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2009-10-28 Iraq

UN to send Iraqi refugees food by text message

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Virtually all the 130,000 Iraqis who now regularly receive WFP food assistance in Syria have mobile phones,

This alone proves they don't need aid.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-28 00:58|| 2009-10-28 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Palestinian "refugees" move over---UN has a new money making scheme.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-10-28 01:45|| 2009-10-28 01:45|| Front Page Top

#3 So is the UN is distributing phones to refugees so no is discriminated against if they cannot receive text messages? Is the voucher good per refugee or per family or per phone? Is Syria the only place using this program or do I smell a colossal rat?

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-28 10:57|| 2009-10-28 10:57|| Front Page Top

#4 It's a test market, Lumpy Elmoluck5091. If it works well in Syria -- or better than the current paper voucher system -- the WFP will expand it worldwide.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-10-28 13:43|| 2009-10-28 13:43|| Front Page Top

#5 "Fatima laughed hard when Abdul brought home the contaminated cheese."

Posted by mojo 2009-10-28 14:29|| 2009-10-28 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 "We are not giving food away, we are actually creating an additional market for local shopkeepers," she said.

Behold! A woman with a great future in the democratic party.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-10-28 14:33|| 2009-10-28 14:33|| Front Page Top

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