IRAQ: Iraqi Red Crescent Committee distributes medical and food aid to families in central Baghdad
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1534888
IRAQ: Iraqi Red Crescent Committee distributes medical and food aid to families in central Baghdad
- Title: IRAQ: Iraqi Red Crescent Committee distributes medical and food aid to families in central Baghdad
- Date: 13th April 2007
- Summary: (MER-1) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (APRIL 12, 2007) (REUTERS) ALLEY IN THE DISTRICT OF AL-FADHIL SUNNI NEIGHBOURHOOD CROWD GATHERING NEAR VEHICLE OF THE IRAQI RED CRESCENT COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES OF THE IRCC HANDING OUT BLANKETS TO PEOPLE/ US SOLDIERS LOOKING ON MAN TAKING BIG BAGS OF BLANKETS ON CART EMPLOYEES OF IRAQI RED CRESCENT COMMITTEE (IRCC) DISTRIBUTING BLANKEST TO PEOPLE/ US SOLDIERS LOOKING ON MORE OF EMPLOYEES OF IRCC UNLOADING BLANKETS FROM VEHICLE PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND DISTRIBUTORS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MAJID ZEIDAN, AN EMPLOYEE AT THE IRAQI RED CRESCENT COMMITTEE SAYING: "The Baghdad branch of the Iraqi Red Crescent Committee has distributed aid supplies- medical and food supplies- to the displaced families and those who have suffered due the recent crisis in al-Fadhil area. (we are here) to help the people in solving their crisis and to try to overcome it in this area." BOXES OF AID BEING DISTRIBUTED FROM TRUCK PEOPLE GATHERING AT REAR OF IRCC TRUCK/ US HUMVEE BESIDE IT IRCC EMPLOYEES HANDING OUT CARDBOARD BOXES OF FOOD SUPPLIES PEOPLE GATHERED AT REAR OF IRCC TRUCK/PARKED CAR NEXT TO CROWD CROWD RECEIVING BOXES OF FOOD SUPPLIES WIDE OF RESIDENTS RECEIVING AID/ US HUMVEE ON THE SCENE/ SOLDIERS MONITORING
- Embargoed: 28th April 2007 16:27
- Keywords:
- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVA889ZVK9W9ABDC8POTSSUXLX49
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: Employees of the Iraqi Red Crescent Committee hand out aid and medical supplies to affected families in the Sunni neighbourhood of al- Fadhil in central Baghdad. Members of the Iraqi Red Crescent Committee (IRCC) arrived in the Sunni neighbourhood of al-Fadhil on Thursday (April 12), an area where fierce clashes between US-Iraqi troops and insurgents occurred two days ago, to distribute humanitarian aid to affected and displaced families in the area.
"The Baghdad branch of the Iraqi Red Crescent Committee has distributed aid supplies- medical and food supplies- to the displaced families and those who have suffered due the recent crisis in al-Fadhil area. (we are here) to help the people in solving their crisis and to try to overcome it in this area," said Majid Zeidan, an employee of the IRCC.
About 200 families who live in al-Fadhil area received blankets and packages of food and medical supplies as US forces were seen monitoring the area.
On Tuesday (April 10) the U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by attack helicopters fought gunmen in Baghdad in a day-long battle in the fiercest fighting in the capital since a major security crackdown was launched in February. The U.S. military said four Iraqi soldiers were killed in the fighting and 16 American soldiers wounded. Three gunmen were killed, it said in a statement. Police said 10 people had died.
The two-month-old Baghdad offensive is regarded as a last-ditch attempt to halt Iraq's slide into all-out sectarian war between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs who were dominant under Saddam Hussein.
Until now gunmen have stuck to hit-and-run attacks or used roadside bombs to target U.S. and Iraqi forces during the security crackdown.
U.S. President George W. Bush is sending 30,000 more troops to Iraq, mainly for Baghdad, the epicentre of Iraq's violence.
Bush said on Tuesday that stepping back from Baghdad before Iraq's security forces were ready would have left a vacuum that could have been filled by Sunni and Shi'ite extremists.
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