Jarrar fund

[pop goes the weasel]

This seems like activism to me, so I'm putting it here. Mods, please move it if I was mistaken.

Raed Jarrar is trying to get an unofficial charity going to help in Iraq, now that most of the NGOs have, understandably, fled. From his blog:

With the withdrawal of most of the foreign humanitarian organizations from Iraq, and the incapability of the Iraqi “government” of funding itself much less funding local groups or organizations, the humanitarian crisis in Iraq is getting more serious.

Meanwhile, the U.S. army is planning to attack something around 20 cities and towns that are not under the control of the occupation authority.

“The Jarrars” (i.e. me and my family), decided to start a small individual humanitarian campaign for a month (maybe we’ll extend it) for buying basic things like some medical stuff, food, blankets, and other necessities and send them directly to hospitals in the most affected cities and towns. We will try our best to work under the supervision of one of the few functioning NGOs in Iraq (e.g. Occupation Watch, or others) to give more transparency to this small campaign....

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I hope that lots of DUers contribute.