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Last Updated:  Friday, 28 March, 2003, 05:12 GMT
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John Davison, Christian Aid
"The most immediate problem is the lack of water in Basra"


Owen Bennett-Jones reports
"The Sir Galahad is approaching Umm Qasr with great caution"


The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones
"The area that has been cleared is very narrow"


The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones
"It should arrive in Umm Qasr in three or four hours and is very heavily protected"


The BBC's Caroline Wyatt
"It's the first major shipment of aid"


The BBC's Lisa Hampele
"The problem now is how to get the aid to the people"


International Development Secretary Clare Short
"The big threat currently is losing water"


The BBC's Ben Brown
"The humanitarian effort, much like the war itself, has a long way to go"


The BBC's Caroline Wyatt
"A crucial weapon in the battle to gain the trust of the Iraqi people"



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