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Haiti relief surge fails to bring security to streets
[Al Arabiya Latest] Thousands of U.S. Marines joined the Haiti relief effort on Monday but lawlessness prevailed on the streets with looters preying on the helpless and raiding the flattened ruins.Doctors working with limited equipment amputated limbs to save lives while rescuers picked through debris to locate unlikely survivors more than six days after the 7.0-magnitude quake struck, reducing the Haitian capital to rubble. U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a joint U.S.-Brazilian-Canadian leadership for relief efforts as the massive international humanitarian operation was still failing to bring security and alleviate the suffering of a traumatized populace, despite the arrival of more than 2,200 U.S. Marines. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-20 |
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