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    http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078113566627



    The United States has asked the European Union and NATO for emergency assistance, requesting blankets, first aid kits, water trucks and food for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the two organizations said Sunday.

    EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said the 25-nation bloc was "ready to contribute to the U.S. efforts aimed at alleviating the humanitarian crisis" in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama - the American states hardest hit by Katrina.

    The 26-nation NATO alliance said it too had received a request for aid from Washington. The United States has asked for NATO relief support in the form of food rations for the thousands of people evacuated from New Orleans and other areas, the alliance said in a statement.

    US authorities had requested 500,000 prepared meals, thousands of blankets, first aid kits and several water trucks to provide clean drinking water.

    Meanwhile, it was reported on Sunday that Israel would send representatives of the defense and health ministries to the Gulf coast this week in order to assess the assistance needs of the area following the devastation wrought by Katrina. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opened the cabinet meeting Sunday morning with an offer of aid to the United States government. "The United States has stood by us during difficult times and it is our duty to assist it in the areas in which we can help," he said. "I want to reiterate my condolences. We will do everything in our power to render assistance in the difficult situation in which so many American citizens find themselves."

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    Last edited by cnav; 09-04-2005, 10:50 AM.
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