US requests International aid

[Dr. Freeman]

well, there is a thing called national pride... besides, it took a couple days before anyone actually offered aid, which tells me something....

i believe Canada did offer help on the second or third day but weren't given any permissions to fly into the US.. so um.. until the US had asked for help.. don't think it mattered if any country had offered help or not.

 

[Lemonking]

Danimal: Careful now, you don't want Santa Claus getting you!

 

[Kyorisu]

More than 50 countries around the world have offered help. Many asking to send doctors and supplies.

There should not be an assumption that because America is the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world, that this isn't a major crisis. No one can possibly say Katrina was a good thing.

Does anyone have a link to a list of what's been offered so far? I've scrawled around google and can only find individual counts.

 

[baxter]

Does anyone have a link to a list of what's been offered so far? I've scrawled around google and can only find individual counts.

Donations to Hurricane Katrina relief poured in from around the world, with Kuwait offering $500m (€397.4m) and other Mideast countries offering aid and condolences despite widespread opposition to US policies in the area.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence said yesterday that the government would send 500,000 ration packs.

Germany and Italy sent flights of supplies, including food rations, bed supplies, inflatable dinghies and water purifiers.

The $500m (€397.4m) offer by Kuwait – which owes its 1991 liberation from seven months of occupation by Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army to a US-led coalition - is the largest to date, surpassing the $100m (€79.5m) pledged by Qatar, another US ally in the Mideast.

Another close US ally, the United Arab Emirates, is sending tents, clothing, food and other aid

Bitter US foes Iran and North Korea – which Washington pressured over their respective nuclear programs – offered to help rescue efforts, and Syria - another long-time opponent – was among numerous Middle Eastern states offering condolences.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a long-time opponent of the Bush administration, said yesterday that he had offered one million barrels of petrol and $5m (€3.97m),

This is all I could find, I’m certain it isn't the full list but gives a good indication of the type of help being offered

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=154764378&p=y54765x84

 

[Ennui]

Thank you 961, it’s nice to know somebody inside the US actually knows of and understands European concerns.

There are a few of us here that spend most of our time trying to cover for the rest of America's stupidity, no matter how much we love our country

 

[baxter]

There are a few of us here that spend most of our time trying to cover for the rest of America's stupidity, no matter how much we love our country

Yeah you're right, point taken, sorry if this post came across as snotty and in anyway implied that there was a general lack of understanding, I should have aimed this comment directly at the ungrateful idiots who still feel that Europe isn't helping.

 

[Lemonking]

just to get this straight Im glad europe is helping

hey Im half european myself

btw did anyone see that guy cry on CNN last night?...man he was pissed

 

[satch919]

just to get this straight Im glad europe is helping

hey Im half european myself

btw did anyone see that guy cry on CNN last night?...man he was pissed

Yeah, I saw it this evening. Poor guy. The sad thing is that there's probably tons of stories like his.

 

[The Monkey]

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