1. But halfway up the mountain, the driver of the aid truck pulled over and refused to budge. 2. Humanitarian aid trucks received little preferential treatment and even NATO vehicles were detained several hours at the border. 3. The roads are taken up by aid trucks and huge vehicles carting heavy weaponry. 4. They take only old aid trucks and bring little money, no satellite phones, no computers, and no radios. 5. When an aid truck arrived to hand out bottles of water, children and adults alike crushed up against the vehicle, desperate to get a drink. 6. Bainvel said soldiers at checkpoints have prevented aid trucks from entering Bethlehem and Ramallah because the cities have been declared closed military zones. 7. Convoys of humanitarian aid trucks loaded with food, plastic sheets, medical supplies and clothing were headed Saturday for Istinic. 8. Food for the thousands of refugees still left in Potocari was blocked by Serbs checking the aid trucks, UNHCR said. 9. He said there were reports of militiamen stopping aid trucks and asking for a fee to let them go. 10. Hungary allows Russian aid trucks to proceed Monday to Yugoslavia after five armored-plated trucks are turned back. |