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...most immediate priority for Iraq is water. Reports over the weekend suggested that Iraqis were so desperate for water that they were drinking from the sewage-infested Tigris. After the people have water, they will need flour. And then they will need sugar. Humanitarian agencies are already working tirelessly inside Iraq to distribute these essentials. They need—and, to are large extent, they are receiving—both financial and administrative support from the American government...
...feed 27 million people? That task requires 480,000 tons of food every month and some way of distributing it. In Najaf a woman in black with six children in tow appeared with her ration card at an American outpost. It was her day to get rice and flour. Who would feed her now? Soldiers found her enough food for a week or so; no one knew what would happen after that...
...small graduation procession are in for a good show. The freshly diploma'd dottore is stripped, trussed and propped on a bench. He must then deliver a long, excruciatingly embarrassing ode written by his friends. For every misread word, the grad swigs booze and gets pelted with eggs and flour. The ordeal ends when the ode is affixed to the university walls for all to see. No pomp here. And therein lies the secret to Padua: It's more than willing to share its charms, but you need to know where to look...
...dawn, a woman in a black shawl with six little ones in tow sheepishly approached a small American outpost. She held out a ration form. It was her day to come to pick up rice and flour to feed her family. Controlling the distribution of food staples had been one of the ways the Baath Party had kept the population in check. With the party gone, she didn't know where to turn...
...Army commanders here had already noted that Baath Headquarters and the homes of party leaders were liberally stocked with 100 pound bags of rice and flour. Hoping to relieve the pressing food shortage they relaxed the no looting rules and opened these locations for a local free for all. What ensued was dozens of miniature reenactments of the storming the Bastille. Hundreds of people rushed into the buildings, emptying them of foodstuffs, furniture, farm tools and even lighting fixtures. This largess improved the lives of the fast, the young and the strong. It did nothing to help the woman with...