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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2010-01-18 04:00 pm

I suppose this will be off the new cycle by the end of the week

The Geneva-based Doctors Without Borders said bluntly: "There is little sign of significant aid distribution."

The aid group complained of skewed priorities and a supply bottleneck at the U.S.-controlled airport. Doctors Without Borders spokesman Jason Cone said the U.S. military needed "to be clear on its prioritization of medical supplies and equipment."





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Re: Quoting the article

[identity profile] phanatic.livejournal.com 2010-01-18 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless you're willing to shoot people, there's probably not a way to do that. Troops can't watch every bag of food, and when they stop watching, someone with a gun's going to take the food from someone who doesn't have one; e.g. Somalia.

Re: Quoting the article

[identity profile] pixel39.livejournal.com 2010-01-18 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It won't surprise me if it ends up that people get shot, unfortunately.