'Desperate SOS' for New Orleans

[4me2]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=629 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3>'Desperate SOS' for New Orleans

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=416><!-- S BO --><!-- S IIMA --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=203 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD> Tens of thousands of people are still waiting to be evacuated

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF -->New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a "desperate SOS" for thousands of people stranded with no food or water at the city's convention centre.

Up to 20,000 people are at the centre, in addition to tens of thousands more still trapped by the flood waters unleashed by Hurricane Katrina. The state governor has called for 40,000 troops to restore order after a spate of lawlessness, AFP reports. President George Bush plans to visit the disaster zones on Friday. <!-- E SF -->

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4206620.stm

[herbinator]

Respect to the the Iraqis keeping a modicum of dignity living in conditions worse then New Orleans and under fire for years.
This great civilisation Bush and Blair kept spouting about how long did it take for them to break down and show the worst side of human nature .....very civilised. Hopefully Some of these people will think about that next time theyre asked to support a government that bombed the shit out of an already ravaged countries infrastructure
Still hope they get it together and no more lives are lost at least it's briefly shown what aTOTAL TWAT bumbling Bush is he doesnt give a shit about anything sincerely as long as he maintains his life of luxury and that of his big buisness friends he's all right jack!!!

[CJCROCKO]

Thats straying from the point a bit isnt it,

[herbinator]

Thats straying from the point a bit isnt it,

Just pointing it out cause it struck me as really ironic

[Nikki]

40,000 troops, jesus, sure they got enough people, thought majority of em was in iraw, afganistan etc.

feel for these people, seen it on the news little babies on the pavement etc, and seen bush give his speech

nik