Hello all!   
      
   I note in this morning's COmmercial Appeal here in MEmphis   
   an article stating that all the U.N. food aid distribution   
   sites have been closed down thanks to Al Qaeda suicide   
   bomber attacks, etc.   
      
   Readers of other FIdonet echoes of this type will recall a   
   heated debate over disaster aid and preparedness in another   
   echo I was involved in.  A person essentially on the other   
   side of many of the issues asked why no concern over the   
   flooding and natural disasters in Pakistan.   
   Then I stated that with the TAliban and Al Qaeda getting   
   tacit support from the Pakistani government I saw no reason   
   that we should put one dime's worth of aid in their hands,   
   and would still say the same.   
      
   I applaud the U.N. relief agencies' decision.   
   I truly believe that the U.N. relief workers should be   
   evacuated post haste, and all the food stocks and other   
   materials which cannot be taken out with them should be   
   destroyed.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
   ... 10% of everything isn't crap, watch closely or you'll miss it!   
   --- timEd 1.10.y2k+   
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