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To: LLLefty who wrote (8340)	10/31/2001 12:34:05 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 281500

LLefty, You know, one of the things that happens in every war is that the military will have first call on a nation's resources. I'm not quite sure how much nan can be made from the 75 tons of wheat we donated earlier. I reckon it really depends on how much was diverted into the markets, or out of the country by sly traders. But, I'm certain that no where near 75 tons of nan went to feed the folks it was intended for. What is perfectly apparent is that starvation is going to be one of the weapons of this war. A good study of the implications can be garnered by studying the history of the Sudanese civil war. Funny how Osama Bin Laden seems to always be drawn to these places where obesity isn't much of an issue. The Thin Man

To: LLLefty who wrote (8340)	10/31/2001 11:58:15 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Or, more current, how many nan might have gone to feed Afghani families had not Taliban militia cleaned out UN warehouses in Kabul and Kandahar of 5K of wheat yesterday Not to side with the Taliban, who I think are truly awful. But given that 1 out of 5 Red Cross warehouses in Kabul remains standing at this point, clearing out the last one seems like a statistically reasonable thing to do. No matter how bad the Taliban are, they are likely to do a better job distributing the wheat than the next errant bomb.