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Titolo: Bush sends marines as flood fury grows (The Observer)

L'intervento militare mi sembra coprire la mancanza di un piano di 
evacuazione e di Protezione Civile. In un area in cui quest'anno sono 
previsti altri 5 o 6 uragani. Incredibile!
Am.
Bush sends marines as flood fury grows
· 20,000 still trapped in burning city
· We let citizens down, admits President
Julian Borger and Jamie Doward in Baton Rouge
Sunday September 4, 2005
The Observer
President George Bush ordered an extra 17,000 troops - including 7,000 
elite airborne troops and marines - into New Orleans and the devastated 
Gulf Coast yesterday to try to bolster the stumbling flood relief 
effort and salvage the reputation of his presidency.
The order was announced after it became clear that National Guard 
troops sent into the city on Friday were no match for the scale of the 
disaster unleashed by Hurricane Katrina and the consequent collapse of 
the levees around the city. Within two days the number of military 
personnel in the area is hoped to reach some 54,000 people.
As a full-scale rescue operation finally got under way and thousands of 
victims of the storm were ferried from the city by bus, plane and 
truck, the US military announced it would be deploying a further 10,000 
National Guards.
The latest moves come as rescuers continued to find bodies across the 
city, and as victims of the disaster continued to die amid the horrible 
conditions. Although there has been no official estimate of the number 
of dead, some fear it could top 10,000 in Louisiana alone.
Despite the increase in the rescue efforts, 5,000 people were still 
stranded in the Superdome stadium yesterday, although it had been 
promised they would be evacuated by Friday night.
Meanwhile, another 20,000 people seem condemned to spend at least 
another night in the city convention centre, where they had spent most 
of the week with minimal food and water and no sanitation or medical 
care.
Relief workers were confronted with a new face to the catastrophe, as 
up to 60 fires blazed in the city. The worst engulfed the warehouse 
district on the waterfront, where firefighters were unable to operate 
due to the lack of running water.
In his weekly radio address, Bush acknowledged the shortcomings of the 
relief effort. 'Many of our citizens simply are not getting the help 
they need, especially in New Orleans. And that is unacceptable,' he 
said. 'In America, we do not abandon our fellow citizens in their hour 
of need. And the federal government will do its part. Where our 
response is not working, we'll make it right. Where our response is 
working, we will duplicate it.
'We have a responsibility to our brothers and sisters all along the 
Gulf Coast, and we will not rest until we get this right and the job is 
done.'
The first plane carrying fresh soldiers was due to arrive in New 
Orleans yesterday afternoon, said Lieutenant-General Joseph Inge, 
deputy commander of Northern Command. Soldiers from the 1st brigade of 
the 1st Cavalry Division would begin arriving within 48 hours.
National Guard soldiers arrived on Friday night to provide evacuees 
with their first hot meal since Katrina struck. Since then more than 
25,000 residents have been evacuated, claimed Mike Brown, director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is facing severe 
criticism for its response to what it now describes as the 'worst 
catastrophe in living memory'. Brown admitted that the number of people 
left in the city and the death toll remained unknown because people 
were still turning up at evacuation sites and dead bodies were still 
being counted. Brig Gen Mark Graham added: 'There are people in 
apartments and hotels that you didn't know were there.'
Thousands more people were reported to be in limbo on a motorway, 
waiting for buses that failed to come because there was no plan for 
housing the victims elsewhere
Bush said the new troops would include elite combat units such as the 
82nd Airborne and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Last night the 
Pentagon announced an extra 10,000 National Guard troops would be sent, 
raising the number of Guard personnel in the stricken states up to 
about 40,000. The National Guard - militias under the command of state 
governors - are frequently used to deal with civilian crises but it is 
unheard of for regular troops to be deployed at home.
The deployments will put further strain on an army already stretched by 
conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was announced yesterday that 300 
airmen deployed on both fronts would be brought home because their base 
near Biloxi in Mississippi had been devastated by the hurricane and 
many of their families had been moved to shelters.
Louisiana's Republican governor, Kathleen Blanco, also appealed to Bush 
to bring home a Louisiana National Guard unit, the 256th Brigade Combat 
Team, which is serving in Iraq. 'They are urgently needed back home. We 
have never needed them so much,' she said.
Bush also signed a $10.5 billion emergency aid package for the stricken 
area. But he is struggling to restore his personal credibility after 
liberals and conservatives joined forces to criticise the federal 
relief effort.
Louisiana Senator David Vitter, a Republican, said the federal response 
had been 'an abject failure'. Attacks on the Bush administration's 
tardy reaction to the disaster also came from unexpected quarters in 
the media; even conservative commentators on the usually loyal Fox News 
channel lambasted the President's performance.

