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Oh yeah OP, just to make you feel more like the ass you already are .

List of countries that gave international aid/money for Hurricane Katrina! And notice how many of these countries are third world/poverty stricken countries, some are 'enemies', allies, etc. Some of these countries people earn barely $1 a day. I'm sure many of its citizens said the same as you basically: 'Why should we help out the richest, most powerful country on the planet? Our citizens are dirt poor and dont know where their next meal are coming. These are Americans, they are able to take care of their own.'

Thankfully many in this world see beyond their own borders, economic status and political ideology to help HUMAN BEINGS!!!!

Countries that sent aid and money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina:

Afghanistan Has pledged USD 100,000 to the hurricane victims.

Albania Has pledged USD 300,000.

Argentina Has made offers of help and assistance.

Armenia Has pledged USD 200,000 and made offers of help and assistance.

Australia AUD 10 million and a team of 20 emergency response officers immediately. Australia is donating 8 million to American Red Cross.

Austria 140 specialists of the AFDRU are still on stand-by. Their focus would be on providing clean water with portable water-treatment plants. Within the EU Emergency Assistance for Katrina, Austria will set up a communication network using IT and communication equipment for assistance/support, provide 10 sets petrol driven dirty water pumps, 500 pieces tarps/plastic sheeting and 300 camp beds.

Azerbaijan Has made offers of help and assistance, including tarps, camp beds.

Bahamas, The Has pledged USD 50,000.

Bahrain Has made offers of help and assistance.

Bangladesh Will donate humanitarian aid worth USD 1 million and said it would send 160 disaster management experts, including doctors, nurses, engineers and others.

Belarus Has made offers of help and assistance.

Belgium Has offered 3 Medical teams of 31 personnel, logistic team of 10 personnel, coordination team of 4 personnel, civil engineering team of 10 personnel, diving team, and also balloon-lamps, low and high capacity pumps and small generators.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Has made offers of help and assistance.

Cambodia The king donated USD 20,000 to match the USD 20,000 Cambodian government donation.

Canada September 5, 35 military divers were poised to depart by air Sunday from Halifax and Esquimalt, B.C., for the New Orleans area.September 4, On the request from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Canada send thousands of beds, blankets, surgical gloves and dressings and other medical supplies. On September 2 the Government of Canada announced it was sending three warships along with a Coast Guard vessel, and three Sea King helicopters to the area. Over 1,000 personnel are involved in the operation, including engineers and navy divers. The Canadian Heavy Urban Search and Rescue out of Vancouver has been in Louisiana since September 1, due to security they started their mission on Sept 3. Ontario Hydro, Hydro-Québec, and Manitoba Hydro, along with other electrical utilities, have crews set to go to the affected areas. On September 2 Air Canada participated along with U.S. member airlines of the Air Transport Association, in a voluntary airline industry initiative to support rescue and relief operations.

Chile Has made offers of help and assistance.

China On September 2 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it will offer USD 5 million along with emergency supplies, including 1,000 tents, 600 generators, bed sheets, immediately for disaster relief. China will also send medical care and rescue workers if they are needed. This aid package consisting of 104 tons of supplies later arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas. A chartered plane carrying the supplies has arrived on September 7.

Colombia Has made offers of help and assistance.

Cuba Offering to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tons of medicine. The doctors await permission to enter the US.

Cyprus Has offered USD 50,000.

Czech Republic Has offered rescue teams, field hospital and pumps and water processing equipment.

Denmark Has offered Water purification units.

Djibouti Has offered USD 50,000.

Dominica Has offered police to monitor hard-hit areas.

Dominican Republic Has offered rescue workers, doctors and nurses.

Ecuador Has made offers of help and assistance.

Egypt Has sent 2 C-130 planes loaded with blankets, medical equipment, and canned food.

El Salvador Offered to send troops to help keep order in New Orleans.

Equatorial Guinea Has pledged USD 500,000.

Finland Has sent Finn Rescue Force—the group consists of 30 firemen and three Red Cross logistics experts.. Additionally Finland has offered 300 tents, a water purification unit, sterile gloves, bed sheets, pillow covers, tarps and first aid kits.

