Haiti devastated by massive earthquake

**aadil77** · 01-13-2010

A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti.

The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died.

Haiti's worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings.

A "large number" of UN personnel were reported missing by the organisation. Many people have spent the night outside amid fears of more aftershocks.

The Red Cross says up to three million people have been affected.

Describing the earthquake as a "catastrophe", Haiti's envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions.

A number of nations, including the US, UK and Venezuela, are gearing up to send aid.

The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude.

The tremor hit at 1653 (2153 GMT) on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. Phone lines to the country failed shortly afterwards.

There is still no official word on casualties and the extent of the devastation is only now becoming clearer with dawn breaking.

China has already indicated in reports in state media that eight of its peacekeepers are buried and feared dead, with another 10 unaccounted for.

I think hundreds of casualties would be a serious understatement

Rachmani Domersant, operations manager, Food for the Poor

The AFP news agency quoted the Jordanian army as saying three of its peacekeepers had been killed and 21 wounded.

The Brazilian army said four of its peacekeepers were killed and a large number were missing.

A French official told AFP about 200 people were missing in the collapsed Hotel Montana, which is popular with tourists.

There have also been some reports of looting overnight.

Rachmani Domersant, an operations manager with the Food for the Poor charity, told Reuters that overnight the capital was in total darkness.

"You have thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming.

"People are trying to dig victims out with flashlights. I think hundreds of casualties would be a serious understatement."

Earlier, bodies white with dust could be seen piled on the back of a pick-up truck as vehicles tried to ferry the injured to hospital.

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and has suffered a number of recent disasters, including four hurricanes and storms in 2008 that killed hundreds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8455629.stm

Qiyamah is near, time is flyin past us and it just feels alot nearer these days

**aadil77** · 01-15-2010

Originally Posted by Woodrow

This is when it is critical for any Sharia state to send as much as they can, to help prevent the secular aid from becoming a leash around the necks of those getting aid.

Thats true, aid coming from secular nations usually has alot of strings attached to it.
I remember some african country didn't accept US aid because of that same reason

**KAding** · 01-15-2010

Originally Posted by Woodrow

This is when it is critical for any Sharia state to send as much as they can, to help prevent the secular aid from becoming a leash around the necks of those getting aid.

Secular aid as a 'leash around the necks'? What are you talking about exactly?

**Woodrow** · 01-15-2010

Originally Posted by KAding

Secular aid as a 'leash around the necks'? What are you talking about exactly?

Probably you have never heard of the Republic of Lakotah, which is where I now live. On the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Nation we have accepted USA aid in the past, as a result Pine ridge is the second most poverty stricken region in the western hemiphere, only Haiti is more impoverished. As a result of the aid the heritage and culture has been nearly destroyed. The schools that came in have almost eliminated the Lakotah language less than 10% of the children now speak Lakotah, the children are being taught to become was'i'chu abandon the Lakotah way and leave the Rez. Teen age suicide rate is the highest in the world, life expectancy is the lowest in the world, unemployment at 90% is the highest in the world, Christianity is close to being mandatory, practice of any other religion is highly discourged, the mesage we are getting is do it the was'i'chu way and forget the way of the Lakotah. Pine Ridge is the Gaza of the Western Hemisphere. Accepting aid from the was'i'chu carried with it the hidden chain of "become was'i'chu or suffer more."

**titus** · 01-15-2010

You cannot compare the "aid" given to the Native Americans to the aid being sent to Haiti right now. It is an apples and oranges situation.

The money and "support" to the native tribes was a misguided attempt to "civilize" them. What is going on in Haiti is not comparable and I know of no strings attached. These two situations should not be put in the same boat.

I remember some african country didn't accept US aid because of that same reason

If anything there needs to be more strings attached to much of the aid to Africa, but that is a different topic.

What about when they are not waving it to public,He's NOT showing it to anyone, just hanging his hand down....

like standing beside Queen,,,!!! White house representative..... Satanic worshippers....

You really need to be more critical of such theories. Falling for them hook line and sinker like you have with such little information (and bad information at that) does not reflect well on you. It is amazing that you still find straws to grasp on to when most of the pictures you posted as proof have already been discredited, and the others would be also if we had video or context to put them in.

**thetruth2009** · 01-15-2010

Assalam aleykoum sisters and brothers,

What happened in Haiti its very sad, about 100 000 dead only in 1 minut.

I ask Allah SWT to give them strenght and to forgive them and to give them paradise insha allah, Amine.

Assalam aleykoum sisters and brothers peace be upon to you all.

PS : I ask every one of you to pray for Haiti

**Woodrow** · 01-15-2010

Originally Posted by thetruth2009

Assalam aleykoum sisters and brothers,

What happened in Haiti its very sad, about 100 000 dead only in 1 minut.

I ask Allah SWT to give them strenght and to forgive them and to give them paradise insha allah, Amine.

Assalam aleykoum sisters and brothers peace be upon to you all.

