IRAQ-UAE: Relief plane leaves for Mosul

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

ABU DHABI, May 12 2003 (IPS) - A United Arab Emirates (UAE) plane carrying large quantities of medicines and medical supplies left for the Iraqi town of Mosul today.

Salem Ali Al Ghafli, Head of the fifth team of the Red Crescent Society (RCS), said that the plane was the first of four that would reach Mosul airport this week to meet the relief needs of the Iraqi people.

He said that more than a million dollars had been allocated to provide medicines and other supplies to the residents of Mosul and its neighborhood.