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Amid gruesome typhoon scenes, aid trickles in (Philippines. US Marines on scene)
KFMB-AM / The Associated Press ^ | November 11, 2013 | Todd Pitman, Jim Gomez, Oliver Teves, Minh Tran and Teresa Cerojano

Posted on 11/11/2013 11:07:18 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced a daunting relief effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.

Police guarded stores to prevent people from hauling off food, water and such non-essentials as TVs and treadmills, but there was often no one to carry away the dead - not even those seen along the main road from the airport to Tacloban, the worst-hit city along the country's remote eastern seaboard.....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: disaster; hurricane; marines; philippines; typhoon; usmc

1 posted on 11/11/2013 11:07:18 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"US Marines on scene"

Yep, those imperialist Americans are at it again......

2 posted on 11/11/2013 11:13:47 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73

Is that a quote from the White House? [snicker]


3 posted on 11/11/2013 11:14:20 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Many on the left see faith & family as oppressive, the right sees them as indispensable." Palin)
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To: Psalm 73

Of course, America caused the Global Warming that caused the typhoon - all as a precuser to invading the Philippines......


4 posted on 11/11/2013 11:14:58 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go, Marines!


5 posted on 11/11/2013 11:15:31 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
(Philippines. US Marines on scene)

We as a nation expect no less. Now if we can just rid the nation of Obamacare.

6 posted on 11/11/2013 11:18:05 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Psalm 73

...so THAT’s where all the hurricanes have gone...


7 posted on 11/11/2013 11:32:34 AM PST by logi_cal869
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To: Alaska Wolf


8 posted on 11/11/2013 11:44:37 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Many on the left see faith & family as oppressive, the right sees them as indispensable." Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Brings tears to my eyes.


9 posted on 11/11/2013 11:46:38 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder how old that boy is now.


10 posted on 11/11/2013 11:57:09 AM PST by windcliff
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think we have a couple of FReepers that live there. Has anyone heard from them?


11 posted on 11/11/2013 12:17:54 PM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Alaska Wolf

Devil dogs indeed. No better friend, no worse enemy.
Semper Fi.

TC


12 posted on 11/11/2013 1:20:56 PM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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