91. Only limited truck traffic has been allowed through the Habur crossing, the only one between Turkey and Iraq, carrying food and relief supplies to Iraqi Kurds. 92. Other supplies, including food and medicine, will be stockpiled outside the country to avoid the widespread looting of relief agency supplies that occurred during previous fighting. 93. Plans to resume deliveries of relief supplies were canceled after PALIPEHUTU, one of several Hutu rebel groups, threatened to attack U.N. vehicles. 94. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said his country would mobilize relief supplies for the quake victims, a separate APP report said. 95. Parts of central and western Hunan, however, remained so swamped that the air force dropped relief supplies from planes, CCTV showed. 96. Pierre Kraehenbuehl, head of the Balkans operation at ICRC headquarters in Geneva, said distributing relief supplies directly to those in need was an important first step. 97. Permission apparently also applies to relief supplies from other aid organizations. 98. Police and militia have stepped up patrols around railheads and storehouses of relief supplies to protect the large accumulation of relief goods, the official Legal Daily said Wednesday. 99. Pentagon says military also planning to drop relief supplies into Afghanistan. 100. Pierre Kraehenbuehl, head of the Balkans operation at ICRC headquarters in Geneva, said distributing relief supplies directly was an important first step. |