Posted on 02/11/2023 1:50:00 PM PST by BenLurkin
German rescuers and the Austrian army paused search operations on Saturday, citing clashes between unnamed groups.
Security is expected to worsen as food supplies dwindle, one rescuer said.
And nearly 50 people have been arrested for looting, with several guns seized, local media reported.
Turkey's president said he would use emergency powers to punish anyone breaking the law.
An Austrian army spokesperson said early on Saturday that clashes between unidentified groups in the Hatay province had left dozens of personnel from the Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit seeking shelter in a base camp with other international organisations.
Hours after Austria paused its rescue efforts, the country's ministry of defence said that the Turkish army had stepped in to offer protection, allowing the rescue operations to resume.
The German branch of the search and rescue group ISAR and Germany's Federal Agency for Technical Relief (TSW) also suspended operations, citing security concerns.
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Anyone else wondering if the Turkish government doesn’t want to get lying through its teeth about the death toll...?
Israel has sent IDF troops in to provide relief. If they’re armed, they won’t be messed with.
Where do they and Ukraine dispose of all the debris???? Just wondering.
Dunno, but much of the debris from the 1906 San Francisco quake was used for land fill.
bkmk
Here’s a thought I had this evening. How can humanity reconcile the schizophrenic behavior of governments sending volunteers to save Turkish victims buried under the ruble while at the same time conduct toxic injection programs to kill off their own citizens? Now, mind you, compassion for humanity in distress is entirely normal behavior but demicide is an abomination to creation and to God Almighty.
And all the bodies?
Dunno, but much of the debris from the 1906 San Francisco quake was used for land fill.
Which was then built on, creating additional unstable land in an earthquake prone area.
Austrian rescuers said they were leaving the earthquake zone in Turkey, due to lack of security and the threat to the life of the rescuers themselves due to armed bands of marauders, and periodic shooting.
“The expected success of the rescue operation is not commensurate with the risk to safety. In Turkey, there is an increase in confrontations between groups. It is reported that shots were fired,” Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Kugelweiss.
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