's daughter Gabriella told Italian TV on Wednesday that her father was "trying to save human lives in Najaf by helping a Red Cross convoy, in a spirit of solidarity which has always underscored his thinking and his actions".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3603584.stm (517 words)

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