Something weird is happening in Baghdad-West. The US government - using all of its tentacles - is refusing or blocking those who are trying to help the hurricane victims. Why? Incompetence and ignorance? Or something more sinister? I'm going to use this post as a link dump for all these types of stories in order to try and make sense of it all. Feel free to post in the comments any you come across I will add them here.
Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food.
Cops refuse donations at Astrodome.
FEMA refuses Chicago Mayor's offer for help.
US won't let Canada help Katrina victims.
Who ordered the levee breach repair helicopters to stop their repairs?
Guardsmen Halt Evacuation at Superdome.
Residents of concentration camp Superdome kept prisoner by army, unable to leave, left to starve in their own wastes.
Slow response bewilders former FEMA officials.
Civilian rescue teams ordered to stop rescue missions.
UPDATES: FEMA turns away water from Wal-Mart, cuts emergency communication lines.
Orthodox Anarchist: Katrina: Bush Admin Knew, Couldn't Give A Fuck (more links).
Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food.
National Guard not allowing aid into the city.
Guardsmen 'played cards' amid New Orleans chaos: police official.
Why did FEMA reject offers of aid from other countries? (Russia, Venezuela etc.)
International relief efforts for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being stalled by inaction from the White House and State Department (scroll to Sept. 3 post).
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