USA bisa menolong dirinya sendiri, diantaranya dg mengurangi tindakan-2 yg membuang-buang dana dan daya di Afghanistan dsb.
--- In [email protected], Ballast Yo <yo.balast@...> wrote: > > ikut bantu2 demi kemanusiaan. > ... > .. > > > == > As millions across north-eastern America stricken by Sandy superstorm are > seeking to resume their normal lives Wednesday, October 31, Muslims have > rushed to help residents affected by the hurricane. > > âIslamic Relief USA Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has been > deployed to help residents of New Jersey being affected by Hurricane > Sandy,â the Islamic group said in a press release obtained by OnIslam.net. > > âDART staff and volunteers are providing shelter management services and > helping however else needed in NJ.â > > The Zakat Foundation of America, a leading Islamic charity, has also appealed > for donations to help residents affected by the massive storm. > > âMillions of people are without power, schools have been closed, subways > have been shut down and workers have been told to stay at home at home with > their loved ones,â it said. > > Millions of people were left reeling Wednesday after hurricane Sandy crashed > ashore on Monday in New Jersey. > > The biggest storm to hit the country in generations left a wide swath of the > eastern United States struggling with epic flooding and extensive power > outages, and the death toll climbed to at least 45. > > Subway tracks and commuter tunnels under New York City, which carry several > million people a day, were under several feet of water. The lower half of > Manhattan remained without power after a transformer explosion at a Con > Edison substation Monday night. > > "We offer our unconditional support and help for the victims" of the storm, > Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, head of the Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Pakistan, > said in a statement late Tuesday. > > "If US government allows, we will send our doctors, relief and rescue > experts, food and medicine on humanitarian grounds." > > Saeed, who is accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai attacks in 2008 > and has a US bounty of $10 million on his head, said helping Americans struck > by adversity is "our religious and moral obligation." > > "Islam orders us to help them without discriminating between religion, cast > or creed," he said in the statement on his groupâs Facebook page. > > Shock > > Many Americans were shocked by the destruction caused by the massive storm. > > "I have no water, no gas,â accountant Joseph Warburton told Agence > France-Presse (AFP) as he headed for Midtown. > > âI walked down 20 flights of stairs to get to street level and now I must > try to get to the office.â > > Many roads remained blocked by trees, and road tunnels were inundated by > floodwaters that slowly receded after the city was battered. > > Bridges leading out of Manhattan were only open to emergency services. > > Police and ambulance sirens dominated the diminished morning traffic. > Pedestrians had to avoid trees torn up by the wind gusts of up to 95 miles > (153 kilometers) an hour that hit the city. > > About 300,000 other homes in New York lost electricity as Sandy tore down > trees and flooded power transmission facilities. > > "Don't be surprised if it takes a week" to get power back, warned Con Edison > electricity company spokesman Alfonso Quiroz. > > The storm rocked the country six days before the presidential election. > > President Barack Obama, who seeks re-election on November 6, will visit > flood-ravaged areas of the New Jersey shore, where the storm of historic > proportions made landfall on Monday. > As his guide, Obama will have Republican Governor Chris Christie, a vocal > backer of presidential challenger Mitt Romney who has nevertheless praised > Obama and the federal response to the storm. > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
