The Red Cross we all know is the American Red Cross.  Though it cooperates in some ways they are different organizations.

One interesting thing about the IRC is that they can refuse to testify to what they observe.  You are noticing right now that they are spilling their guts out so why would they ever withhold anything?  Your guess is as good as mine but it doesn't seem consistent and leads me to believe they have a hidden agenda.

www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList109/C3B5CC5CF93CE974C1256E4E00351893

I noticed on CNN tonite that they were quoting the IRC's report that 80% of the detentions were mistakes.  That needs a lot of context to make sense but as reported it makes us seem inept and overly aggressive.  

A front for terrorist organizations.  Red Crescent used ambulances to transport terrorists, weapons, and explosives past Israeli checkpoints.  They probably still do the same thing in Iraq to get around U.S. checkpoints.  There was an outcry from the shrieking pussies about the Israelis stopping and searching the ambulances at checkpoints.  The shrieking was silenced as soon as the Israelis started pulling Semtex and Ak-47s out of the ambulances and putting them on display, and the whole issue was swept under the rug by the pussies who initially started shrieking about it.