kleine Päckchen wie ein Buch mit hartem Umschlag,das zur Erde flattert mit amerikanischer Flagge und dem Spruch:dieses Essen ist ein Geschenk von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.
"wir haben keinen Beweis,dass das Essen die Leute erreicht ,die es erreichen soll,eine Menge wird beim Fallen zerstört"sagt Senator Colby vom Repräsentantenhaus und fügt hinzu,diese Päckchen seien bestenfalls eine Geste.
Die Flugzeuge müssen so hoch fliegen,um nicht abgeschossen zu werden,so ist es nicht möglich ,ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen.
Sowohl Medecins sans Frontieres als auch Handicap International haben sich gegen die Päckchen ausgesprochen und halten sie für gefährlich und uneffectiv
Each pack contains 2,300 calories, made up of vegetarian dishes so as not to offend Muslims' dietary rules, and will be made up of some of the following:
Beans and lentils in tomato sauce;
Peanut butter and strawberry jam;
Rice and protein bar designed to keep well;
Fruit bar;
Mixed beans with tomato vinaigrette;
Biscuit, shortbread and fruit pastry;
Salt, pepper, napkin and a match.
Aid agencies have criticised the move, saying air drops are ineffective compared to distribution centres on the ground.
The air drops are symbolic more than anything
The drops are somewhat random, as the packs are off-loaded from planes flying about 15,000 feet up.
In 1999, food aid air-dropped into Kosovo mainly ended up in the hands of Yugoslav soldiers.
The yellow packets are about the size and weight of a hardback book. To minimise the risk of injury to those on the ground, the packs have been designed to flutter rather than plummet to earth.
Each pack is designed to flutter to earth
The packs are inscribed with a picture of a person eating from the pouch, an American flag, and the message: "This food is a gift from the United States of America" in English.
Republican congressman Jim Colby, who chairs the House of Representatives' committee which approves the funds for aid, has said that the aid drops are at best a gesture.
"The air drops are symbolic more than anything. We have no evidence that the food really gets to the people who need it and lot of the food is destroyed in the drop."
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Medical agency Medecins Sans Frontiers, which operates in Afghanistan has said that drops of personal food are virtually useless and may even be dangerous.
The Director of Handicap International, Christopher Cushing, has said that air drops may inadvertently expose populations to the landmine danger.
To reduce the risk of the US transport planes being shot down by Taleban defence forces planes could be flying too high to make an accurate drop.
'No control'
"There's no real control of where the supplies are going to land," he said. "They may try to drop them upwind from refugee populations but will face difficulties to get it into that area.
As a population moves towards them they may not know where all the safe areas are and could be exposed to landmines. When it rains, the mines, some of which look like hockey pucks, can get moved around.
"During airdrops people run and want to get there very quickly and there could be real fights. They may not be as cautious as they normally would be. The drops could be exposing them to greater risks.
"Local authorities could take some of the food destined for local populations and, in the worst case, could go to warlords or on the black market."
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