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ISLAMIC VOLUNTEERS from Jamaat ad-Da'wa REACHED
FLOOD VICTIMS in SINDH's
Frontier Area
HINDUS and POOR MUSLIMS Living in Badin District
of Sindh, Pakistan, Hailed
Relief Work
Jamaat ad-Da'wa, Pakistan's Jihad movement
led by Hafiz Saeed, was the
only group to reach the far flung district of
Badin, in Sindh, Pakistan
during the devastating floods which hit the area
in early August 2003.
The people of Sindh living in the area of
Badin are mostly very poor
Muslims and Hindus, neglected by the provincial
government. The floods took a
heavy toll of their lives and hutments and the
Pakistan army was sent to evacuate
the homeless. The question arose, who would have
the spirit to go out into
such a poor, far flung area with near zero roads
and communications.
That's when volunteers from Jamaat ad-Da'wa
came, after fund raising in
Faisalabad, Karachi and Rawalpindi area. They
distributed dry rations, cooked
food for the starving, gave clothes to the
destitute. Teams of Ad-Da'wa
physicians went in and provided free medical aid
and medicines which helped stave of
the outbreak of diseases.
According to last reports [Mid-August],
Jamaat ad-Da'wa distributed
23,400 packets of cooked food, 1337 bags of dry
rations, 5,000 sets of clothes and
Rs. 1,100,000 worth of medicines. [$1=57 Rupees].
Jamaat ad-Da'wa used 15
trucks, four ambulances, and an assortment of
trucks, trolleys, jeeps and cars to
carry out the relief work.
Free medical treatment was provided to 13,814
patients.
HINDU RESIDENTS OF BADIN have expressed
heartfelt thanks to Jamaat
ad'Da'wa for coming in with help when they had
been abandoned even by rich
members of the Hindu community.
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1,000
U.S.
Troops Wounded in
Iraq
and 300 Wounded in
Afghanistan
since War Began
Walter Reed Hospital Treats Terrible Shrapnel
Wounds, Missing Arms, Legs
According to a Knight Ridder/Tribune
report published in the
Baltimore Sun
[August 24, page 7A], more than
1,300 U.S. troops have been treated at
Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC
since the war began.
The injuries are serious described as
"terrible shrapnel wounds, missing
limbs and blood infections." The report gives
details of some of the soldiers
and how they got the wounds in Iraq.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REPORT LIES IN ITS
REFERENCE TO 300 U.S. troops
WOUNDED IN AFGHANISTAN. Hardly any of these
casualties have been reported in the
major
media.
Thus it appears that the Taliban
were right when they claimed that
they were inflicting losses not only on the
mercenary forces hired by Karzai
but also on U.S. troops.
The U.S. has simply stopped reporting losses in
Afghanistan since the
resurgence of the Taliban began.
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