yesterday we had this post in response to Abu Bakar Bashir story
"#3: Wouldn't it be funny, er, coincidental if there just happened to be another earthquake there? i mean in response to the verdict and all...
But when there is, you can bet that the good ol' (gullible) USA will be first in line with all sorts of aid; aid that will never get those that truly need it.
Posted by: USN, Ret.|| 2006-12-22 13:48 Top||
Today we get this:
Officials in the Indonesian province of Aceh say six people are dead and 11 are missing after floods that have forced more than 70,000 people from their homes. They say most villages in affected areas of north Aceh are under water. The officials say they are yet to get reports from the east of the province.
In Malaysia, the worst floods in 37 years have displaced nearly 100,000 people. Weather forecasters have warned that the floods in southern states could spread to the central and north-eastern parts of Malaysia if the unusually heavy monsoon rains persist.
At least two villages remained isolated and 5,000 people fled their homes in Langkat in northern Sumatra, about 80 kilometres north-west of the provincial capital, Medan, Indosiar TV news reported. In the Aceh district of Langsa, police diverted traffic from continuing southward as floods have cut off the main road connecting Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of Aceh, and Medan.
Langkat district head Syamsul Arifin has blamed rampant illegal logging in nearby Gunung Leuser National Park as the main cause of the heavy flooding.
"Irresponsible logging in Gunung Leuser National Park caused us this disaster," the Kompas daily reported him as saying. Illegal logging in the national park was also blamed for flash floods in North Sumatra's Bahorok region in 2003, which killed hundreds of people.
In June, floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed more than 200 people in South Sulawesi province. A separate incident killed more than 20 people and forced 40,000 people from their homes in Borneo island in the same month. 
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