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Aid Agencies See Possible Fallujah Crisis
 | 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 2004-11-13 |
