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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
I've always sort of liked these people, and I certainly wish them no harm. Still, these tidbits were interesting, to say the least.
"MSF, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, has been working in Afghanistan for 24 years — through a decade of Soviet occupation, a brutal civil war and the rise and fall of the repressive Taliban. A French staffer was killed in 1990, but they have never withdrawn until now. "
So the premise isn't just that they help others. The premise is that they help others when its safe?
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This business of targeting aid workers is relatively new, no?
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