] AMMAN, Jordan -- The first truck convoys of humanitarian
] relief reached Iraq on Wednesday from Kuwait and Jordan,
] while the U.S. Navy flew in two dolphins trained to hunt
] for mines to help clear the port of Umm Qasr.
]
] At sunrise, the relief agency Doctors Without Borders
] dispatched trucks carrying 10 tons of emergency medicine
] and surgical equipment from Amman bound for Baghdad, the
] start of what could become a lifeline to a war-damaged
] country where drinking-water supplies have been
] contaminated, medical stocks are dwindling, and food
] reserves are running low.