World IN BRIEF : IRAQ : Hussein Blocks Fuel and Food, Kurds Say
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is denying Kurds in the mountains of northern Iraq food and fuel as winter closes in, relief workers say. “Time is running out in the mountains,” said Scott Portman, head of the U.S. International Rescue Committee. While the blockade is not total, it could wreck efforts to stockpile supplies and shelters before winter takes hold. The blockade has created shortages in northern Iraq and thrown Kurds there into a panic, the relief workers reported.
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