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Charity blames British army for lost Iraq aid

IRNA

London, Dec 30, IRNA -- The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London was 
reported Tuesday to have rejected a charity`s request for compensation
it claimed was due because the British army lost almost half a 
shipment of aid for sick Iraqi children. 
Medical Aid for Iraqi Children (MAIC) is seeking compensation for 
Pnds 100,000 worth of aid that failed to reach hospitals in Iraq, 
including cancer drugs, surgical equipment and baby milk, that were 
given to the army to deliver in May. 
"Many children, especially cancer patients went without treatment. 
It is very probable that many other children who could have been 
saved lost their lives due to the lengthy delay and significant loss 
of medical supplies," the charity stated. 
But a spokesman for the MoD said "every endeavour" was made to 
deliver the supplies, but that it was "unrealistic" of the charity to 
expect that delivery could be guaranteed in a hostile environment 
where looting was rife, according to the Guardian newspaper. 
In a letter to MAIC, sent earlier this month, Armed Forces 
Minister, Adam Ingram, rejected requests for compensation, saying 
there was "no record or undertaking to deliver equipment or medicine 
to hospitals across Iraq or obtain receipts for their delivery." 
HC/212 
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