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Officials: Civilians starved to death in Haditha
[RFE/RL] Ten Iraqi civilians have died of hunger in Haditha in Anbar province, Sabah Karhout, the head of Anbar's provincial council said. Karhout blamed Iraq's Trade Ministry for their deaths, saying that no humanitarian aid has reached the town even though Iraqi security forces have liberated the highway to Baghdadi township and the Ayn Al-Asad military base. Iraqi security forces have liberated most of Haditha, but the southwestern parts of the town remain under IS control. These accounts come amid reports that the ministry, which is in charge of the public food distribution program, is set to open an air bridge and a ground route to transfer aid to Haditha and Baghdadi. Posted by: ryuge 2015-03-19 |
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