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...attacks over the past few years has jolted aid officials, some of whom are wondering whether they might soon be driven out of conflict areas altogether. "Vast parts of Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan are without humanitarian assistance because it has become too dangerous to operate there," says Peter Buth of the emergency team of Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Holland. "It is incredibly frustrating." The surge in attacks, says the ODI report, "highlights the dearth of viable options to keep staff secure in the most volatile contexts, where humanitarian aid is most needed...
...their staff, more isolated after the explusions, found themselves more vulnerable to attack. (The kidnapped aid workers, who included an Italian doctor, a Canadian nurse and a French coordinator, were freed after three days.) "In Darfur, kidnappings were basically unheard of until the indictment of Bashir," says MSF's Buth, who previously worked in Sudan. "These incidents are all very specific to the context...
According to Buth and the ODI's Harmer, it is unclear why kidnappings of aid workers have taken off so quickly. One reason could be that the tactic has spread from Iraq, where insurgents have kidnapped hundreds of foreign contractors since the U.S. invasion in 2003. As in Iraq, kidnappings of foreign aid workers - like those in Darfur - "make for a more visible political statement" than attacking local humanitarian staff, says the ODI report. Aid organizations have always insisted that they do not pay ransoms for their kidnapped staff. But the reality is more complicated. A few years...
...losses: Greg Buth, G, 6-4, 195 (16.3 ppg); Ian McGinnis, F/C, 6-8, 245 (9.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg); Mark Kissling...
With the graduation of Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection Buth, the first place to look is to co-captains Boyd and Osmanovic, who recently gained his American citizenship. Boyd, while a four-year starter and an assist machine, is shaky at best as a scorer. Kissling’s decision to focus on academics his senior year deprives Dartmouth of another potential threat...