Air drops of food aid are a resort of last desperation; most of it will never be found or used. So dropping 40 000 food packages is definitely just a media stunt -- I can't see it having any real effect at all on the Afghan population it's supposed to be feeding. Danny. ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************