http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/looting/ en-us Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:05:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091192/posts One of the disadvantages of being a writer and former journalist is that I’m always sharing news and information. It’s also an advantage in times of crisis by providing instant therapy. Recipients of my Hurricane Ike email updates may have less flattering names for it. I attended a meeting on the Tuesday before Ike invaded our shores. One participant said we shouldn’t worry, because the Gulf is big and the chances of Ike hitting us were small. I predicted we’d see a lot of wind, rain, and flooding, something akin to Tropical Storm Allison back in 2001. Only without the... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091192/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:05:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083809/posts Police Arrest 81 Looting Suspects After Ike Houston Police Department FOX 26 News HOUSTON -- Many felt disgusted after witnessing looting in the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina left thousands of people dead and victimized. Who would steal at a time like this? According to Houston Police Department officials, more than 75 Houstonians and counting. At least 81 people have been arrested for looting. The crimes have hit several areas of our city as Ike was making landfall and after the monster storm moved out. "It's very disheartening because there's enough tragedy to infrastructure,...to the act of a... MyFoxHouston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083809/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:19:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072635/posts On what would normally be a slow summer weekday, the three employees at Gretna Gun Works Inc. frantically tended to a crush of customers admiring the racks of shotguns and rifles lined up behind the glass counter. Among the patrons: a jewelry store owner from eastern New Orleans with plans to stand guard through Gustav; two uniformed Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies inquiring about additional firearms; and an avid hunter who was in to pick up a 12-gauge he dropped off for cleaning. "It's hurricane season, you definitely want it back now, right?" employee John DeRosier said with a grin... The Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072635/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:22:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064760/posts (CBS/AP) Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees. The mixed signals came as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her 25 NATO counterparts met in emergency session in Belgium and demanded Russia fulfill its promise to withdraw its forces from the small former Soviet republic. "The Russian president hasn’t kept his promise to abide by the terms of the ceasefire," Rice told CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan in an exclusive interview... CBSNEWS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064760/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:55:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061668/posts Russian paramilitaries on the road towards Tbilisi. The Russian army left Gori in convoy and stopped about 30 miles from the city. The first armoured personnel carrier nudged past the top of the hill. It paused as if getting its bearings, and then set off towards Tbilisi. Behind it, an endless column of Russian military vehicles appeared on a shimmering horizon - trucks, tankers, and a beaten-up Nissan. ..................................... Where was he from? "Chechnya. We've come here to help," he said. For the terrified residents of Gori and surrounding villages, it didn't seem like help. Yesterday morning, as the... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061668/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045610/posts A recent mission to Iraq headed by top archaeologists ... found that, contrary to received wisdom, southern Iraq's most important historic sites ... had neither been seriously damaged nor looted after the American invasion. This, according to a report by staff writer Martin Bailey in the July issue of the Art Newspaper. The article has caused confusion, not to say consternation, among archaeologists and has been largely ignored by the mainstream press. Not surprising perhaps, since reports by experts blaming the U.S. for the postinvasion destruction of Iraq's heritage have been regular fixtures of the news. Up to now ...... WSJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045610/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:52:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041778/posts An unpublicized survey last month of eight of southern Iraq's most important archaeological sites by a team of international specialists found no evidence of looting since the invasion of the country in 2003 by the U.S. coalition, despite earlier, widespread claims of extensive damage. The 25-person mission, titled the Cultural Heritage Initiative, included four international archaeologists, three Iraqi archaeologists, a helicopter crew and military personnel for protection, reported the Art Newspaper. The group began their three-day survey on June 3 from Basra, staying overnight at another airbase 180 miles southeast of Baghdad. The helicopter and armed protection was provided by... World Nut Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041778/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036470/posts Jordan handed over nearly 2,500 stolen ancient artifacts to Iraq in a ceremony in Amman on Sunday. The repatriation is latest step in recovering about 15,000 priceless artifacts that were smuggled out of the country by looters during the chaos