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After reading this, does anyone still defend Israels actions and if so, why?
STATEMENT BY PROF. RICHARD FALK, UNITED
NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
"The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent s evere and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war.
Those violations include:
Collective punishment – the entire 1.5 million people who live in the crowded Gaza Strip are being punished for the actions of a few militants.
Targeting civilians – the airstrikes were aimed at civilian areas in one of the most crowded stretches of land in the world, certainly the most densely populated area of the Middle East.
Disproportionate military response – the airstrikes have not only destroyed every police and security office of Gazas elected government, but have killed and injured hundreds of civilians; at least one strike reportedly hit groups of students attempting to find transportation home from the university.
Earlier Israeli actions, specifically the complete sealing off of entry and exit to and from the Gaza Strip, have led to severe shortages of medicine and fuel (as well as food), resulting in the inability of ambulances to respond to the injured, the inability of hospitals to adequately provide medicine or necessary equipment for the injured, and the inability of Gazas besieged doctors and other medical workers to sufficiently treat the victims.
Certainly the rocket attacks against civilian targets in Israel are unlawful. But that illegality does not give rise to any Israeli right, neither as the Occupying Power nor as a sovereign state, to violate international humanitarian law and commit war crimes or crimes against humanity in its response. I note that Israels escalating military assaults have not made Israeli civilians safer; to the contrary, the one Israeli killed today after the upsurge of Israeli violence is the first in over a year.
Israel has also ignored recent Hamas diplomatic initiatives to reestablish the truce or ceasefire since its expiration on 26 December.
The Israeli airstrikes today, and the catastrophic human toll that they caused, challenge those countries that have been and remain complicit, either directly or indirectly, in Israels violations of international law. That complicity includes those countries knowingly providing the military equipment including warplanes and missiles used in these illegal attacks, as well as those countries who have supported and participated in the siege of Gaza that itself has caused a humanitarian catastrophe.
I remind all member states of the United Nations that the UN continues to be bound to an independent obligation to protect any civilian population facing massive violations of international humanitarian law – regardless of what country may be responsible for those violations. I call on all Member States, as well as officials and every relevant organ of the United Nations system, to move on an emergency basis not only to condemn Israels serious violations, but to develop new approaches to providing real protection for the Palestinian people."
27 December 2008
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/F1EC67EF7A498A30C125752D005D17F7?opendocument
Sam, you speak boldly for someone hiding behind a computer.
And you also failed to answer my question.
People are still failing to answer the question.
Does anyone still defend Israels criminal actions, and WHY?
You can post your own question about Hamas, but if you want to speak here, then stick to the topic.
Emanuel, you should read this part of the statement again:
"Certainly the rocket attacks against civilian targets in Israel are unlawful. But that illegality does not give rise to any Israeli right, neither as the Occupying Power nor as a sovereign state, to violate international humanitarian law and commit war crimes or crimes against humanity in its response. I note that Israels escalating military assaults have not made Israeli civilians safer; to the contrary, the one Israeli killed today after the upsurge of Israeli violence is the FIRST in over a year."
Where are the thousands of Israelis killed that another poster talks about? All I see is F-16s and tanks and IDF soldiers armed to the teeth pointing rifles at women and children.
And who said Israel will listen to the UN? Israel has broken MORE UN RESOLUTIONS than all the countries of the world put together. I agree with Eric, the UN is weak, but only because it fails to act against Israel in the same way it did with Iraq
Here is a list of UN Resolutions broken by Israel. Read it and tell me Israel will listen to the UN:
http://salemshalom.blogspot.com/2007/12/heres-list-of-u.html
And then please post a similar list of resolutions broken by Palestine.
Quantril, if Israel want security and peace then they should create the conditions for it, i.e. abiding by international law and lifting the illegal 18-month blockade, returning full rights of passage and movement to the Palestinians, return all illegally occupied territory, and stop military incursions into Palestinian land.
They certainly will not get security and peace by bombing a thousand people (which is why this claim is fishy - read http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoJNIS9B_RdjPm8X4xBDQbXsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090109095643AAnyQpV), leaving a generation of widows and orphans who will remember these days very well.