France Concrete help was refused by the USA at first, but on 2 September, Condoleezza Rice said that the US authorities would assess the situation and contact French authorities accordingly. On September 4, US authorities formally requested French assistance. France offered disaster relief stocks prepositioned in Martinique (600 tents, around 1000 beds, 60 electrogenic groups, 3 pumps, 3 water purification stations, 1000 folding jerricanes and other material). A 35-person team of the Sécurité civile (Civil defence) from Guadeloupe and Martinique is ready, and a 60-man "catastrophe intervention" aeromobile detachment could be ferried from mainland in a short time. The Ministry of Defence offers 2 planes already in the zone and 6 more from mainland France, and two ships of the French Navy (probably the BATRAL Francis Garnier or Champlain, and the frigate Ventôse) and a 20-person team of emergency medical specialists. The non-governmental organisation Télécoms sans frontières and the company Véolia environnement have offered aid in communications and water management, respectively. On September 7, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs stated that an Airbus Beluga from Toulouse with 12,7 tonnes of supplies is flying to Mobile, after a brief stop in the UK to load more food. 2 Casa airplanes from Martinique have landed in Little Rock, ferrying tents, covers and 1000 rations of food for 24 hours.

Gabon Has pledged USD 500,000.

Georgia Has made offers of help and assistance.

Germany Two German Army Airbus planes landed in Florida with about 25 tonnes of food rations to be transported to the disaster area. Further planes were prepared. Germany offered airlifting, vaccination, water purification, medical supplies including German air force hospital planes, emergency electrical power and pumping services. The aid is ready to go on German air force and chartered planes. A team of specialists from THW (German federal agency for technical relief) is planning technical measures and logistics in close contact with local authorities. A team of 89 flood fighting specialists and 5 medical personnel has been dispatched from Ramstein Airbase to Louisiana by the American Air Force. They will bring 15 high performance pumps (10 pumps with a capacity of 15,000 litres per minute and 5 pumps with a capacity of 5,000 litres per minute) and 28 vehicles. On Saturday September 10 4:30 pm the THW started the first 15,000 litres pump at pumping-station No. 19. Three other 15,000 litres pumps will follow. The pumping out of New Orleans would have taken much more time if these pumps and the THW specialists had not been provided. The Minister-President of the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz has addressed a letter to the commanders of the American forces stationed in his state offering financial support to those affected by the flooding. Another German Air Force cargo plane carrying several thousand military rations (MRE) was denied entry into US airspace since, according to US authorities, they were not certified BSE-free. This was disputed by German authorities, pointing out that they were BSE-free according to NATO rules, that US soldiers would eat them regularly during joint operations (e.g. Afghanistan) and that these meals fully complied to UN rules.

Greece Two cruise ships to house those left homeless, a rescue team, and supplies.

Guatemala Has made offers of help and assistance.

Guyana Has made offers of help and assistance and is organizing a telethon to raise money for victims.

Honduras Has offered 135 flooding and sanitation experts.

Hungary Has pledged USD 5,000 and offered to send a Special Search and Rescue Team, and also five doctors.

Iceland Has offered USD 500,000.

India India has offered to contribute USD 5 million to the United States Red Cross for relief and rehabilitation of the victims. They have also offered to donate medicines and large water purification systems for use in households and small communities in the stricken areas, where potable water is a key concern. [22] India has sent tarps, blankets and hygiene kits.

Indonesia Has offered to send 45 doctors and 155 other medical staffers and 10,000 blankets to help survivors.

Iran Has offered to send humanitarian aid and 20 million barrels of crude oil.

Iraq Has pledged USD 1 million Red Cross via the Red Crescent.

Ireland Has offered to send 30 members of the Irish Defence Forces. The Irish army would supply thousands of ready meals, tentage, blankets, water purification services and medical aid, including first aid kits, crutches and wheelchairs. The group would include about ten experts in stress debriefing. Six of the troops would operate two water purification plants. The Irish Government also announced it is to provide initial funding of EUR 1.2 million for the victims.

