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27/03/2003
Trocaire send aid to besieged Basra
Irish aid agency Trócaire today announced the successful arrival of humanitarian aid and supplies to the besieged Iraqi city of Basra.
It is hoped that the aid, consisting of medical supplies and water purification tablets, will help bring clean water to 100,000 vulnerable people in Iraq's second city. Electrical and water supplies have now been cut for four days as British troops prepare to attack Iraqi positions inside the side.
There are fears that, without proper sanitation and water supplies, a cholera epidemic could sweep through the city.
(GMcG)
It is hoped that the aid, consisting of medical supplies and water purification tablets, will help bring clean water to 100,000 vulnerable people in Iraq's second city. Electrical and water supplies have now been cut for four days as British troops prepare to attack Iraqi positions inside the side.
There are fears that, without proper sanitation and water supplies, a cholera epidemic could sweep through the city.
(GMcG)
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