American Humanitarian Daily Ration program in Afghanistan
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On October 15, 2001, The United States announced a Humanitarian daily ration for Afghanistan.[1]
On October 24, 2001 Rear Admiral John Stufflebeem announced fears that the Taliban planned to poison American food aid.[2] Stufflebeem said that since the program had been started on October 7, 2001 the USA had dropped 785,000 rations.
The HDRs initially dropped in Afghanistan were yellow. Later it was realized that the packages were the same color, and approximately the same same size as American cluster bombs, was also dropping in Afghanistan.[3] Later packages were an orange-pink color described as "salmon".[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Humanitarian Aid to the Afghan People: Issued by the Office of International Information Programs October 15, 2001. United States Department of State (October 15, 2001). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Defense Dept. Says Taliban May Attempt to Poison Afghan Food Aid. United States Department of State (October 25, 2001). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Bill Dugan. MICA Flex Studio 4th group. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