Israel Has sent a medical team. Israel has offered field hospitals and hundreds of doctors, nurses, technicians and other experts in trauma, natural disasters and public health.

Italy Italy has offered to send two Hercules C130 cargo jets fitted with emergency aids, including 300 Adult camp beds, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, 1 suction pump, 6 lifecrafts, 11.200 chlorine tablets, 5 units of large first aid kits, baby food formula pumps, tents and power generators. Italy has also offered to send some experts of the Protezione Civile to help coordinating relief efforts in the damaged area.

Jamaica Has made offers of help and assistance.

Japan The Japanese Foreign Ministry has said that it would provide USD 200,000 to the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Japan will also identify needs in affected regions via the U.S. government and will provide up to USD 300,000 in emergency supplies such as tents, blankets and power generators if they receive requests from the U.S. for such assistance. One Japanese individual, Takashi Endo, donated USD 1 million from his personal funds to Katrina relief efforts.

Jordan Has made offers of help and assistance.

Kenya Has offered USD 100,000. (Reports of "USD 400 million in petroleum products" aid from Kenya are erroneous.)

Korea, South Has offered USD 30 million and dispatched a rescue team.

Kuwait Parliament is going to approve USD 500 million for aid in oil and other humanitarian aid.

Latvia Has offered a disaster relief team.

Lithuania Has made offers of help and assistance.

Luxembourg Team of five persons, 1000 camp beds and 2000 blankets.

Malaysia Has pledged USD 1 million to American Red Cross.

Maldives Is sending USD 25,000 to American Red Cross.

Malta Has made offers of help and assistance.

Mauritania Has promised USD 200,000 to American Red Cross.

Mexico Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas received almost 196 Mexican troops, 14 truckloads of water, a mobile surgical unit, 45 military vehicles, 3 tons of purified water, and more than 250 tons of food, bottled water, canned food, disposable diapers and medical supplies. The Mexican Government has sent USD 1 million through the Mexican Red Cross which collected an additional million, as well as 200 tons of food delivered in five airplanes from the Mexican Air Force by another Mexican Government body. The Mexican Navy has sent two ships, 385 troopers, eight all-terrain vehicles, seven amphibious vehicles, two tankers, two helicopters, radio communication equipment, medical personnel and 296 tons of food as well. The state of Jalisco also sent four experts in disaster, while the Federal government offer to sent expert teams in epidemiology and to cover the costs of returning any Mexican national back to Mexico.

Mongolia Has pledged USD 50,000.

Nepal Has pledged USD 25,000.

Netherlands Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate Hr.Ms. Van Amstel has arrived from the Netherlands Antilles. The frigate is filled with supplies and has helicopters on board that can be used in rescue actions. Further, The Netherlands have sent experts on the subject of water containment and dikes, identification teams and pumps to deliver clean drinking water, F-16s and divers from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.

New Zealand Has pledged USD 2 million though the Red Cross. This contribution is in addition to the offers the government has already made to send an Urban Search and Rescue Team, a Disaster Victim Identification team or post disaster recovery personnel.

Nicaragua Has made offers of help and assistance.

Nigeria Has pledged USD 1 million to hurricane disaster relief.

Norway Has made offers of help and assistance. An amount of NOK 10 million will be given through the Norwegian Red Cross and the UN. In addition, Norway has offered divers and medicines.

Oman Has pledged USD 15 million.

Pakistan On September 4 Pakistan offered to send a team of doctors and paramedics to support the relief agencies. Pakistan has also pledged USD 1 million through the Red Cross.

Palau Has pledged USD 50,000.

Papua New Guinea Has promised USD 10,000 to American Red Cross.

Paraguay Has made offers of help and assistance.

Peru Has offered to send 80-100 doctors to help survivors.

Philippines Has offered to send a 25-member team of aid workers. The Philippines Red Cross is donating USD 25,000.

Poland Has made offers of help and assistance.