Based on your logic, the Palestinians have a stronger right to resistance (which is actually their legal right -even militarily - although their methods may not be as legal) as they are facing the illegal brunt of Israels blockade and military incursion, and are facing a more serious threat to their security, which causes the rocket attacks.
Am Yisrael, firstly I am not from the US and therefore did not vote anyone there to reperesent me.
And while people here are taling of not trusting the UN and its supposed bias, I am astonished how these same people can stand by the current US administration (presumably because they falsely see it as patriotic) who clearly boast of its bias and historical ties with Israel, whose hands are just as bloody as Israels, who funds Israel billions of dollars each year, and who has a track record of atrocities to match those of Israel.
The US knows it depends on Israel (zionist lobby):
". . . I want to tell you something very clear: Dont worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001.
Which is why its simply playing along with Israels propaganda game, claiming Hamas started this with its rockets. Clearly false. Please read:
http://www.creative-i.info/?p=3402
In addition to the above article, Ive already mentioned that Israel has broken more UN resolutions than all the countries of the world put together, starting from more than half a century ago.
Hamas was only elected into Gaza (democratically by the way) two yeaars ago. So the big question is this:
if this all started with Hamas, who was responsible for the oppression, occupation, and countless broken resolutions before Hamas came into power?
This conflict didnt start 14 days ago (in which case it wouldve been Israeli agression and breach of the cease-fire which began it - see the link from the previous edit), this conflict goes beyond that, but most people have either forgotten or do not know:
We must do everything to insure they (the Palestinians) never do return." Assuring his fellow Zionists that Palestinians will never come back to their homes. "The old will die and the young will forget".
David Ben-Gurion, in his diary, 18 July 1948"
Answer: It boggles the mind.
It also points out the total and complete impotence of the United Nations to enforce any substantive resolution.
The UN Security Council has passed 103 Resolutions against Israel.
None of which have been enforceable.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is horrific.
Yet Israel is being painted as the victim.
I am repulsed. Truly repulsed.
Oh and to Paperback Writer:
800 Palestinians killed.
13 Israeli's. 10 of which were Israeli soldiers.
Disproportionate much?
To sheila: Did you even read what Richard Falk wrote? Are you COMPLETELY blind? How may I ask is Israel trying to prevent the killing of innocent life?
Do the 207 CHILDREN killed mean nothing?
Thank you for posting this question. And thank you for the intelligent way you responded to the frustratingly ignorant answers. At least someone is restoring my faith in humanity. =)
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CHENGDU, China — The death toll from the massive earthquake in southwest China could rise to more than 50,000, Chinese state media reported Thursday.
At least three dozen villages and towns in southwest China were still cut off from rescuers as tens of thousands of soldiers and emergency workers struggled against impassable roads and barriers of concrete and brick to reach the 40,000 people officials say are still buried in the rubble or missing after Monday’s earthquake.
With the number of people so far officially confirmed dead raised to more than 19,500, and expected to jump further, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao dispatched at least an additional 90 helicopters to the quake-battered Sichuan Province, which suffered most of the damage from Monday’s earthquake, and made a national plea for heavy equipment and simple tools like hammers and shovels.
Local officials in Sichuan also issued a radio appeal for food, water and heavy machinery, warning that a looming humanitarian crisis threatened thousands of survivors who have little access to fresh supplies, clean water and shelter.
On Thursday afternoon, officials from the largest Chinese power company warned that two dams were at risk of crumbling, threatening more than 100 people still trapped in the ruins of a hydropower plant in the town of Huaneng.
The dam, officials said on state-run television, could collapse “at any time.”
As a series of aftershocks rattled the area, officials warned that an additional 391 dams were in “dangerous condition,” posing an imminent risk to thousands of people downstream, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
A report in the Beijing Times said that a dam along the Jian River in Beichuan County was also in a fragile state.
“There are major safety issues right now with the reservoirs, hydropower stations and lakes in the earthquake zone,” Chen Lei, a government minister, said in the statement on the agency’s Web site.
“The area has numerous reservoirs and lots of damage, and the extent of the danger is unknown,” the statement said.
Overall, officials said that more than half of the region’s 20 million people have been affected by the earthquake, which struck on Monday afternoon with a magnitude of 7.9.
Officials raised the number of injured to more than 102,000, Xinhua reported. On Wednesday, officials estimated more than 1,600 of the injured were in serious condition.
