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Iraq-Jordan
Aid Agencies See Possible Fallujah Crisis
2004-11-13
Next step will be to call for a ceasefire for humanitarian purposes, of course. That'll prob'ly come Sunday, I'd guess...
Iraqis trapped in Fallujah face a humanitarian disaster unless Iraqi and U.S. authorities allow food, water and medicine into the besieged city, aid agencies said Friday. The head of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, Fardous al-Ubaidi, said she asked for permission from the Iraqi government to deliver humanitarian supplies to Iraqi civilians in the city but the request was turned down. "There is no water, no food, no medicine, no electricity and no fuel and when asked for a permission, we were only allowed to approach the Fallujah outskirts but had no access to Fallujah itself," al-Ubaidi told The Associated Press. A convoy of three ambulances and one truck carrying food accompanied by some 15 volunteers will try to enter the city Saturday, she said. "I know that it is too risky but the children in Fallujah are dying and people are eating flour," al-Ubaidi said.
Posted by:Fred

#15  They seem a little confused about the meaning of "besieged".
Posted by: VAMark   2004-11-13 9:23:35 PM  

#14  Cry me a friggin' river.
Posted by: SR71   2004-11-13 9:17:29 PM  

#13  Let anyone in who wants to go in. Only let women and children out; any men who want out had better surrender, be searched, and be put into prison camps for sorting out later.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-11-13 4:07:52 PM  

#12  You bastards are trying to make this sound like a WAR! It's not! It's a police action against a nusiance. Let the cops in to solve the problem! I hate everything! I'm sending James to Lebannon to fly over the zionist entity.
Posted by: Babs   2004-11-13 3:41:01 PM  

#11  Hey, folks, what is the surprise here? The terrorists are getting their asses kicked. The only thing left for them is to appeal to the huuuumannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnitarian angle. It is the only weapon they have left.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-13 3:13:59 PM  

#10  I wrote something up on this. It pisses me off royally. Reuters, BBC and the fair and balanced Aljazeera all were trying to insert the human crisis and civilian deaths into articles this morning.
Posted by: BillH   2004-11-13 3:05:35 PM  

#9  This story shredded at The Diplomad.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-13 2:44:38 PM  

#8  I hope they have some MARLBOROS for the Marines! I hear there is a shortage of them there.
Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian   2004-11-13 2:13:35 PM  

#7  I hope at a bare minimum that everything going in was searched and all the drivers etc photographed.

Given the Red Crescent's past performance in the West Bank, a thorough search of all their vehicles should be mandatory.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-13 2:11:45 PM  

#6  " the children in Fallujah are dying and people are eating flour," al-Ubaidi said "

I think the citizens of Fallujah should have got the hell out. They knew well in advance since we advertised it doing the " politically correct " thing. In advertising we were fixing to kick ass, we also let many insurgents flee. Only when we stop letting politics " rule " the decisions will we totally be succesfull in Iraq, until then, the insurgency will be one step ahead.
Posted by: leo88   2004-11-13 1:38:33 PM  

#5  This is the best they can do? Our guys must really be doing one helluva job. Keep it up.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-13 1:37:20 PM  

#4  Sounds like they let it in.

This is unfortunate as personel will have to be wasted guarding/watching these goons. I hope at a bare minimum that everything going in was searched and all the drivers etc photographed.
Posted by: Lux   2004-11-13 12:36:13 PM  

#3  "A convoy of three ambulances and one truck carrying food accompanied by some 15 volunteers will try to enter the city Saturday"
I'd blow out each and every one of those tires and ring the whole convoy in razor wire coils for the duration.
Posted by: Tom   2004-11-13 12:01:08 PM  

#2  All the women and children have to do is walk out - the US will let em go, put them in a refugee camp and feed em there.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-13 11:55:50 AM  

#1  Ummmm...no
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-13 11:32:05 AM  

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