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Orange County residents now have an opportunity to connect with relatives in Iraq and to send a Red Cross message through a web site offered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Relatives living in the United States may register themselves on the ICRC Arabic/English language "Restoring Family Links" web site at http://www.familylinks.icrc.org. This will allow family members in Iraq to know how to make contact with them. Individuals in Iraq may also register to let family members in Orange County and around the world know of their whereabouts.
This service is needed as many telephone lines are overloaded or are no longer working in Iraq, and relatives may have taken refuge in areas where telephone service is unavailable.
The ICRC is not accepting messages for prisoners of war at this time. The ICRC initiates contact with family members once communication is made with individual prisoners of war.
Additional information is available at www.redcross.org regarding humanitarian services for family members of the displaced and the military through the ICRC under the "Conflict With Iraq" link on the home page.