In un area in cui quest'anno sono previsti altri 5 o 6 uragani.
*ROTFL*
-Stefano

 avere il controllo della citta' usando la violenza.
'Ndo sta sto piano di evac, Ste'? Sono cose che si fanno prima, non durante.
Oggi, una settimana dopo l'uragano, ci sono ancora migliaia di persone 
che chiedono aiuto con i lenzuoli dai tetti delle case...
Am.

che chiedono aiuto con i lenzuoli dai tetti delle case...
Puttanata che saprai dimostrare, vero?
-Stefano

 Puttanata che saprai dimostrare, vero?
Accendi la TV extraitaliana. Esiste,  ed e' anche gratis sulle 
catastrofi, al contrario del calcio.
Am.

Accendi la TV extraitaliana.
C.V.D. non sai dimostrare la tua puttanata :)
-Stefano

 avere il controllo della citta' usando la violenza.
Dev'esserci lo zampino di Al Quaeda e di Castro come minimo, eh Ste'?
Prepariamoci ad invadere Cuba...
Am.

Dev'esserci lo zampino di Al Quaeda e di Castro come minimo, eh Ste'?
Certo, certo.... :)
*pat pat*
Ora puoi tornare a dormire, caro *FESSO MONONEURONE* :)
-Stefano

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O sei tu che non hai la BBC World e le sue *dirette*, cosa di cui mi 
spiacerebbe...
E cmq, che faceva secondo te quest'elicottero caduto *ieri*?
Auguri, eh?
Am.
 Civilian helicopter crashes in New Orleans
 Sun Sep 4, 8:53 PM ET
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A civilian helicopter that was not 
involved in rescue operations crashed in New Orleans on Sunday and the 
two people on board were slightly injured, a state official said.
The helicopter crashed in the area of the Danziger Bridge, said Mark 
Smith, spokesman for the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and 
Emergency Preparedness.
"The helicopter came down hard and rolled over on its side and broke 
its blades off and broke its tail off," Smith told reporters in Baton 
Rouge.
"There were two civilians on the helicopter. Both sustained cuts and 
scrapes," he said.
It was not known why the helicopter was in the area, Smith said.
The U.S. military and Coast Guard have conducted hundreds of helicopter 
flights in the New Orleans area in recent days searching for Hurricane 
Katrina survivors and have rescued thousands of storm victims.
Early media reports said the crashed aircraft was a Coast Guard helicopter.
Live television footage from the scene showed the red helicopter lying 
on the ground near a roadway, with smoke drifting from its cockpit. The 
ground around the wreck was blackened and churned up by the aircraft's 
rotor blades.
Smith said he did not know if shots had been fired at the helicopter. 
Gunfire has been reported on numerous occasion in the New Orleans area 
in recent days.
"It could have been mechanical failure," he said.

 E cmq, che faceva secondo te quest'elicottero caduto *ieri*?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4214232.stm
In a separate incident, a helicopter with two civilians on board crashed
in the city. 
The two people on board, who are said not to have been involved in the
rescue operation, got away with minor injuries.
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Ma come, non eri tu il *FESSO MONONEURONE* che segue la BBC? :)
*LOL*
-Stefano

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Come al solito hai finito per non dir nulla, maialazzo. Ora torna nella 
stalla a far grunfete grunfete...
Am.

