The separation of families in Africa is the most everyday scenario: There is an attack and people must flee their houses, run away and leave everything behind. Africa remains the continent most affected by the consequences of armed conflict.
Different countries on and off have had a problem with the cross or crescent.
We will repeat these visits as we do for all prisoners of war and all civilians deprived of liberty in Iraq, regularly, at a rhythm that we choose, and as long as necessary.
It wasn't an easy visit to arrange, and it took some time to make some practical arrangements to ensure security conditions. We're happy it took place today. We're satisfied with that. The conditions under which we visited were fully satisfactory.
We are concerned at the fate of an unknown number of people captured as part of the so-called global war on terror and held at undisclosed places of detention.
We would need to know more about the circumstances and motives behind the killings before we can evaluate what to do.
We were able to tour the premises, and we were able to speak to Mr. Saddam Hussein in private without any witnesses present.
The people were ready, the material was ready, we don't have to wait until money comes. It was the challenge of getting in, of getting the appropriate transportation going.
This is a race against time.
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