Portugal Has offered tents, mattresses, blankets, hygiene kits. Portugal is lending 2 percent of its strategic oil reserve, equivalent to 500,000 barrels of oil.

Qatar Has pledged USD 100 million to the victims.

Romania Has offered 2 Teams of medical experts.

Russia One of the first countries to offer assistance. Up to four jets were placed on standby at the airport Ramenskoe near Moscow as early as August 30, including heavy Ilyushin Il-76-TDs with special evacuation equipment, medical equipment, a water-cleansing system, a rescue helicopter BK-117 and two special cars; and a passenger IL-62, which would bring 10 coordinators and 50 rescuers, as well as 6 tons of drinking water. On September 6 the Bush administration gave its approval. The jets are scheduled to land at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Refining, a Houston-based subsidiary of state oil firm Saudi Aramco, will donate USD 5 million to the American Red Cross, as well as $250,000 from AGFUND.

Singapore Three Singaporean CH-47 Chinook helicopters and thirty-eight RSAF personnel from a training detachment based in Grand Prairie, Texas have been assisting in relief operations since 1 September. They had so far ferried about 700 evacuees and hauled tons of supplies in 39 sorties on 4 September. One more CH-47 Chinook helicopter is on the way to aid in relief efforts.

Slovakia Has promised blankets, beds, first aid kits.
Slovenia Has made offers of help and assistance.

Spain Has sent 2.1 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic reserves (the 1.75% of the Spanish reserves) for a 30 days period. On September 7 two Hercules cargo jets took off with 15 tonnes of food rations, electrical generators and batteries, medical equipment and other humanitarian assistance collected by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI). A second envoy is expected to be sent in the next few days.

Sri Lanka USD 25,000 for the victims of the hurricane.

Sweden offered to send medical and technical aid, and has been on standby since September 2 to send a Hercules cargo jet filled with three complete GSM systems, first aid kits, blankets, Ready-to-eat meals, generators, 2 heavy water purification plants, as well as water sanitation experts. On September 4 the U.S. State Department declined the aid, saying it was currently unable to accept foreign aid packages. The Swedish Rescue Services Agency has stated that they have the aircraft ready for immediate deployment upon receiving a green light from the Bush Administration. On September 12 the Hercules plane left the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, carrying a cargo of three Ericsson GSM network systems. A team of technical consultants to help with the aid package was also provided.

Switzerland Offered specialised personnel and material to the USA and the World Health Organisation (WHO). In accordance with US requirements, 50 tonnes of rescue equipment are ready to be sent, along with two logisticians of the Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC, "Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation") to help coordinate distributions. Four physicians and two water specialists were also put to the disposal of the WHO. An answer from the USA was expected for the 6th in the evening.

Taiwan Has pledged more than USD 3 million to the relief effort, plus supplies.

Thailand Has sent at least 60 doctors and nurses along with rice.

Tunisia Has sent two C-130s with relief supplies.

Turkey Has promised USD 2.5 million in cash and aid.

Uganda Has offered USD 200,000.

United Arab Emirates Has pledged USD 100 million.

United Kingdom Has dispatched 500,000 ration packs worth EUR 3 million, to the region. Has also offered medical experts, Urban Search and Rescue equipment, Marine engineers and high-volume pumps, skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for installations and systems, technicians, staff trained in disaster management and emergency response activities. It has also pledged to release an extra 2.2 million barrels of oil.

Venezuela Has offered to send fuel and food to portions of the United States which some aid may not be able to reach. State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, the parent company of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, has also pledged a USD 2 million donation for hurricane aid. Two mobile hospital units were also offered but were declined, according to Jesse Jackson in a BBC News 24 interview.

Vietnam Has pledged USD 100,000.

Yemen Has promised USD 100,000 through the Red Cross.

Would you like to revise your statement now or will you just stand your ground looking like the selfish, myopic, xenophobic ass that you do right now?

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op:"They are poorest by choice."

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WOW! You are truly an idiot. I am not American, but I feel sorry for other Americans by virtue of their sharing a country with you.

I suppose the concept of selflessness is foreign (no pun intended) to you.


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