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Dear Ghazwan
Thank you so much for the information. I will send you a copy of the paper
as soon as it's available.
All the best
Eddie
"Ghazwan
Al-Mukhtar" To: "casi" <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>,
<gaz@uruklink <EThomas@oxfam.org.uk>, "Colin Rowat"
.net> <c.rowat@espero.org.uk>
cc:
07/01/2003 Subject: Re: [casi] Re: CASI-discuss digest,
17:58 Vol 1 #317 - 2 msgs
Dear Eddie, Colin and CASI members
Colin answer is excellent documentation of the situation. I think the move
is motivated partly by the fear of the Iraqi government that the warehouses
will be destroyed by bombing, like what happened in 91. It will also cut
the
monthly administrative nightmare of distributing food for 22 million
persons
which amount to about 450 thousands tons a month!
Best regards
Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar
Baghdad, Iraq
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Rowat" <c.rowat@espero.org.uk>
To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:06 PM
Subject: re: [casi] Re: CASI-discuss digest, Vol 1 #317 - 2 msgs
> > This week's Economist (Jan4 -10 2003) says that "Iraqis are currently
> > receiving double rations of the government-distributed food they rely
> > on to survive"
>
> Hi Eddie,
>
> The Iraqi government has begun to distribute rations less frequently,
> but in larger quantities.
>
> On 26 December Reuters reported that: Iraq has increased food rations to
> let citizens stock up for a possible war with the United States, its
> trade minister said on Thursday. The minister, Mohammed Mehdi Saleh,
> told Reuters supplies distributed so far should ensure everyone had a
> stockpile to last three months. "And we are going to increase the
> quantity in the coming months so that everybody is secured in this
> regard," he said. (Iraq stockpiles food for possible attack by U.S.,
> Nadim Ladki).
>
> Here are some earlier references:
>
> 25 November, "STANDING BY SADDAM FROM A DISTANCE", Tim Cornwell, The
> Scotsman: Baghdad doubled food rations last month.
>
> 10 October, "Waiting for War" Pete Norman, People Magazine: The
> government recently began distributing two months' worth of rations out
> of concern that the foodstuffs in their warehouses would be destroyed.
>
> 20 August: "Iraq Shows Baby Milk Store at Reported Weapons Site",
> Reuters, Huda Majeed Saleh: Trade Minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh "on
> August 4 as we started to distribute food rations every two months ...
>
> 7 August: "War is talk of the town in Baghdad", Reuters: The government
> declared last week that as of August, food rations would be distributed
> every two months instead of every month.
>
> One interpretation is that the Iraqi government is trying to buy more
> popular support by doing this. The UN humanitarian scenarios document
> indicates that many Iraqis are selling the extra ration elements given
> them, so may not have a larger stock of food to fall back on in the
> event of escalated hostilities.
>
> Best,
>
> Colin Rowat
>
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