LONDON (AlertNet) – For years, military medics and humanitarian aid workers have relied on the protective power of the red cross and red crescent as they braved battle zones to help the wounded. Soon they’ll have a third emblem at their disposal to tout their neutrality: the red crystal.
Planned changes to Geneva Conventions governing the rules of war will allow use of the crystal – a diamond-shaped red frame on a white background – as a new protective emblem stripped of any religious or political significance.
Reuters AlertNet – Red Cross movement to get new emblem
Great, arent’ there already enough blood diamonds in the world? They should use a pyramid or triangle. Or a knife a big knife with blood dripping off of it…cd