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The DART Team ...

Contributor: jwitt

Date: 2003-04-21 17:21:54

DART (disaster assistance response team) is a non traditional unit created specifically for the purpose of humanitarian relief. I think it has about 200 or so personel including doctors and engineers. I really can't imagine why you would object to sending it to Iraq as the conditions there very clearly suggest humanitarian relief is required. Referrng to humanitarian assistance as "illegal " makes no sense to me. Are you sure you understand what DARTS function is???

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The DART Team ...

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-04-21 20:10:31

I am personally unfamiliar with the exact nature of the DART, however, some soveriegn nations can, and have, refused access rights to almost every humanitarian group you could name. Take Israel, for example, the time they refused abulance access to a UNESCOM worker whom the IDF shot in a refugee camp. The UN and the Red Cross can also be denied access, and their only recourse is harsh words.

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The DART Team ...

Contributor: codc01

Date: 2003-04-22 07:01:26

I read the national post's brief, and it was complete, and it clearly indicated that the regulations of the DART stated that there must be official approval by the governement of the country where they will be going...

Who can approve now? The US government? Garner himself? Chalabi? The Self-proclaimed mayor of Baghdad?

This may be solved reapidly if Garner forms an interim government, but in the meanwhile, i'd wait before sending the DART and go through CDIA...

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The DART Team ...

Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-22 08:18:27

Probably because their safety must be assured. This is not a military team. If the American coalition would allow the UN to direct the rebuilding and humanitarian relief everything could happen much faster and safely.
The dart team is more for natural disasters or more secured sites. I believed they are more trained for earthquakes or other collapsed buildings.

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