Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Katrina headlines you won't see

"France sending ships and sailors to assist desperate Katrina survivors"

"Spain sending 300 tonnes of relief supplies to help battered Americans"

"Germany will provide cash assistance and emergency relief crews for New Orleans residents"

"Indonesia armada on they way to southern US as thanks for American typhoon aid"

Meanwhile, the story within the story is the widespread looting taking place in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. From Breitbart.com via Drudge:

"The looting is out of control. The French Quarter has been attacked," Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson said. "We're using exhausted, scarce police to control looting when they should be used for search and rescue while we still have people on rooftops."

As Sen. Mary Landrieu flew over the area by helicopter, a group of people smashed a window at a convenience store and jumped in.

At a drug store in the French Quarter, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers. One looter shot and wounded a fellow looter, who was taken to a hospital and survived.