This isn't really such a surprise, is it? These kind of 'movements' have been going on for awhile now. I guess some question arises to me that WHOM are the smugglers and whom are not?
It isn't as though this war doesn't have a history of 'movement' of goods and people.
So, like, what is the problem already?
You know, there is another reality about the region and the Taliban that absolutely astounds me and that is the infiltration of "Punjab" in both Pakistan and India. Punjab is a very 'active' city with a highly succesful economy, but, if the Taliban have their way they will OPPRESS the entire REGION and destroy the economy there.
OFFICE OF THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR IRAQ
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT
NUMBER 26
22 April 2003
http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/9483.pdf
1 HIGHLIGHTS
There are unconfirmed reports from Kirkuk, Jalawla and Khanaqeen that many Arab families are under pressure to leave these areas due to insecurity. In some villages near Jalawla families are already reported to be displaced, many of whom are extremely poor and have no alternative places to settle.
The UN staff on stand-by to return to northern Iraq plan to depart Larnaca on 23 April via Turkey and will proceed across the border by road, 24 April. WFP reports that since 5 April 2003, cumulative wheat flour deliveries in the North amount to 10,000 metric tons as at 21 April 2003. In addition, cumulative deliveries of pulses total around 2,170 metric tons.
On 21 April, ten WFP trucks carrying 200 metric tons of oil crossed Penjwin, Iran-Iraq border to Sulaymaniyah.
UNICEF has delivered around US$1.8 million worth of emergency supplies to northern Iraq across the Turkish border since 28 March.
The first truck carrying a medical emergency kit from UNICEF Erbil warehouse arrived in Kirkuk on 21 April. The kit contains medical supplies and equipment designed to benefit 10,000 individuals.
The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issued the blanket authorization for overflight and landing on 21 April 2003. This should facilitate significantly United Nations Humanitarian Operations....
PAKISTAN’S HEART, by John Lancaster, photographed by Ed Kashi (Page 82) Pakistan’s Punjab province is the wealthiest and most populous of the country’s four provinces, a place where East meets West and culture thrives. Home to Pakistan’s political and military establishments, it has also become a prime Taliban target in recent years, with a wave of terrorism attacks attempting to disturb the Punjab way of life. Writer John Lancaster, former South Asia bureau chief for the Washington Post, considers the resilience of Punjabis through the context of history, including the bloody partition of British India in the mid-20th century. Photographer Ed Kashi captures the status quo, one that many Punjabis refuse to give up easily. Lancaster and Kashi are available for interviews.
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