21. Food drops are not possible for safety reasons, even if the refugees could be located, she said. 22. Food drops previously have been made over Bosnia and northern Iraq. 23. Food drops resumed Wednesday after being suspended since Monday in favor of airlifting peacekeepers and their supplies. 24. Hartman said a helicopter food drop might be arranged on Monday if overland convoys were still blocked. 25. Hartman said a helicopter food drop might be arranged on Monday if overland convoys were still denied access. 26. He believes U.S. officials should step up food drops and other humanitarian efforts in honor of Ramadan. 27. Gypsy said KLA envoys may appeal to NATO for aerial food drops into rebel-held territory. 28. Helicopters made food drops to several isolated communities. 29. In Jamaica, rain prevented army helicopters from completing food drops until late Saturday evening to several communities isolated by landslides blocking roads. 30. In the past three years, the ICRC managed only two food drops across the front lines to some people in those regions. |