Turkish Red Crescent Sends Humanitarian Aid To Fallujah

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Red Crescent sent humanitarian aid to Fallujah city of Iraq on Wednesday.
     Two trucks carrying the aid left today Turkey for Iraq.
     Red Crescent Deputy Director General Bulent Ay said, ''U.S. forces has launched a military operation in Fallujah. The city has become the scene of a human disaster. According to recent news reports, nearly 1,200 Iraqi people died and a number of others were injured in clashes. In cooperation with the Turkish Prime Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Directorate General of Emergency Management, the Red Crescent decided to send humanitarian aid to the city.''
     ''The aid which includes 200 tents, 1,000 blankets, 500 pillows, foodstuff, drinking water, medicine and soaps will be handed over to Iraqi Red Crescent officials at the Habur Border crossing,'' Ay added.
     (UK-ULG)
2004-11-24