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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   penny   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:27:13 -0800 (PST), J    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>Militarily we have no role. It is the NGOs that should be there. No   
   >>one else.   
   >   
   >   
   >Very true!  But the US military  has made Afghanistan unsafe for the   
   >NGO's by muddying the divide between humanitarian aid   
   >and militarism  That's why so many International Aid groups left some   
   >years ago.   
   >   
   >It started from the beginning of the Afghan  conflict when food   
   >packets were dropped along with cluster bombs .   
   >   
   >The cluster bomblets were yellow, the same colour as the food packets.   
   >Many of those bomblets still lie around unexploded and have been   
   >responsible for the maiming and deaths of many Afghan children.   
   >   
   >Leaflets were also distributed by the military which made humanitarian   
   >aid conditional on intelligence from civilians.   
   >   
   >Aid workers were also referred to by the military as "force   
   >multipliers".   
   >   
   >All of the above actions led to a loss of respect for International   
   >Aid workers in Afghanistan and life became very unsafe for them.   
   >   
   >Doctors Without Borders were forced to leave in July 2004 even though   
   >they had been distributing aid to Afghans for 20 years.  Five of their   
   >colleagues were murderd in June 20004.   
   >   
   >Other Internarional Agencies followed.   
   >   
   >Humanitarian Aid is desperately needed in Afghanistan   
   >   
   >Penny   
   >   
      
   But JQuebecois beingthe Nazi he is   
   like Mr.Smartypants who cheer the return of the Taliban.   
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