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To: unclewest who wrote (343345)	1/16/2010 5:06:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

We should have flown in a Battalion of MP's first. Followed by Combat Engineers to get the water and sewers working. Then let the NGO's provide water. Most important things in an emergency. Order Water Food Sewer

To: unclewest who wrote (343345)	1/16/2010 6:02:05 AM
From: goldworldnet	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Some people can take care of themselves and some people can't. * * *

To: unclewest who wrote (343345)	1/16/2010 8:58:59 AM
From: Hoa Hao	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793955

Will Haiti be Obama's Katrina??

To: unclewest who wrote (343345)	1/16/2010 11:21:02 AM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793955

The Admiral is doing an advance CYA, just like Obama: After a day of deliveries, US ship runs out of aid By Daphne Benoit (AFP) – 7 hours ago google.com ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON — Helicopters sit ready to go from this US aircraft carrier off Haiti, but there's a problem: after a day of frantic aid runs there is simply nothing left to deliver. Aboard the warship some 3,500 US military personnel have been coordinating the flights of 19 US helicopters carrying aid since early morning. Visible from the ship is Haiti's scarred capital city Port-au-Prince, devastated by Tuesday's 7.0 magnitude, which Haitian officials say killed at least 50,000 people. In less than 12 hours, helicopters from the USS Carl Vinson made some 20 trips to scout the ravaged landscape and deliver items that were originally intended for the ship's crew. Among the supplies dropped off were thousands of bottles of water and energy drinks, 8,000 sheets and hundreds of camp beds. Dozens of hospital beds have been arranged on board the ship to accommodate those injured in the quake, including a US citizen evacuated from the US embassy in Port-au-Prince. The take off and landing space offered by aircraft carriers are crucial for the international aid effort, which has struggled to get in relief via Port-au-Prince's single-runway airport. The relief work also faces logistical and coordination challenges, according to Rear Admiral Ted Branch, the most senior military official aboard the USS Carl Vinson. "We have lift, we have communications, we have some command and control, but we don't have much relief supplies to offer," said Branch, who commands the battle group led by the nuclear-powered Carl Vinson. "We have no supplies at the airport that we have access to. There are other supplies there that are under the control of other agencies, other organizations and we haven't yet coordinated together to make those supplies available for anyone to deliver," he added. US humanitarian aid for Haiti is being sent in part through Guantanamo Bay, which is serving as a logistical base for the US relief effort, but the supplies have taken time to arrive. "We need to get that kind of supply chain process energized to have an efficient route point for the supplies. Unfortunately that doesn't happen overnight," Branch said. The commander noted that some supplies remain at the airport, and could easily be delivered by US helicopters. "The problem is, some people are perhaps not ready to release their stuff to the most efficient transportation makers and want to deliver supplies themselves." Despite the desperation in Haiti's capital, where dead bodies were being thrown into mass graves Friday as people looted damaged stores for food, Branch said aid distributions had been relatively calm. "So far the crowd has been pretty well behaved during distributions," he said. "We will have to see as distributions become more regular if we see unruliness of mob type behavior. I hope we don't." Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved. More » .

To: unclewest who wrote (343345)	1/16/2010 1:18:12 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793955

I wondered earlier what has happened to all the US BILLIONS that have been given to Haiti...Checking out all the past so-called leaders, it's easy enough to guess what has happened to all the money. No oversight on our side evidently. François Duvalier (born April 14, 1907, Port-au-Prince, Haiti — died April 21, 1971, Port-au-Prince) President of Haiti (1957 – 71). After receiving his M.D. in 1934, Duvalier was appointed director general of the National Public Health Service in 1946 under Pres. Dumarsais Estimé. When Estimé was overthrown by Paul Magloire, Duvalier led the opposition and assumed the presidency soon after Magloire's resignation in 1956. He reduced the size of the military and organized the Tontons Macoutes ("Bogeymen"), a private force that terrorized and assassinated alleged foes of his regime. He played on the culture of vodun to intimidate the opposition as well. Promoting a cult of his person as the semidivine embodiment of the nation, he declared himself president for life in 1964. His regime's corruption and despotism isolated Haiti, the poorest country in the hemisphere, from the rest of the world. His 19-year-old son, Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc"; b. 1951), succeeded him on his death. A weak ruler dominated by his mother and later by his wife, Baby Doc instituted slight reforms, but increasing social unrest forced him to flee into exile in France in 1986. answers.com Tonton Macoutes (tonton` mäk t`) [Haitian Creole,=bogeymen], personal police force of dictator Francois Duvalier Duvalier, François (fräNswä` düvälya`), 1907–71, dictator of Haiti (1957–71). ..... Click the link for more information. (Papa Doc) of Haiti. Unpaid volunteers who were directly responsible only to Duvalier, they were given virtual license to torture, kill, and extort. They murdered hundreds of Duvalier's opponents, sometimes publicly hanging the corpses as warnings. After Papa Doc's death (1971), his son Jean-Claude Duvalier Duvalier, Jean-Claude (zhäN-klod düvälya`), 1951–, president of Haiti (1971–86). ..... Click the link for more information. (Baby Doc) changed their name to the National Security Volunteers, though they continued to terrorize the citizenry. After the overthrow of Baby Doc (1986), although officially disbanded, the group continued to spread terror. encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Overview of Haiti and Duvalier…… en.wikipedia.org And his son, Baby Doc en.wikipedia.org Successor to Baby Doc en.wikipedia.org And the next: en.wikipedia.org And the next: en.wikipedia.org And the next: en.wikipedia.org And the next: (who is still in exile, but wants to come back-another bad guy, but hard to know which was the worst of this group) en.wikipedia.org Then several en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org January 2010 Earthquake Main article: 2010 Haiti earthquake Just before 5 p.m. on January 12, the city of Port-au-Prince was hit by a 7.0 earthquake which destroyed a wide area of buildings and homes, including the National Palace – the residence of the President. Initial reports indicated that diplomats were unable to contact President Préval and they feared he might be trapped beneath the rubble of the building. However later reports – including ones quoting the Haitian ambassador to the United States, Raymond Alcide Joseph – said that the President and his wife had escaped unharmed and had been moved to a safe location on the island. The USS Carl Vinson arrived Jan.15 with many other US Coast Guard personnel to help with the relief efforts. [12] [13] Much of the Haitian government, including President Préval, has relocated to a police barracks near L'Ouverture International Airport.[14] The death toll has been roughly estimated to lie between 50,000 and 100,000.[15] [I might have missed some of these so called leaders of Haiti, so here is the list from 1986 to current) Namphy • Manigat • Namphy • Avril • Abraham • Pascal-Trouillot • Aristide • Cédras • Nérette • Bazin (provisional) • Aristide • Jonassaint (provisional) • Aristide • Préval (provisional) • Aristide • Alexandre • Préval