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To: TigerPaw who wrote (14107)3/7/2003 2:53:40 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 89467
 
Unready for the Aftermath



By Kenneth H. Bacon and George Rupp*
Editorial
The Washington Post
Friday, March 7, 2003

washingtonpost.com

<<...Despite months of planning by the Bush administration to respond to the humanitarian challenges that could follow an attack against Iraq, preparations for dealing with displacement, injury, illness and food shortages remain inadequate. If current problems continue, the suffering caused by war could be amplified by lack of aid resources and coordination...>>

*Kenneth H. Bacon, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs from 1994 to 2001, is president of Refugees International. George Rupp is president of the International Rescue Committee.