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2014-08-11 Iraq

Britain Airdrops Humanitarian Aid for Besieged Iraqis

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 (Reuters) - A British military plane was forced to abort a mission to deliver humanitarian supplies to refugees trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq over fears the falling aid packages could hit crowds below, Britain said on Monday.

"So many people were coming towards the plane that unfortunately we weren't able to carry out that aid drop because we were concerned that we could have put lives at risk," a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron told reporters...Britain has so far delivered one aid drop to the mountain.

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