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Thousands of US troops to join landslide rescue as buried school is located
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| Feb 20,2006
Posted on 02/20/2006 7:37:33 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AFP) - The US military said it was committing up to 3,000 troops to help after a huge landslide in the Philippines, as the hunt for survivors became a grim search for bodies instead.
Foreign and local teams battled bad weather in the continuing search following Friday's tragedy, picking their way carefully through dangerous mud under which some 1,400 people are feared buried.
Rescuers Monday located the site of a school believed to contain some 200 students and 40 teachers in the village of Guinsaugon on Leyte island.
"They have discovered a trace of the school building," Joseph Chang, co-ordinator for a specialist Taiwan rescue team, told AFP, adding that crews have now pinpointed its location under tonnes of mud and rocks.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 31stmeu; marines; mudslide; philippines; rescue
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Unknown to those who kick us in the teeth constantly, God almighty is watching and every good deed the USA does, God repays! I'd rather have blessings than curses from the Lord!
To: OldFriend
"Because we are Americans. We rescue the innocent people caught in natural disasters. Feel free to disagree or to turn your back on people in need." Oh, I see...
It's not like we don't have our own folks in similar need along our Gulf Coast - or in need of FORCE along our borders.....
As an American and a former Marine - I deeply resent our forces being used in this manner at this time in that place.
Charity BEGINS at home. Security of the HOME must take precedence over all others.... Since NONE of these bastards can or will do anything to protect or defend us from our declared enemies...
Semper Fi
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:17:54 AM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: OldFriend
We support our Troops..wherever they are!
To: river rat
I wasn't aware, that there is not charity at home.
To: river rat
Thanks for saying what i was thinking.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:22:09 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
To: AmericanMade1776
Not one piece of machinery in those pics!
What, there are no excavators in the Phillipines??
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:23:42 AM PST
by
aShepard
To: AmericanMade1776
"I wasn't aware, that there is not charity at home." Do you believe here is no further need at HOME?
Private individuals are free to direct their charity as they will...
My position is there are far more pressing NATIONAL needs for our Military than digging out bodies in the Philippines...
It not like there are no able bodied men there
Semper Fi
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:28:15 AM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: AmericanMade1776
To: AmericanMade1776
To: RoseofTexas
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:30:07 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(MSM ~ controversy, crap, & confusion.....compliments of Alan Simpson)
To: river rat
There is always need at home, but that does not mean there is not Charity here.
To: RoseofTexas
To: B4Ranch; Squantos; Travis McGee; TomasUSMC; Eaker
Do you ever get the sick feeling that you're surrounded by fools, dolts and morons?
It it really just a part of getting old - to realize the species is degrading?
Semper Fi
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:53:50 AM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: The Sons of Liberty
The Phillipines unceremoniously threw us out of Subic Bay and Clark AB after nearly a century, so why was "Uncle Sugar" the first one they called when they wanted help, and why did we come running?I guess because these people's lives are more important than politics. They know who to depend on when things get bad.
GO MARINES!
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:56:47 AM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Join the FR folding team!! http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120)
To: RoseofTexas
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:57:50 AM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Join the FR folding team!! http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120)
To: The Sons of Liberty
After Mt. Pinatubo erupted, Clark AFB was uninhabitable. As for Subic Bay, there are indications many Filipinos regret losing the U.S. base. However, the reason you help people in a natural disaster is because it's the right thing to do. Period.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:59:57 AM PST
by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: river rat
I agree with every word you have posted on this thread.
Thanks!
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posted on
02/20/2006 9:02:45 AM PST
by
Eaker
(My Wife Rocks! - Islam is the cancer, the US Military and Militia is the answer!)
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To: river rat
You know the answer, don't you?
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posted on
02/20/2006 9:19:30 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
To: river rat; B4Ranch
If you are a leader of a corrupt third world country, why bother to spend that tax money on emergency equipment and rescue training?
Just steal the money, and build a few more private villas and mansions for your family.
After all, Uncle Sugar will come around to pull your chestnuts out of the fire after any disaster.
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posted on
02/20/2006 9:56:43 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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