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US Obligated to Help with Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq
But without any troops to protect the aid workers, right, Nancy?With more than 850,000 people displaced and on the move within its borders, Iraq is in the midst of a major refugee crisis and the United States has an obligation to help resolve it, the head of the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization said yesterday. "We have an emergency crisis right now, and the United States has a moral obligation to lead the world and address this issue right now," Said Hakki told editors and reporters at The Washington Times. "I have children dying of cancer, not because they have cancer, but because they cannot get treatment." In Washington this week to meet the "relevant people in the Bush administration," Dr. Hakki said he was not lobbying for additional U.S. taxpayer-funded aid, but rather for the United States to use its "good offices" to persuade some of Iraq's wealthy neighbors to step up and help. "We have a budget of $66 million," said Dr. Hakki. "That is about 10 percent of what we need." Posted by: Bobby 2007-04-26 |
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