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| UN says it can't feed one million hungry Syrians |
| 2013-01-09 |
| [Dawn] The World Food Program said Tuesday it is unable to help an estimated one million Syrians who are going hungry, blaming a lack of security in the war-stricken country. Maybe they should bill the government of Syria? This month, the agency aims to help 1.5 million of the 2.5 million Syrians whom the Syrian Arab Red Islamic Thingy says need food aid, spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said. The poor security and the agency's inability to use the Syrian port of Tartous for shipments means that a large number of people in the some of the country's hardest hit areas will not get help, she said. "Our main partner, the Red Islamic Thingy, is overstretched and has no more capacity to expand further," Byrs said. She also said that the agency has temporarily pulled its staff out of its offices in the Syrian cities of Homs, Aleppo, Tartous and Qamisly due to the rising dangers in those areas. But in December, WFP was able to enter for the first time in many months some hard-to-reach areas near the Turkish border, she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 This type of thing generally leads to rapid depopulation. I wonder if this is what Assad is waiting for? |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-01-09 17:02 |
| #6 let the muslim brotherhood feed them. |
| Posted by: bman 2013-01-09 15:01 |
| #5 Dogs? Muslim country; they've already eaten the dogs. You know they're desperate for food when the more attractive sheep and goats start disappearing. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-01-09 12:02 |
| #4 One word," Dogcatcher". And then all the little doggies began to disappear. |
| Posted by: Threater Flusoper9823 2013-01-09 06:52 |
| #3 I observed the 'UN Food for Peace' program first hand at the old Canal Hotel in Baghdad in 1994. A scandalous, sorry lot they were then, and probably remain yet today. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-09 01:44 |
| #2 A time for new fatwa. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-01-09 01:36 |
| #1 I'll bet they can feed 10 hungry UN bureaucrats. And feed them very well... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-01-09 00:41 |