Relief experts said that time was quickly running out for those still buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings, including hundreds of students and teachers trapped in several schools throughout the region.
For the first time since the earthquake struck, rescue workers cleared a major road leading into the hard-hit area around Shifang, enabling heavy equipment to gain access. The Associated Press reported that soldiers in Shifang could be seen bundling bodies in white sheets and burying them in a mass grave sprinkled with lime.
Officials said that more than 130,000 emergency personnel, including soldiers and medics, were working in the quake zone. The government also said that it planned to send 1,300 rail cars with supplies to the region.
The state media also reported on Thursday that 33 tourists from France, Britain and the United States had been airlifted by helicopter from the Wolong nature preserve, which is home to more than 100 pandas. Tourist officials said that an additional 2,500 tourists, including 682 foreign residents, would soon be evacuated from the region.
China asked Japan to send rescue workers and also gave approval for a contingent of quake-relief experts from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Taiwan’s largest private carrier, China Airlines, was given permission to ferry relief supplies on charter flights.
“Time is life,” Mr. Wen, the prime minister, told survivors during a visit to Beichuan on Wednesday. “This is very important to let them know rescuers are trying to save them.”
Until now, the authorities have been reluctant to allow international aid workers into the quake zone, which is home to several military installations and China’s nuclear-weapons design program. On Wednesday, officials declined an offer of help from the Australian government.
Kate Janis, program director for Mercy Corps, an American organization that has personnel in Chengdu, the provincial capital, said she had been impressed by the relief efforts so far. “It definitely appears to be a no-holds- barred effort, all hands on deck,” she said.
Edward Wong reported from Chengdu, and John Schwartz from New York. Reporting was contributed by Andrew Jacobs from Beijing, Jake Hooker and Alan Chin from Hanwang, Gilles Sabrie from Beichuan, and Bill Broad from New York.
Answer: The article is about the earthquake in china. It discusses the number of dead and wounded.
I would be willing to give you more of a summary, had I felt you were telling us the truth. But I went and looked. This isn't "just once" -- asking us to do your homework is a common thing.
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Israels War Crimes or self defense against unarmed civilians ?
i posted this article yesterday but yahoo delete it !!! why ? i dont know !!
Published on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
Israels War Crimes
by Richard Falk
The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war
Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Administrations illegal war in Iraq. As the milestones pile up, so do the bodies.
Those violations include:
• Collective punishment: The entire 1.5 million people who live in the crowded Gaza Strip are being punished for the actions of a few militants.
• Targeting civilians: The airstrikes were aimed at civilian areas in one of the most crowded stretches of land in the world, certainly the most densely populated area of the Middle East.
• Disproportionate military response: The airstrikes have not only destroyed every police and security office of Gazas elected government, but have killed and injured hundreds of civilians; at least one strike reportedly hit groups of students attempting to find transportation home from the university.
Earlier Israeli actions, specifically the complete sealing off of entry and exit to and from the Gaza Strip, have led to severe shortages of medicine and fuel (as well as food), resulting in the inability of ambulances to respond to the injured, the inability of hospitals to adequately provide medicine or necessary equipment for the injured, and the inability of Gazas besieged doctors and other medical workers to sufficiently treat the victims.
Certainly the rocket attacks against civilian targets in Israel are unlawful. But that illegality does not give rise to any Israeli right, neither as the Occupying Power nor as a sovereign state, to violate international humanitarian law and commit war crimes or crimes against humanity in its response. I note that Israels escalating military assaults have not made Israeli civilians safer; to the contrary, the one Israeli killed today after the upsurge of Israeli violence is the first in over a year.
Israel has also ignored recent Hamas diplomatic initiatives to re-establish the truce or ceasefire since its expiration on 26 December.
The Israeli airstrikes today, and the catastrophic human toll that they caused, challenge those countries that have been and remain complicit, either directly or indirectly, in Israels violations of international law. That complicity includes those countries knowingly providing the military equipment including warplanes and missiles used in these illegal attacks, as well as those countries who have supported and participated in the siege of Gaza that itself has caused a humanitarian catastrophe.