Ora torna nella stalla a far grunfete grunfete...
...disse il maialazzo *MONONEURONE*... :)
Alla tua prossima ennesima figura di merda!
*LOL*
-Stefano

 che chiedono aiuto con i lenzuoli dai tetti delle case...
L'ennesima figura di cacca del De Cesari:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.impact/index.html?section=c
nn_topstories
Monday, September 5, 2005 Posted: 0517 GMT (1317 HKT) 
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Nearly a week after Hurricane Katrina
struck the Gulf Coast, military helicopters circled above New Orleans on
Sunday to drop supplies and rescue people trapped in the nearly deserted
city. 
The Coast Guard asked anyone still stranded in New Orleans "to hang
brightly colored or white sheets, towels or anything else" to help
rescuers locate them. 
-- 
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy        e-mail: 
ll...@dada.it

 stalla a far grunfete grunfete...
Anche dececere e' un maialazzo? Non vorrai togliere l'esclusiva al nostro 
amato latrin lover..
K
-- 
Ecco cosa e' accaduto al nostro povero maialazzo (incrocio tra un maiale ed 
un...) dopo essersi infilato una delle mega supposte da 5kg di viagra:
http://ams67.atspace.com/Maialotto/maialottocock.jpg
 

deserted city.
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Ora, caro Logi, ci vorresti dire dove sono queste fantasiose quanto
fantomatiche ***migliaia di persone che chiedono aiuto con i lenzuoli
dai tetti delle case***? :)
-Stefano

nostro amato latrin lover..
...disse quel *COGLIONE* di un Kiwi, che fortunatamente e' specie
protetta, anche se ne hanno ammazzato uno non poco tempo fa e la notizia
e' finita su tutti i tg :)
*LOL*
-Stefano

 Ce ha le orecchie foderate di lardo.
Del resto e' molto piu' chic disquisire della 82esima airborne, di cui 
molto qui si immaginano i comandanti, senza chiedersi come mai non 
eiste protezione civile degna di questo nome in USA...
Am.

nome in USA...
Abbiamo sentito la ca***ta del giorno del caro fesso mononeurone!  :)
-Stefano

 che *IERI* venivano salvate, vero caro *FESSO MONONEURONE*? :)
Cazzo dici, De Ce, ti si stanno impigliando le sinapsi dell'unico 
neurone? Chi ha  mai detto che ci sono migliaia di persone sui tetti? 
Sui tetti ci sono quelli che sono rimasti isolati dall'acqua e che 
aspettano elicotteri o barche. Ma hai idea dell'estensione di New 
Orleans e Louisiana?
Consiglio: fai grunfete grunfete, e non oink oink come se ti stessero 
sgozzando, maialazzo...
Am.

sgozzando, maialazzo...
...disse il povero maialazzo mononeurone che si rotola nella merda che
se getta addosso da solo.... :)
Alla tua prossima ennesima figura di merda, caro maialazzo mononeurone
:)
-Stefano

 oppure no? :)
OK, non dai tetti delle case. Ieri pero' c'erano ancora 20.000 non 
evacuati in citta'. Che siano coi piedi a mollo piuttosto che sui 
tetti, non mi sembra una differenza tale per fare oink oink.
Am.

non mi sembra una differenza tale per fare oink oink.
...disse il maialazzo che si crogiola nella merda che si e' tirato
addosso.... :)
-Stefano

 -Stefano
Contento maialazzo? Oggi sono contento di leggere che forse per Fazio i 
giorni sono contati.
Condoglianze, fazista.
E fammii sapere che ne e' dei tuoi confratelli, i maiali di New 
Orleans. Mi sa che nessuno si preoccupa di loro, povere bestie.
Am.

Mi sa che nessuno si preoccupa di loro, povere bestie.
Ci sei tu invece, un maialazzo *MONENURONE*, che sa che sono migliaia
che sventolano lenzuola dai tetti :)
*LOL*
-Stefano

 -Stefano
I maiali non sventolano drappi, ma soffrono ugualmente, Oink Oink...
Cosicche' per te e i tuoi confratelli di lardo si suona:
http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/media/musiche/caserma/silenzio.mp3
Am.


http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/media/musiche/caserma/silenzio.mp3
Quella la suoniamo al tuo funerale, caro maialazzo mononeurone.
-Stefano