James_F
03-27-03, 12:57 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2891069.stm
The much heralded operation to distribute humanitarian aid to the people of the Iraqi border town of Safwan on Wednesday has been a "disaster", according to the vice chairman of the Kuwaiti Red Crescent - the organisation which despatched the lorry convoy of food parcels.
Dr Hilal Al-Sayer told BBC News Online that the tens of thousands of prepared meals and ration kits of rice, oil, sugar and cereals destined for farms just north of the Iraqi border, had instead been hijacked soon after leaving Kuwait.
"That aid didn't get to the farms where the women and children are, our people lost control and young Iraqi men began emptying the trucks," he said.
OK, so this is on the border, how the hell do you get aid to Basra or even the Capital? No way these aid organizations will let US or UK troops guard them for "this will destroy their impartiality and neutrality in the conflict".
Sounds like this is going to be a humanitarian disaster. :eek:
The much heralded operation to distribute humanitarian aid to the people of the Iraqi border town of Safwan on Wednesday has been a "disaster", according to the vice chairman of the Kuwaiti Red Crescent - the organisation which despatched the lorry convoy of food parcels.
Dr Hilal Al-Sayer told BBC News Online that the tens of thousands of prepared meals and ration kits of rice, oil, sugar and cereals destined for farms just north of the Iraqi border, had instead been hijacked soon after leaving Kuwait.
"That aid didn't get to the farms where the women and children are, our people lost control and young Iraqi men began emptying the trucks," he said.
OK, so this is on the border, how the hell do you get aid to Basra or even the Capital? No way these aid organizations will let US or UK troops guard them for "this will destroy their impartiality and neutrality in the conflict".
Sounds like this is going to be a humanitarian disaster. :eek: