Now this is the article I was looking for, it pissed me off. I have to go to the store but I will finish that thought when I get back.

Ok, I'm back, here we go.

» The International Committee of the Red Cross has condemned the arrival of the first aid shipments into southern Iraq -- and a possible future route for Canadian aid -- as a propaganda exercise.

Ok, fair enough, but why?

» Mui'n Kassis, the head of communications for the ICRC in Jordan, said he was appalled as he watched the scene on television. "That was disgusting; that was propaganda," he said, shaking his head angrily.

So some food finally gets through to some people in need and your first response is "that's disgusting"? You know what would have been even better propaganda? If ten trucks of food got through, or a hundred. Would you still be disgusted at such propaganda, Mr. Kassis?

» He said he didn't know who co-ordinated the aid shipment, which came overland via Kuwait, although news reports said it was the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, an affiliate of the ICRC. Mr. Kassis said whoever organized it seemed more interested in appearances than in those they were supposed to be helping.

It was his own organization. Does that mean he is accusing the ICRC of propaganda?

» "We have to think about the dignity of the recipients in these situations," he said.

Ah yes, nothing like a belly full of dignity. Yum, yum.

» The politics of delivering aid to needy Iraqis is highly charged. The United States and Britain have been anxious to get humanitarian aid into Iraq as soon as possible, in order to bolster their argument that they are waging war primarily for the benefit of the Iraqi people.

So its in their own interests to get as much food to as many people as quickly as they can, right? I've got two things to say about this.

First, aid agencies should be concerned about getting food and water to the people in need, period. Getting credit for the accomplishment should be the furthest thing from their minds.

Secondly, the Americans [and Brits] have paid for the privilege of handing out this aid in blood. I think they've more than earned any propaganda bonuses.

» The Canadian government yesterday pledged $100-million in emergency aid for Iraqi civilians, but said it hoped the food, water and medicine would be delivered by neutral international organizations rather than by the U.S.-led military coalition.

See above, I think they've deserve some credit for making it possible to get the aid to the people who really need it and not into Saddam's coffers.

» But the aid dilemma grew more complicated yesterday when United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan made it clear he thinks the United States and Britain are legally responsible for delivering assistance to those affected by the war.

"The primary responsibility for meeting these needs falls on the belligerents who control the territory," Mr. Annan told a meeting of the UN Security Council.

» Aid has thus far been slow to arrive because of unexpectedly stiff resistance from Iraqi units in the south, especially around the southern centre of Basra, where fighting continues unabated and water supplies have been disrupted.

Aid can't get through because of Iraqi disruptions, yet you hold the US and Britain responsible? Kofi Annan, you are an ass.

» The packages that were thrown to the crowd reportedly contained water, flour, oil, tea and bread.

That's disgusting!

» Another shipment of seven truckloads arrived at the Persian Gulf port of Umm Qasr -- until recently, the scene of fierce Iraqi resistance -- escorted again by American soldiers.

Damn Americans! How dare they!

» "We planned for 30 trucks, but we only got seven loaded because of the severe sandstorm," said E.J. Russell of the Humanitarian Operations Center, a joint U.S.-Kuwaiti agency. Most of the country has been enveloped in a blinding sandstorm for several days.

As it turns out, the reason so little food got through was because of the weather. You would think aide agencies would be glad a little food managed to get through rather than critisize Americans for handing it out.

This whole article left a bad taste in my mouth.