following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and have been turning up at art auctions around the world. Many were taken from the national museum in Baghdad, and thousands more were looted from archeolgoical sites. At the ceremony, Maha Khatib, Jordan's minister of tourism, presented the pieces to her Iraqi counterpart, Mohammed Abbas Oreibi. Oreibi told reporters that the... CBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036470/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:22:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035209/posts During the week after Father’s Day, I received a number of interesting emails from readers asking me to write about the dearth of looting after the recent floods in Iowa. Specifically, they wanted me to write about the reason there was so much more looting in New Orleans after Katrina hit the “Chocolate City” in 2005. Of course, the problem involves so much more than race – a factor most people are thinking about, even if they won’t admit it... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035209/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031535/posts Much more information over here --->>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052301751.html  Wash Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031535/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007725/posts BAGHDAD - The Iraqi National Museum is welcoming home 701 artifacts stolen during the looting after Saddam Hussein's ouster in 2003. Syrian authorities turned over items ranging from golden necklaces to clay pots that were seized by traffickers in the neighboring country. The antiquities were displayed in a ceremony Sunday at the Baghdad museum. Iraqi officials say Syria is the first country to hand over a large quantity of stolen antiquities. They hope others will follow its lead as Iraq struggles to restore its rich cultural heritage after five years of war. Museums were pillaged of treasures in the chaos... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007725/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:30:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976788/posts screaming into its own defense. For those of you searching for the word to describe, it's called LEADERSHIP. We lead, we convince, we bargain, we bribe, we trade with, we give, we threaten, we give help we do whatever it takes to convince those most directly affected — countries like France, England, Germany and Italy — to get directly involved, and this time, finish the damn job. Serbia is not done being a pain in the world’s butt. The Serbs feel entitled to their hatred and fear. They are welcome to them; just leave the rest of us the hell... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976788/posts#comment Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:51:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919610/posts Did you see any looters on television last week? Neither did I. When New Orleans was flooded two years ago, there were looters all over my TV screen. Men with assault rifles waded through the streets menacingly. At first, I thought I was looking at footage from Somalia, but I looked at the crawl underneath the images - it wasn’t Somalia; it was Louisiana. What about the rapists? There were rapists at the refugee camp formerly known as the Superdome, but did you see any reports about rapists at Qualcomm Stadium last week? I didn’t. Did the mayor of San... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919610/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:08:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888188/posts Talk about your bigotry of low expectations . . . Brian Williams has defended armed looting during Katrina as the work of heads of family providing for their own. The NBC Nightly News anchor is in New Orleans on the second Katrina anniversary. He appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" at 7:30 A.M. EDT. Williams first passed along a predictable race-and-classed based explanation of the botched relief efforts. BRIAN WILLIAMS: That's when human life started to degrade. That's when people ran out of of bathroom facilities and started having to use the entire [Superdome]: no power, no circulating air, and worse,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888188/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:15:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1883497/posts Stop The Apologizing Already Apologies must be in this year, Danes sorry for looting and pillaging MORE than 1200 years ago hordes of bloodthirsty Viking raiders descended on Ireland, pillaging monasteries and massacring the inhabitants. On Wednesday, one of their more mild-mannered descendants stepped ashore to apologise. The Danish Minister for Culture, Brian Mikkelson, who was in Dublin to celebrate the arrival of a replica Norse longboat, apologised for the invasion and destruction inflicted. "In Denmark we are certainly proud of this ship but we are not proud of the damage to the people of Ireland that followed in the... RightWingNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1883497/posts#comment Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:07:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870415/posts Food and drinking water shortages, panic buying and the threat of looting have followed the worst flooding to hit England in 60 years. Amid concerns that the government-run Environment Agency acted far too slowly in responding to serious flood alerts from the Met Office, parts of the West Country woke up this morning to another day under water and the Thames Valley now faces being inundated. the Times Online (United Kingdom) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870415/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:59:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851231/posts