Operation Provide Comfort. saved an estimated 20.000 lives. as United States and allied troops provided food. clothing. shelter. and medicine to the Kurds. The only regret is that we did not act sooner and save an even larger number of lives. In addition. beginning in the early days after the war. the United States. together with the allied forces and international relief agencies. assisted the 40.000 mostly Shia refugees in southern Iraq. In one aspect of that most impressive operation. the United States military airlifted 25.000 Iraqi refugees to a camp in Saudi Arabia. We have now turned over the responsibility of the remaining refugees to the United Nations within a demilitarized military zone along the IraqiKuwait border. The committed men and women involved in this impressive effort deserve recognition for their extraordinary performance and the tremendous success of their operation. The resolution before us commends these men and women for their skill. courage and dedication.
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