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| British Aid Drops Expected 'Imminently' in Iraq | |
| 2014-08-10 | |
| [AnNahar] The first consignment of British aid to civilians sheltering in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq is expected to be dropped "imminently", Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Saturday. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... he warned that aid drops were only a short-term solution and said officials were looking at how to help members of the minority Yazidi community who fled Islamic State murderous Moslems to a safer place. Two Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130 transport planes took off from Britannia earlier Saturday carrying reusable filtration containers filled with clean water, tents, tarpaulins and solar lights that can also recharge mobile phones. "We can expect a continuing drumbeat of airdrop operations working in co-ordination with the U.S. and potentially with others as well," Hammond told news hounds following a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee. "But more widely we are looking at how to support this group of people and get them off that mountain, how we are going to facilitate their exit from what is a completely unacceptable situation." The United States has already started dropping food and water on Mount Sinjar and is conducting air strikes against Lion of Islams, although Britannia has said it currently has no plans for any military intervention. Britannia's Department for International Development on Friday released 8 million ($13 million, 10 million euros) in emergency humanitarian aid for Iraq. This includes 2 million of emergency supplies for 75,000 people, including the Yazidis.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 The UK is to "step up" aid supplies and send more "humanitarian advisers" to parts of Iraq under threat from Islamist militants, No 10 has said. BBC 75 minutes ago: A British military aircraft made the first drop of UK aid in Iraq overnight. The bundle included 1,200 reusable water containers and 240 solar lanterns that can also recharge mobile phones. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-10 14:47 |