Humanitarian relief? This report is good news, bad news. Luckily 
more of the former than the latter, at least in the medium to long term. According to this AFP report, refugees streaming south to avoid fighting gave food to US Marines. That’s a good sign of goodwill from Iraqi civilians — possibly a sign of underlying support, kept in check for the moment by fear of Saddam’s reprisals. But it does rather beg the question of why our troops are having to get food from Iraqi refugees. Isn’t it supposed to be going the other way? Numerous news organizations are reporting that Marines at the tip of the spear have had to ration their food, limiting themselves to one MRE (meal) a day, because of supply-line disruptions farther south.