I remind all Member States of the United Nations that the UN continues to be bound to an independent obligation to protect any civilian population facing massive violations of international humanitarian law--regardless of what country may be responsible for those violations. I call on all Member States, as well as officials and every relevant organ of the United Nations system, to move on an emergency basis not only to condemn Israels serious violations, but to develop new approaches to providing real protection for the Palestinian people.
Richard Falk is professor of international law at Princeton University and the UNs special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories
Answer: Your assertions are a simple over simplification of the situation. There are two sides to every situation, and the fact is that in war, civilians will be in harms way, and will suffer as a result.
Should Israel not try to stop the rockets thar are being launched at them, and let Hamas continue on its sworn path of total Israeli annihilation.
I think not.
I too wish for peace in this area of the world, however it takes sincerity on both sides to accomplish it.
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plase summarize the following article and give your opinion, just half page, please! I know everone think this is hw, but i really need it for my study, because this article will appear for the test and i have to answer some question about this, if we did summarize it, i will be more concentrate about those point, please help, please! I know the following article is a little bit long, but just once, please!
CHENGDU, China — The death toll from the massive earthquake in southwest China could rise to more than 50,000, Chinese state media reported Thursday.
At least three dozen villages and towns in southwest China were still cut off from rescuers as tens of thousands of soldiers and emergency workers struggled against impassable roads and barriers of concrete and brick to reach the 40,000 people officials say are still buried in the rubble or missing after Monday’s earthquake.
With the number of people so far officially confirmed dead raised to more than 19,500, and expected to jump further, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao dispatched at least an additional 90 helicopters to the quake-battered Sichuan Province, which suffered most of the damage from Monday’s earthquake, and made a national plea for heavy equipment and simple tools like hammers and shovels.
Local officials in Sichuan also issued a radio appeal for food, water and heavy machinery, warning that a looming humanitarian crisis threatened thousands of survivors who have little access to fresh supplies, clean water and shelter.
On Thursday afternoon, officials from the largest Chinese power company warned that two dams were at risk of crumbling, threatening more than 100 people still trapped in the ruins of a hydropower plant in the town of Huaneng.
The dam, officials said on state-run television, could collapse “at any time.”
As a series of aftershocks rattled the area, officials warned that an additional 391 dams were in “dangerous condition,” posing an imminent risk to thousands of people downstream, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
A report in the Beijing Times said that a dam along the Jian River in Beichuan County was also in a fragile state.
“There are major safety issues right now with the reservoirs, hydropower stations and lakes in the earthquake zone,” Chen Lei, a government minister, said in the statement on the agency’s Web site.
“The area has numerous reservoirs and lots of damage, and the extent of the danger is unknown,” the statement said.
Overall, officials said that more than half of the region’s 20 million people have been affected by the earthquake, which struck on Monday afternoon with a magnitude of 7.9.
Officials raised the number of injured to more than 102,000, Xinhua reported. On Wednesday, officials estimated more than 1,600 of the injured were in serious condition.
Relief experts said that time was quickly running out for those still buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings, including hundreds of students and teachers trapped in several schools throughout the region.
For the first time since the earthquake struck, rescue workers cleared a major road leading into the hard-hit area around Shifang, enabling heavy equipment to gain access. The Associated Press reported that soldiers in Shifang could be seen bundling bodies in white sheets and burying them in a mass grave sprinkled with lime.
Officials said that more than 130,000 emergency personnel, including soldiers and medics, were working in the quake zone. The government also said that it planned to send 1,300 rail cars with supplies to the region.
The state media also reported on Thursday that 33 tourists from France, Britain and the United States had been airlifted by helicopter from the Wolong nature preserve, which is home to more than 100 pandas. Tourist officials said that an additional 2,500 tourists, including 682 foreign residents, would soon be evacuated from the region.
China asked Japan to send rescue workers and also gave approval for a contingent of quake-relief experts from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Taiwan’s largest private carrier, China Airlines, was given permission to ferry relief supplies on charter flights.
“Time is life,” Mr. Wen, the prime minister, told survivors during a visit to Beichuan on Wednesday. “This is very important to let them know rescuers are trying to save them.”
Until now, the authorities have been reluctant to allow international aid workers into the quake zone, which is home to several military installations and China’s nuclear-weapons design program. On Wednesday, officials declined an offer of help from the Australian government.
