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Haiti quake death toll may hit 200,000 Starvation Imminent

published by Grim Reaper on Sat, 2010-01-16 05:56

"assisting, not occupying"

People rummage through an empty collapsed school in the commune of Cite Soleil after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.


Haitian Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime say the death toll from a devastating earthquake that hit the nation could reach 200,000.

"We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies we anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although we will never know the exact number," he told Reuters on Friday.

Earlier, Red Cross officials had estimated that up to 50,000 people may have died in Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 quake.

With thousands of bodies still piled up on the streets of Port au Prince, rotting in the tropical sun, there was also a race against time to reach possible survivors still trapped in the ruins and treat those who were badly injured.

After three days of Haitians being left to fend mostly for themselves in one of the world's poorest countries, foreign relief teams were increasingly seen on the streets, some backed by vital heavy-lifting equipment.

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devastation pictures

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Comments

Submitted by Cherifa Sirry on Sat, 2010-01-16 23:38.

Without belittling of course the devastating situation in Haiti, it is interesting to see how Washington is moving mountains for 1.5 million homelss and 200,000 dead in Haiti...  while the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza who have been living under worse conditions for 2 years... are of zero interest to the US...  There are of course also 6.5 million other dispossossed Palestinians who have been conveniently forgotten by the US for over 60 years now... but who cares about those nasty Ayyrabs...

When did Washington send the 800,000 children of Gaza a pack of milk, a tent or even some medicine to help them cope with the wounds of Israeli weapons? 

This is what Washington does for the Palestinians:  it makes sure that the illegal Israeli siege is not lifted from Gaza and that the injured, homeless and sick Gazans suffer until they give up their democratic right to elect Hamas vs. the Palestinian Authority (PA) represented by US puppet Mahmoud Abbas.

The US never moves to help any people for "humanitarian" reasons...  and poor Haiti has already suffered so much at the hands of the United States...

Hi Grim!  I miss you!

Cherifa Sirry

Submitted by Grim Reaper on Sun, 2010-01-17 00:53.

You are right about the junited sates,

I bet they're coming to occupy,

until such time as their puppet regime can be set back up.

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