Clearly I was mistaken though because the head of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has spent most of today (2/3/12) briefing against the Syrian government for not allowing a ICRC convoy into the Baba Amr district of Homs. The thing is that the Baba Amr district is still a combat zone that the Syrian army only entered around 24 hours ago so they probably just want another 12-24 hours to lock everything down before they let every Tom, Dick and Harry wander around.
It's also worth noting that the Syrian government aren't under any obligation to let the Red Cross in anywhere. They are under an obligation to provide civilians with humanitarian aid but they most certainly don't have to let a bunch of partisan foreigners deliver it. So if the ICRC are really that concerned about the people of Syria perhaps they should drop the politics and let the Syrian government deliver the aid.
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