-------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:20:14 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: Cameron McLaughlin Subject: RE: EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE FOUND ON FAILED LEVEE DEBRIS! My neighbors are lifelong New Orleanians. Most of their family has evacuated to here, but one nephew who had a broken leg was trapped in New Orleans and was only able to leave a few days ago. I talked to his uncle today about these allegations that the levee was deliberately blown. His nephew was nearby and confirms that residents heard a series of explosions before the levee "failed". Another deliberate act of sabotage was the opening of floodgates in another location that was announced in advance by radio. Such an act to sacrifice a poor neighborhood in order to spare an expensive one is not unprecedented in New Orleans history. I spent most of my teenage years in NO and have spent much time there since. The rest of the world really can't comprehend the depth of racism and class disparity in New Orleans. I have no doubt that Rep. Baker's recent remark that the public housing problem has been solved by God when it couldn't be accomplished legally any other way is entirely reflective of the rapacious developer mentality in the region. They have wanted to rid NO of its poor for years in order to snap up desirable real estate. As with everything else in America, it's about depopulating the unwanted so that the rich-boy powermongers can do what they want. Such is the South. Such is the US. Cameron McLaughlin Pensacola, Florida -------------------------------------------------------- From: "Westaway" <•••@••.•••> To: "Westaway" <•••@••.•••> Subject: The 17th street levee was bombed, food not being provided, we are trapped like prisoners, 20 rapes a night in stadium - Evacuees in Astrodome Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:56:07 -0700 http://prisonplanet.com/Pages/Sept05/100905evacuees.htm Evacuees in Astrodome: The 17th street levee was bombed, food not being provided, we are trapped like prisoners, 20 rapes a night in stadium bellaciao.org | September 10 2005 Report from the Houston Astrodome... 10:23: Joel just got removed. Almost arrested. Fox News is down on the floor. I'm in dome, hiding in seats. They're allowing some media on the floor, not others. 10:31 Just met members of the Polish press, they are being stopped from entering floor. Says this is like the former USSR. 10:57 Raw transcript of comments by NOLA evacuee : "The 17th street levee was bombed by the Army Corps of Engineers to save the more valuable real estate in the city... to keep the French Quarter protected, the ninth ward was sacrificed... people are afraid to speak out... everyone who was near there heard the bombings... they bombed seven times. That's why they didn't fix the levees... 20 feet of water. Gators. People dying in water. They let the parishes go, not the city center. Tourist trap was saved over human life. A six year old girl was raped in here.. 9 year old boy killed. A man in the shower beaten. No hot food. No help for elderly." Another evacuee: "Over 20 rapes per night happening inside this place. They bring in national guard for media purposes. Bush wants us to stay here to raise his ratings. Some workers are stealing the good stuff, like shoes." 11:16: Rough transcript of comments by NOLA evacuee, male: "We are treated like prisoners here. Placed under mandatory curfew. We are citizens!" 11:22 Now I'm speaking to someone else, another woman, who says some people report having witnessed "bomb sounds," believe 17th street levee and others were blown up to manage water flow and protect more valuable portions of real estate. Evacuee: "They blew the levee to save the city..." Saying a barge broke the levee. She is from St. Bernard Parish. "More expensive places were saved at the expense of the neighborhoods that aren't as valuable... 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