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I did a lot of searching around but to be honest I wasn't able to come up with anybody who was actually providing direct humanitarian aid in Iraq.

Mercy Corps is still in Iraq doing water supply and sanitation as well as projects with longer-term benefits. The Seattle Times has them there as recently as 11/08.

Also from the Seattle Times article,

Some groups that continue to work in Iraq now shun publicity for fear of emerging as a target of terrorism. Others agreed to be named in this article. They include Portland-based Northwest Medical Teams, which trains nurses and doctors in its international and Iraqi-staffed office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil in northern Iraq, and Connecticut-based Save The Children Federation, which works in the southern Iraqi town of Basra.

(browse browse) Yeah, Save the Children is doing direct humanitarian aid.

And, Xopher, it's such a pain to fold the corners properly on these prepaid plastic ones.

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