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| ~Counter-Insurgency In New Orleans~ |
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| thezman |
| 09/05/05 at 21:20:22 |
| [slm] Al-Cajun? army times calls NOLA Katrina victims "The Insurgency" Saturday, September 3, 2005 does this mean the United States is now in an undeclared state of civil war? from the September 2 article titled: "troops begin Combat Operations" "This place is going to look like little Somalia," Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the louisiana national guard's joint task force told army times friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive citywide security mission from a staging area outside the louisiana superdome. "We're going to go out and take this city back. this will be a combat peration to get this city under control." many readers have written in to ask why I find the use of the word "Insurgency" alarming in this context. let's start with the definition: "an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict." Not much in New Orleans is "Organized" right now, least of all the utterly desperate victims of this disaster. a small percentage of these survivors have engaged in violent behavior. this is taking place in the context of widespread death, and lack of food, water, shelter--complete collapse of social structure. as New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said yesterday (you can read his statement by clicking the link below). Junkies, and desperate people in dehumanizing conditions without homes, hope, or the most basic resources for survival. the context doesn't make crime acceptable. it doesn't lessen the very real danger for military and law enforcement personnel tasked with the daunting job of restoring security. but it doesn't make an entire population "Insurgents" either. We often hear the term used by military leaders or politicians to refer to armed entities in Iraq and other war zones overseas. We are talking about fellow american citizens here--in america--not insurgents. not refugees. not enemies. americans. Courtesy of: http://boingboing.net/2005/09/03/alcajun_army_times_c.html also, 200 lousiana police officers walked off the job due to tremendous stress and lack of federal aid, 2 officers committed suicide, many attempted to perform their duty and others joined the looters: 2 police officers looting wal*mart in lousiana, 1 day after Katrina hit: http://zippyvideos.com/8911023771013466/countdown-looting-in-walmart |
| 09/05/05 at 21:23:21 |
| thezman |
| Re: ~Counter-Insurgency In New Orleans~ |
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| Siham |
| 09/12/05 at 12:19:25 |
| [quote author=thezman link=board=ummah;num=1125966023;start=0#0 date=09/05/05 at 21:20:22] [slm] "This place is going to look like little Somalia," [/quote] Hhmm.............. well ain’t ironic that I’m half Somalian and Subhana’Allah I couldn’t help but to reflect on the Majestic Power of Allah, His Glory and how simply the "third" world has come to the "first" world . . . only in reverse :) |
| 09/12/05 at 12:26:23 |
| Siham |
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