New Orleans tragedy: The 17th street levee was bombed

Friday 9th September 2005 (01h22) :
New Orleans tragedy: The 17th street levee was bombed

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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... Rebuilding Bourbon Street matters more to the government... that’s what mattered to Governor Blanco..."

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by : BoingBoing
Friday 9th September 2005

> New Orleans tragedy: The 17th street levee was bombed
9th September 2005 - 02h30 - Posted by 4.*.244.*
That is the situation of freedom, democracy and citizens or human rights in America 2005. More to say?
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> New Orleans tragedy: The 17th street levee was bombed
9th September 2005 - 05h22 - Posted by 4.***.45.*
That’s par for the course. What else do you expect? There’s no constitutional law available here. Like it or not, this country is for the rich, of the rich and by the rich.
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> New Orleans tragedy: The 17th street levee was bombed
9th September 2005 - 05h31 - Posted by 66.**.255.***
Doesn’t sound far fetched! Haliburton stock is up, drug companies will profit, the Country will be divided and distracted and all the while this criminal Administration will rob us blind, stack the Supreme Court, and continue the murdering of innocents in Iraq! Sounds like the "Perfect Storm" for them!!
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