UAE-AID: Humanitarian caravan leaves for Iraq

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Att.Editors: The following item is by the United Arab Emirates news agency (WAM)

ABU DHABI, May 20 2003 (IPS) - A 12-truck caravan carrying foodstuff, dates and canned items left here today for the people of Iraq.

Khalifa Nasir Al Suweidi, Board Chairman of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society, said that the shipment of six trucks of the caravan would be distributed to needy people in Baghdad and its surroundings, while six trucks will be distributed to residents of Babil, Rutba and Samer areas.

He praised the donors in the UAE who enabled the Society to send relief supplies to Iraq continuously.