PS : I ask every one of you to pray for Haiti

since that conforms to the topic of the thread. I believe it best we continue the thread along that line and save any debates for separate threads.

The immediate goal is to get needed help,comfort and aid to those in need.

**Muezzin** · 01-15-2010

I've removed all the posts pertaining to conspiracy theories. Some of them were very entertaining, but the proper place for science fiction and fantasy is the Creative Writing and Art forum.

**zakirs** · 01-15-2010

I guess IB has a donation fund now and lets dig into our pockets as much as we can

**zakirs** · 01-15-2010

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http://jannahrelief.com

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**Supreme** · 01-15-2010

It looks like the Americans are dominating the relief effort, even sending an aircraft carrier with aid on to Haiti. I saw images of the Haitians today on the news, some people were crowding outside a church, others were congregating in and open air hospital with no doctors or nurses. The saddest part was a dead baby wrapped up and left for dead at the roadside.

**CosmicPathos** · 01-16-2010

Originally Posted by abdulmajid

The earthquake in Haiti has claimed at least 50,000 lives. Needless to say everyone's upset by this drastic calamity, but everyone should understand that human population has nearly doubled to 6 billion in the last century so some thinning of population is necessary to prevent starvation.

I disagree. Whoever is born, Allah (swt) has written down his rizq, whatever amount it is.

**IslamicRevival** · 01-16-2010

Allah Hu Akbar. Allah SWT is most powerful

Absolute devastation in Haiti. May Allah SWT help those who are suffering. Ameen

**'Abd Al-Maajid** · 01-16-2010

Originally Posted by Wa7abiScientist

I disagree. Whoever is born, Allah (swt) has written down his rizq, whatever amount it is.

I agree (Allah SWT writes the rizq of every person till his death even before he's born). But this calamity is also from Allah, we cant judge his doings. My thought was just to reason the calamity

, although I cannot.

**titus** · 01-16-2010

Needless to say everyone's upset by this drastic calamity, but everyone should understand that human population has nearly doubled to 6 billion in the last century so some thinning of population is necessary to prevent starvation

The world could easily supply food for 12 billion. There is no bright side to this disaster.

**جوري** · 01-16-2010

Originally Posted by KAding

Err...Please calm down. My only point was that disasters like this costs them money and they gain nothing from it. Thus creating a earthquake from their secret facility in Alaska isn't very productive. I wasn't making "silly propaganda that the U.S. always gives so muchhhhh to outsiders". You are just trying to overanalyze my post.

It is easy to milk another poor nation for the relief they pass to a third party while coming across as heroes..

be that as it may, I don't believe any person or nation is behind this disaster...but we can expect many more disasters in the near future manipulated or natural...

food for thought!

**IslamicRevival** · 01-16-2010

Search for HAARP on youtube or Google it

Interesting info regards to how this machine can trigger earthquakes...

In the US, the technology is being perfected under the High-frequency Active Aural Research Program (HAARP) as part of the ("Star Wars") Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). Recent scientific evidence suggests that HAARP is fully operational and has the ability of potentially triggering floods, droughts, hurricanes and earthquakes.

Not saying its anything to do with the Haiti disaster, Its an intriguing subject nevertheless, Never knew such weapons of mass destruction existed!

**zakirs** · 01-16-2010

Originally Posted by abdulmajid

The earthquake in Haiti has claimed at least 50,000 lives. Needless to say everyone's upset by this drastic calamity, but everyone should understand that human population has nearly doubled to 6 billion in the last century so some thinning of population is necessary to prevent starvation.

Would you dare to say that if you brother or sister died in the earthquake. ? Have som sympathy dude.

**'Abd Al-Maajid** · 01-16-2010

Originally Posted by zakirs

Would you dare to say that if you brother or sister died in the earthquake. ? Have som sympathy dude.

Ok, I'm sorry, about starvation. But those people have died for some cause like that might an Azaab or something. Why whine about them even if they were my brothers and sisters.

**Supreme** · 01-16-2010

Some very good news. A little girl was rescued from rubble by some reporters, and is healthy (albeit dehydrated slightly). And the relief fund in Britain raised £10 million on its first day. It just goes to show, mankind can be a fantastic race and we can be caring to one another.

**'Abd Al-Maajid** · 01-16-2010

Originally Posted by Supreme

Some very good news. A little girl was rescued from rubble by some reporters, and is healthy (albeit dehydrated slightly). And the relief fund in Britain raised £10 million on its first day. It just goes to show, mankind can be a fantastic race and we can be caring to one another.

It's not a big deal saving children (precisely people) when the whole world is watching. There are many innocent children killed brutally in Gaza and Lebanon, what was UN doing then (it just say stop that, stop this). How many countries raised how many money to save the innocent children of Gaza and Lebanon?
The quake is a calamity and no one is to be blamed if the whole country is wiped off the human lives, but there in Gaza and Lebanon people are killed