Raw Story: Red Cross Withheld Aid
Sep 13th, 2005 at 4:43 pm by Susie
Raw Story has a compelling story:
New information surrounding relief efforts by the American Red Cross in New Orleans raises questions about whether the organization provided adequate relief and whether funds are actually being directed to Katrina victims, RAW STORY has found.
Previous investigations have shown that the Red Cross mishandled its 9/11 fund, attempting to divert more than half into a “war fund” before Congress intervened, and moved $10 million from a fund in 1989 for earthquake victims towards other uses. Allegations of similar holdbacks following the Oklahoma City bombing and several later disasters, coupled with the discovery that the Red Cross, mandated by its Code of Conduct to remain independent of government, is officially part of the Bush Administration’s national security apparatus, led RAW STORY to dig deeply into the Red Cross and its recent disaster relief efforts.
Very interesting.
very little remains untainted by the chimp….