PHOTOS OF THE AFGHANISTAN FOOD DROP

YAHOO ^ | October 13. 2001 | AP

[TheOtherOne]

Afghan residents pick up food packets of U.S. humanitarian aid dropped by U.S. planes, in a field near Khwaja-Bahauddin, in northern Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

An Afghan woman carries a bundle of U.S. humanitarian aid food packets dropped by U.S. planes near Khwaja-Bahauddin, northern Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze).

[TheOtherOne]

Instruction included in the "Humanitarian Daily Ration" package of food that U.S. Defense Department said were dropped over Afghanistan, October 7, 2001. According to Defense department, 37,500 of the HDR packages were delivered over Afghanistan. The HDR contains Beans with Tomato Sauce, Beans and Tomato Vinaigrette, Biscuit, Fruit Pastry, Fruit Bar, Short Bread, Peanut Butter, Strawberry Jam, and utensils package including salt, pepper, napkin and a match. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang

[d4now]

Thanks for posting. Big Bump.

[is_is]

Kill'em and feed 'em at the same time....gotta love it!!!

[gopsue]

Looks like manna from heaven.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Thanks for posting this!

[is_is]

My previous post was not directed at the women and children of Ashcanastan....they deserve the help. :(

[TheOtherOne]

They want flour, wheat, we GIVE them that too.

An Afghan worker moves a donated bag of wheat at a World Food Program (WFP) warehouse in Peshawar, Pakistan October 10, 2001. The WFP said on Wednesday it has resumed shipments of food to Afghanistan. (Aziz Haidari/Reuters)

[d4now]

Glad to see the women aren't wearing burga. Obviously no taliban in the area. Thank G-d.

[Jack Barbara]

What's the match for?

[Faithfull]

How interesting that the starving are given food and still complain that it tastes bad. It makes me really wonder if our compassion will truly be realized. I have my doubts. By the way, was his jackass happy with the meal?

[MinuteGal]

We're really spammin' them. Oh, no, no, not THAT!

Leni

[The Real Deal]

It doesn't look to me like there are a lot of people picking them up. I hope that most of them don't go to waste.

[d4now]

thanks for clarifying. Matters a lot to many here.

[EdZep]

Up until the assinine end to that pMSNBC report, it was just great. After hearing Taleban propaganda that the food is being rejected, it brought tears to my eyes, seeing the 5-year-old girl who had run (how far?) by herself, to gather packets to take home. The drop zone was covered by people gathering the packages into cloth bundles, and carrying them off in their arms or on their heads.

It certainly made the food drop effort seem much more sensible, after hearing critics go on about "this is war," and "what are we thinking?" I had considered it nothing more than PR to appease our middle-eastern "friends." But, I feel more positive about it, now.

Socialists in Congress? Click on the zeppelin, Grasshopper.

[The Real Deal]

By the way, was his jackass happy with the meal?

The mule liked the food, I'm not sure about the jackass.

[skraeling]

I think the value is in the act, not just in the eating.

[Crowcreek]

"we need beans and flour to make bread" and then proceeded to feed a few of the containers to his jackass."

"In Northern Afghanistan today, an elderly man mourned after a twenty-five pound sack of pinto beans fell out of the sky and killed his burro." ;^/

[EdZep]

I suppose a strafing run to follow would be considered hunting over a baited field....

You are an ass.

Your comment about napalm, on another thread, was too obtuse to decode with 100% certainty, but your meaning here is loud and clear.

You are an ass.

Socialists in Congress? Click on the zeppelin, Grasshopper.

[TheOtherOne]

As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make 'em drink.

[The Real Deal]

I am all for the food drops. I think that they are very important. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.