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elfsFrom Jamaica: "The United States Government is not yet requesting international assistance at this time."
From a Canadain blog:
Quoting a blogger is always dicey. The second report gets more validity from a report today in the Canada Post that the DART team is still on the ground as of this afternoon. The Canadian Red Cross, however, has been allowed in.
Oh, and U.N. offered whatever help it might, but the U.S. politely declined "at this time."
From a Canadain blog:
Planes are ready to load with food and medical supplies and a system called "DART" which can provide fresh water and medical supplies is standing by. Department of Homeland Security as well as other U.S. agencies were contacted by the Canadian government requesting permission to provide help. Despite this contact, Canada has not been allowed to fly supplies and personnel to the areas hit by Katrina. So, everything here is grounded. Prime Minister Paul Martin is reportedly trying to speak to President Bush tonight or tomorrow to ask him why the U.S. federal government will not allow aid from Canada into Louisiana and Mississippi. That said, the Canadian Red Cross is reportedly allowed into the area.
Canadian agencies are saying that foreign aid is probably not being permitted into Louisiana and Mississippi because of "mass confusion" at the U.S. federal level in the wake of the storm.
Quoting a blogger is always dicey. The second report gets more validity from a report today in the Canada Post that the DART team is still on the ground as of this afternoon. The Canadian Red Cross, however, has been allowed in.
Oh, and U.N. offered whatever help it might, but the U.S. politely declined "at this time."
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Date: 2005-09-02 10:10 am (UTC)Really? Why?
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Date: 2005-09-02 07:27 pm (UTC)http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=6cb4f526-dcef-437a-9d27-0f160b480b58
The article I had found earlier I couldn't relocate because the thread I'd mentioned it on is gone, but this one actually has times and dates. This article mostly is about the idiots shooting at their rescuers, which IMHO relieves the team of any obligation whatsoever to rescue them.
But Daily Kos has many other failings, aside from blatant racism (Posts like "Sticking N-----s in the Superdome" without the censored title). Even Wonkette is less mentally unbalanced.