A crowd on Saturday looted the home of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, destroying one of the strongest symbols of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip, witnesses and Fatah officials said. Fatah officials said the crowd took furniture, wall tiles and Arafat's personal belongings. (AP) Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851231/posts#comment Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:54:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829352/posts GREENSBURG, Kan. Four Fort Riley soldiers were arrested for looting from a store in Greensburg. Major General Tod Bunting, the state's adjutant general, said the soldiers came to Greensburg to help on their own, and were not part of any official detachment. Few details were available, but Bunting says the four went into a store last night and took more merchandise than the owner wanted them to take. He was not sure what store they went into, but it was one of the few buildings still standing after Friday night's storm. Bunting also did not know exactly what the soldiers... KBSD6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829352/posts#comment Sun, 6 May 2007 23:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825345/posts Looting troops prey on Somalia's refugees Fugitives are forced to pay to shelter in the shade Sam Kiley Sunday April 29, 2007 The Observer (UK) During a lull in fighting in Mogadishu yesterday, survivors picked their way through the post-apocalyptic landscape of Somalia's capital, quickly burying bodies. The floors and stairs of the filthy hospitals were crammed with injured civilians and slick with blood. Up to 350,000 refugees from fighting were camped in the bush - easy prey for armed thugs and warlords. Almost two weeks of heavy fighting and indiscriminate shelling between Islamic militia and clan fighters battling Ethiopian... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825345/posts#comment Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:35:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1742917/posts George Soros has surfaced again-this time in Europe, where he is urging members of the EU to stop worrying about a constitution,and dance to his "Open Society" tune. This "pied piper" has quite a few tapping their feet to his music in this country too-Lord help us ! The Inside Straight http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1742917/posts#comment Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:00:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1343453/posts Marine to return ancient signature seals to Iraq PHILADELPHIA A U-S Marine who brought home seemingly cheap souvenirs from Iraq has turned them over to authorities after learning they are ancient stone seals used as signature stamps.The Marine paid a vendor a few hundred dollars for the eight seals, and had them examined by a university archaeologist upon his return. The seals were looted from an archaeological site near Babylon. They are about five-thousand years old and valued at two-thousand to five-thousand dollars each. U-S soldiers are allowed to bring back souvenirs and trinkets, but Assistant U-S Attorney Bob Goldman... http://www.wnep.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1343453/posts#comment Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:17:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1571412/posts Entire Darfur village of 55,000 flees after raids by Janjaweed gunmen By David Blair in Menawashi (Filed: 04/02/2006) Exhausted refugees were building ramshackle shelters in a dry river bed yesterday after 55,000 people fled a raid mounted by the Janjaweed militia in the Sudanese province of Darfur. It was the biggest movement of refugees there so far this year. The victims, many of whom have fled attacks twice or even three times before, are camped around the town of Menawashi in southern Darfur. They abandoned the nearby town of Mershing after two attacks from the pro-regime militia in the space... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1571412/posts#comment Sat, 4 Feb 2006 01:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660179/posts The Clarion Ledger/Gannett Rules. URL Link: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060703/NEWS/607030352 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660179/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:14:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657736/posts <p>KENNER, La. (AP) - Three people convicted of hauling away liquor, wine and beer from a grocery store after Hurricane Katrina were sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison.</p> <p>The judge said he wanted to send a message that looting would not be tolerated when he gave the maximum sentence to Coralnelle Little, 36, Rhonda McGowen, 42, and Paul C. Pearson, 36, all of Kenner.</p> AP/StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657736/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:30:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1655091/posts Russia is growing, and so are the shadows that are cast over the business proceedings there. The bureaucracy is still extremely burdensome and growing. And laws are a matter of convenience and seemingly circumvented at will -- or at least when you have the right connections. Corruption and middlemen are a matter of course, and bribes are expected and given. Confiscation of private goods -- i.e., Motorola's ongoing fiasco -- and resale for profit is old news. Legitimate dealings are called smuggling. And smuggling is called smuggling. Russian law allows confiscated material in criminal investigations to be sold or destroyed... PanAsianBiz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1655091/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:40:14 GMT