Tsunami - Pictures from Der Spiegel (Be Advised they are Gruesuome)

Der Spiegel ^ | 29 December 2004

[Chgogal]

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9NDkyNyZucj0x,00.html

[Chgogal]

Above is a web link to the original slide show from Der Spiegel magazine containing dramatic pictures of the Tsunami tragedy. The picture scrollbar is at the top of the page. "Weiter" means forward. "Zuruck" means back. "Bild" means picture. "Von" means of.

Please be advised that some of the pictures are very gruesome. The devastation is numbing.

[mental]

Der Spiegel

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Dear God, all those poor dead people. Pls look after their lost souls. Numbing doesn't cover it, C.

[MikefromOhio]

ouch.....

words cant describe that....

[eureka!]

Here's a thread with many shots. Warning: heartwrenching scenes-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1310424/posts

[2banana]

Like a war - almost like a tropical Stalingrad - the dead - white tourists in their skimpy swimming suits and locals in their traditional clothing, lined up next to each other. Death had no favorites.

[Quilla]

Unbelievable!

Thank you for posting this.

[Yo-Yo]

(From the Der Speigel link)
Heaven forbid that something as trivial as a tsumani and tens of thousands of dead bodies interrupt one's parasailing experience.

[NCCarrs]

Leave it to the Europeans to sit on the sidelines and let others do what must be done! They've such a long and proud history of inaction.

[seppel]

I NEVER read Der Spiegel here in Germany. It is the consistently most left wing mag in Germany, and responsible for brainwashing the chattering class here for the last 40 years. They kept praising the DDR and communism up to it's collapse, then did an about face and started looking at the mess left over. They are prime Bush bashers, and pro gay, pro Muslim etc. They are the "intellectual" propaganda machine for the socialists and greens.
Der Spiegel is worse than the NYT.

[First_Salute]

I had a friend from Germany, long ago. She reacted strongly to every Der Spiegel article that attempted to attack Ronald Reagan in regard to the missiles.

Finally, one day, I asked her, Did it every occur to you, that the Soviets would attack the U.K. and the U.S. first, in order to isolate Germany?

Well, her eyebrows went up on that one; and no, she had never even thought about it. She just read, over and over, that, according to Der Spiegel, she was the target because the missiles were in her back yard and thus she posed a threat.

She never ever considered any other possibility, and on other topics, that required more thinking about what was beyond the socialist menu of the day, Der Spiegel.

[First_Salute]

Old PCF, now used by Thailand:

[Chgogal]

Agreed, I too very seldom read the rag. But these pictures of the massive tragedy and destruction of lives and property obliterate any political leaning of the magazine. The pictures are overwhelming. The massive aid and cleanup that is required can only be imagined.

[Chgogal]

Agreed words do nothing. Only deeds and simple silence.

[ELS]

bookmark bump

[snopercod]

Isn't that John Kerry on the poop deck?

[seppel]

typical german.

[VOA]

bump

[Chgogal]

Just went to the "Focus" site. The human suffering is immeasurable. If you go to the site below be prepared for some truly awful pictures.

http://focus.msn.de/hps/fol/article/article.htm?slide=1&interface=slide&id=11330

I don't know if I should post these. It is just so tragic, so awful, so numbing.