Saving the Afghans from starvation is going to be the big issue in a few weeks when emaciated babies show up on Al Jazeera. The Paki border isn't really closed, arms & goods go in at night, but food aid is another matter. The rains have started and next month at the latest there won't be any roads left for aid trucks. ----------------------
I also posted an Economist story that painted a rather rosy picture for food aid. I wonder if someone can check that?
Hakki Alacakaptan
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|| [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
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|| Hakki Alacakaptan wrote:
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|| >There's only one thing you can say that makes sense: Stop this
|| shit now!
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|| I had Sarah Zaidi of the Center for Economic & Social Rights
|| <http://www.cesr.org> on the radio last night. She says that unless
|| the bombing stops and food is delivered in massive quantities by
|| November 15, millions of Afghans will die. Shouldn't the antiwar
|| movement make this its central concern?
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|| Doug