If our government imposed a three week curfew here and your kids were starving what would you do?

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218615/120778262679.htm

International Medical Corps Assists People of Sadr City

09 Apr 2008 23:05:00 GMT

Source: International Medical Corps (IMC) - USA
International Medical Corps
Website: http://www.imcworldwide.org

Baghdad, Iraq/Los Angeles, CA, USA - For the residents in an Iraqi city paralyzed by violence and fear the arrival of vital supplies from International Medical Corps (IMC) comes just in time. For some, it was the first food they had in days. However, it was no small feat.

Baghdad's Sadr City district has been hit by fierce clashes between U.S. and Iraqi forces and local militias causing shops and markets to close. A curfew now in its third week has kept families indoors preventing them from reaching stores to restock critical supplies of water and food.

Since last week, International Medical Corps staff is assisting the most vulnerable families in Sadr City. IMC is distributing one month's worth of food to poor families - including rice, cooking oil, sugar, beans, and flour - as well as potable water and essential medical supplies. Obstacles such as mines and sniper fire in the main streets make accessing the area and providing assistance very difficult.

"After three weeks of curfew people feel the effects in every part of their life," says Agron Ferati, International Medical Corps country director in Iraq. "The oppressive nature of curfews further compounds the deep-rooted problems ordinary Iraqis have to deal with every day."

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1. And this US government is incapable of doing this...why?

Oops, forgot...can't see people starve from 10,000 ft.

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2. Say we are not there to free them but to kill them for their oil

and rob them of their culture, wealth, and future. It is worse than when Saddam ruled. We are not wanted there and are occupiers where we have no standing. You can't win the "hearts and minds" of the people by starving and killing them. They will always rebel. DA!

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3. Pick up a gun? n/t