Red Cross to Stay in Iraq, But Cuts Staff

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GENEVA (AP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday it would cut back on its international staff in Iraq, but remain in the country for the sake of the Iraqi people despite the suicide bombing on its Baghdad headquarters.

The Red Cross made its announcement a day after Secretary of State Colin Powell telephoned the organization's president to urge the agency to stay in Iraq.

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State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in Washington on Tuesday that Powell telephoned ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger to underscore the U.S. appeal that agency stay in Iraq.

Powell told reporters Monday that the Red Cross and others trying to help the Iraqis rebuild should stay. ``They are needed. Their work is needed. And if they are driven out, then the terrorists win.''

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[jenk]

1. lol

more of the same rhetoric

if (X) happens, then the terrorists win, we can't let (X) happen, or the terrorists will win.