3,000 Iraqi Kurds Left Without Futher Aid

At a refugee camp in western Iraq, alomst 3,000 Iraqi Kurds were left without any further aid from the United Nations. The Iraqi Kurds have been left without protection as the residents and security foces fled after the continued fighting. Since the refugee camp is only 30 miles away from Falluja, as many as 1,400 refugees have fled in fear of their lives. "The police station is now empty, and there is no one to provide security for the remaining 2,800 refugees that are still in Al-Tash." Aid workers have tried to get to the rest of the refugees to help, but they are even more concerened that the monthly rations for the refugees may not make it. "About 13,000 Iranian Kurds had lived in Al-Tash camp for about 20 years. Many had fled Iran fearing oppression following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Many of them left Al-Tash before the March 2003 invasion by U.S.-led forces because of threats from local people and dwindling relief supplies."
(For some reason I wasn't able to put a hyper-link on this post... sorry. But if you would like any more information, go to www.nytimes.com and the article is called U.N.: 3,000 Iran Kurds Cut Off From Aid.)