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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:47 AM
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Attacks on bridges affecting aid deliveries (Baghdad)
Source: IRIN

BAGHDAD, 26 June 2007 (IRIN) - The delivery of humanitarian aid in war-torn Iraq is being hampered as bridges and key transportation arteries come under attack from insurgents, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on 26 June.

"Our humanitarian work has been hampered since the main bridges and highway overpasses in Baghdad and other provinces started to come under attack," said Abdul-Hamid Salem, director of the ICRS's Baghdad office.

"Sometimes it takes us a very long time to transport aid between the two main parts of Baghdad as the authorities do not allow trucks capable of carrying more than two metric tonnes to cross before 3pm to prevent further attacks," Salem said.

"So we have to wait until after 3pm to cross and that of course undermines our efforts to help those who need our help," he added.




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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 11:44 AM
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1. Guess who else is having trouble with logistics? nt.
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 02:01 PM
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2. There appears to be a counter-surge n/t
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 02:25 PM
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3. Hmmmm.......can you say a little propaganda?
I guess its indeed tough to fly anything anywhere in Iraq these days, 'eh? Perhaps helicopters are out of the question.

Where is the Army Corps of Engineers. Or does cheney's gang of thugs from Haliburton build bridges anymore?
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