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  • Passive Saboteurs/\Ideological prejudice leads relief agencies to cut and run from Iraq.

    09/14/2003 9:45:16 AM PDT · by dennisw · 5 replies · 464+ views
    wsj ^ | Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:01 a.m. EDT | BY MARTIN PERETZ
    <p>Passive Saboteurs Ideological prejudice leads relief agencies to cut and run from Iraq.</p> <p>The world is now witnessing an exodus from Iraq. But it is not an exodus of refugees, whom critics of the war told us would flood in panic across the borders into neighboring states. These simply didn't materialize--and it tells us much that is good about the postwar realities of the country that they didn't.</p>
  • 'Humanitarian disaster' looms in Iraq

    10/04/2002 12:19:53 AM PDT · by polemikos · 16 replies · 231+ views
    BBC ^ | October 3, 2002 | Kathryn Westcott
    'Humanitarian disaster' looms in Iraq After the Gulf War thousands of Iraqi Kurds fled to Iran By Kathryn Westcott BBC News Online Aid workers are increasingly concerned about a humanitarian catastrophe if a new war is launched against Iraq. A recent statement by a number of charities warns of mass civilian deaths and an exacerbation of an existing humanitarian crisis. If prompt humanitarian assistance cannot be delivered in accordance with refugee status, the situation could become life threatening Rob MacGillivray, Save the Children "In the Gulf War, we are aware of the mistargeting of weapons installations due to aerial bombardment...