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[From nobody Mon Sep 15 03:00:33 2003 Return-Path: <slindauer40@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-xd01.mx.aol.com (rly-xd01.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.166]) by air-xd02.mail.aol.com (v92.17) with ESMTP id MAILINXD21-404e3e8df1d1170; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:57:53 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com (f76.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.76]) by rly-xd01.mx.aol.com (v92.16) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXD16-1003e8df1bfb0; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:57:35 -0500 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:57:35 -0800 Received: from 209.122.83.250 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 20:57:34 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.122.83.250] X-Originating-Email: [slindauer40@hotmail.com] From: "Susan Lindauer" <slindauer40@hotmail.com> To: chucky-el@comcast.net, ellermanw@etown.edu, tohagan4@comcast.net, tom.kwolek@eds.com, TEllerman@mhnet.com, slindauer2002@starpower.net, susan.ley@verizon.net, susan.dq@verizon.net, megp@sli.org, ckegj@aol.com, cortez@cua.edu, lillie.coney@acm.org, SKatz@mvc-bethesda.org, mlove@usna.edu, Rynoslp@aol.com, mary_anne_falk@yahoo.com, voigt@rff.org, Baobobz@cs.com, lec2eh@leeds.ac.uk, klamberty@mindspring.com, oreillyheller@starpower.net, KateCross2@aol.com, brownkatharine@hotmail.com, katharine.brown@shearman.com, pgensor@yahoo.com, DRyner8774@aol.com, Dianeewetherill@hotmail.com, ohagand@comcast.net, sjbyouthmin@yahoo.com, chrisrev108@hotmail.com, motel.broker@erols.com, AREGAN@BELLATLANTIC.NET, aregan@verizon.net, AngJEll@hotmail.com, swooden4@comcast.net Cc: brazer@hotmail.com Subject: Fwd: US Troops Decide to Charge Money for Water to Penniless Iraqis in Um Qasr Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:57:34 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F769ijfofu6JmAoVGkX000196a6@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Apr 2003 20:57:35.0350 (UTC) FILETIME=[D17AB160:01C2FAEC] X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) please distribute this as widely as possible. Unbelievably, the U.S. has started SELLING humanitarian aid to desperate Iraqis-- >Subject: US Troops Decide to Charge Money for Water to Penniless Iraqis in >Um Qasr >Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 12:28:51 -0500 > >From the New York Daily News > >April 1, 2003 > >Deal to Sell Water All Wet, Critics Charge > >by Richard Sisk > >UMM QASR, Iraq - The U.S. military came up with a solution yesterday for >the >penniless people of this port town begging for water: Sell it. > >Despite general mayhem at distribution points - including knife fights - >the Army has struck a hasty agreement with local Iraqis to expedite >distribution of water to the roughly 40,000 living here. > >Under the deal, the military will provide water free to locals with access >to tanker trucks, who then will be allowed to sell the water for a >"reasonable" fee. > >"We're permitting them to charge a small fee for water," said Army Col. >David Bassert. > >"This provides them with an incentive to hustle and to work," said Bassert, >an assistant commander with the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade. > >He said he could not suggest what constitutes a reasonable fee and did not >know what the truckers were charging. He said the tradition here of >haggling at markets would help the system work. > >"People know when they're being gouged - we'll deal with it," Bassert said. > >But with the population badly in need of water, food and medical supplies, >the arrangement drew its share of critics. > >'This is crazy' > >Several Iraqi-Americans originally from this region, who are working as >interpreters and guides with the U.S. military, were incensed at what they >consider an attempt to jump-start a free-market economy during a crisis. > >"This is bull----," said an Iraqi-American who asked to be identified only >as Ahmed. "They are selling water and this is crazy. Nobody has any money, >nobody knows what is money [to use] - Iraqi money, American money, nobody >knows." > >A British military spokesman angrily objected to the water deal. The >British control the city of Umm Qasr while the Americans are in charge of >the port. > >"We're not going to have any charging for water. What kind of an aid plan >would that be? These people don't even have shoes," the spokesman said. > >Ahmed and the others said they had seen fights with fists and knives among >desperate locals trying to get water from the truckers. > >Ill at ease > >The reports could not be independently confirmed because a promised >military escort for reporters into town never took place. > >Officers said the trip was canceled because of widespread clashes between >remnants of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's supporters and British troops, >although no firing could be heard and the Iraqi-Americans who spent the >afternoon in town said no clashes had taken place. > >But the general situation was far from secure. A heavy mortar or artillery >round launched toward the port shook buildings and rattled windows but >exploded beyond the fence and caused no casualties. > >Editor's Note: The military has confiscated the satellite phones of a >certain make used by journalists traveling with U.S. troops in Iraq, >including those used by reporter Richard Sisk and photographer Todd Maisel >of the Daily News, for fear that Iraqi forces could intercept the signal >and target U.S. positions. This dispatch has been sent by other means >approved by the military, but military officials did not review or restrict >its contents. > >© 2003 Daily News, L.P. > >http://www.nydailynews.com > >====================================================== >Visit Salam Radio's Website at http://www.wideopenwest.com/~salamradio > >
AIT Note: Just what the 'hell' is 'Salam Radio' that Spy Chick posted from or through????
Good find. It is very possibly her.