The Pakistani need to be encouraged to leave their 'tribal lands' that will never be the same. They don't understand this isn't their future. Organized tent cities in areas known to be safe from extremists need to be available for the refugees. They won't have a future on the lands they call their homeland. They have to start again, but, there is no one to direct them in the best direction to lands that can be home to them.
There has to be a way to secure these people and ALLOWING THE DISARMED into the organized tent cities may be the best way of stopping the violence of the Taliban.
Bulgaria's EU aid commissioner worried by risk of epidemic, chaos in flood-hit Pakistan (click title to entry - thank you)
The situation in Pakistan is likely to get worse before it gets better, European Commissioner for International Co-operation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva told an August 27 2010 news conference on her return from the flood-hit country.
Her visit had been to express the solidarity of the European people and to see how best to deploy the assistance from the European Union, Georgieva said.
She met the country's prime minister, foreign minister, those heading the disaster response effort and representatives of NGOs and aid agencies, as well as multilaterals such as the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
Georgieva, who is to report to EU commissioners and the European Parliament next week, described the devastation as "terrible".
Difficulties in assistance were compounded by security concerns, and some territory being inaccessible. She reiterated the UN's call for further helicopters to deliver assistance....
I would think the USAID organization could REQUIRE the distribution of supplies are based upon whether or not the people receiving them are disarmed and secure to remain safe. I don't know why ALL international aid isn't requiring 'disarmed' citizens to be recipients of their aid, including places like Darfur. There are suppose to be Peace Keepers. The areas receiving aid at any corner of the world can't even guarantee the safety of Peacekeepers.
Dawn Editorial
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010
...When it takes the form of a torrent, water blurs all divides. This is what the floods have done in Pakistan. The deluge has brought to the fore a mosaic of organisations working for the rescue and rehabilitation of the flood affected.
Among them is Jamaatud Dawa which has drawn international condemnation for its alleged role in terrorism. Reports from the flooded districts indicate that the group is very active in providing relief. The US, which had led calls for a ban on Jamaatud Dawa for its alleged involvement in the 2008 attack in Mumbai, is now said to have firsthand information of the group’s efforts in the flood relief camps. In Sukkur on Wednesday, US Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah was taken to a camp which witnesses said worked under the banner of Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, the group’s offshoot. The US embassy has denied the report, clarifying that the camp Mr Shah visited was run by the government....
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/wrong-camp-780
No matter how unrealistic 'disarmed and safe' camps might seem, it should be a high priority to at least try.
Who is the world saving?
They need weapons?
Why?
Empty bellies don't need guns to secure their meals.
It seems to me that armed emcampments 'complicate' the distribution of aid. Yes?
South Pakistan floods displace a million in 48 hours (click link below for video.)
27 August 2010
Last updated at 18:12 ET
Fresh flooding in southern Pakistan has displaced almost a million people in the past 48 hours, the UN has said.
In Sindh province, 70% of the 300,000 residents of the town of Thatta have been forced to flee to safer areas after the Indus river burst its banks.
The BBC's Orla Guerin reports on the evacuation of the town of Thatta in Sindh province.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11118127
It is my belief every citizen of any distressed country does not 'the right' to US AID. Citizens willing to be safe and secure by disarming any camp for their women and children do deserve the aid we send. Under no circumstances should aid be distributed to warlords and armed factions. Absolutely not. Gratitude is a new venue for receiving aid. It is not a right and is provided at expense to other nations. In exchange for the aid, the citizens in distressed countries should show gratitude by being willing to be peaceful and providing safe and secure camps. No free ride for extremists.