Kate Janis, program director for Mercy Corps, an American organization that has personnel in Chengdu, the provincial capital, said she had been impressed by the relief efforts so far. “It definitely appears to be a no-holds- barred effort, all hands on deck,” she said.
Edward Wong reported from Chengdu, and John Schwartz from New York. Reporting was contributed by Andrew Jacobs from Beijing, Jake Hooker and Alan Chin from Hanwang, Gilles Sabrie from Beichuan, and Bill Broad from New York.
Answer: Learn to spell before you tell people to f-off.
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CHENGDU, China — The death toll from the massive earthquake in southwest China could rise to more than 50,000, Chinese state media reported Thursday.
At least three dozen villages and towns in southwest China were still cut off from rescuers as tens of thousands of soldiers and emergency workers struggled against impassable roads and barriers of concrete and brick to reach the 40,000 people officials say are still buried in the rubble or missing after Monday’s earthquake.
With the number of people so far officially confirmed dead raised to more than 19,500, and expected to jump further, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao dispatched at least an additional 90 helicopters to the quake-battered Sichuan Province, which suffered most of the damage from Monday’s earthquake, and made a national plea for heavy equipment and simple tools like hammers and shovels.
Local officials in Sichuan also issued a radio appeal for food, water and heavy machinery, warning that a looming humanitarian crisis threatened thousands of survivors who have little access to fresh supplies, clean water and shelter.
On Thursday afternoon, officials from the largest Chinese power company warned that two dams were at risk of crumbling, threatening more than 100 people still trapped in the ruins of a hydropower plant in the town of Huaneng.
The dam, officials said on state-run television, could collapse “at any time.”
As a series of aftershocks rattled the area, officials warned that an additional 391 dams were in “dangerous condition,” posing an imminent risk to thousands of people downstream, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
A report in the Beijing Times said that a dam along the Jian River in Beichuan County was also in a fragile state.
“There are major safety issues right now with the reservoirs, hydropower stations and lakes in the earthquake zone,” Chen Lei, a government minister, said in the statement on the agency’s Web site.
“The area has numerous reservoirs and lots of damage, and the extent of the danger is unknown,” the statement said.
Overall, officials said that more than half of the region’s 20 million people have been affected by the earthquake, which struck on Monday afternoon with a magnitude of 7.9.
Officials raised the number of injured to more than 102,000, Xinhua reported. On Wednesday, officials estimated more than 1,600 of the injured were in serious condition.
Relief experts said that time was quickly running out for those still buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings, including hundreds of students and teachers trapped in several schools throughout the region.
For the first time since the earthquake struck, rescue workers cleared a major road leading into the hard-hit area around Shifang, enabling heavy equipment to gain access. The Associated Press reported that soldiers in Shifang could be seen bundling bodies in white sheets and burying them in a mass grave sprinkled with lime.
Officials said that more than 130,000 emergency personnel, including soldiers and medics, were working in the quake zone. The government also said that it planned to send 1,300 rail cars with supplies to the region.
The state media also reported on Thursday that 33 tourists from France, Britain and the United States had been airlifted by helicopter from the Wolong nature preserve, which is home to more than 100 pandas. Tourist officials said that an additional 2,500 tourists, including 682 foreign residents, would soon be evacuated from the region.
China asked Japan to send rescue workers and also gave approval for a contingent of quake-relief experts from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Taiwan’s largest private carrier, China Airlines, was given permission to ferry relief supplies on charter flights.
“Time is life,” Mr. Wen, the prime minister, told survivors during a visit to Beichuan on Wednesday. “This is very important to let them know rescuers are trying to save them.”
Until now, the authorities have been reluctant to allow international aid workers into the quake zone, which is home to several military installations and China’s nuclear-weapons design program. On Wednesday, officials declined an offer of help from the Australian government.
Kate Janis, program director for Mercy Corps, an American organization that has personnel in Chengdu, the provincial capital, said she had been impressed by the relief efforts so far. “It definitely appears to be a no-holds- barred effort, all hands on deck,” she said.
Edward Wong reported from Chengdu, and John Schwartz from New York. Reporting was contributed by Andrew Jacobs from Beijing, Jake Hooker and Alan Chin from Hanwang, Gilles Sabrie from Beichuan, and Bill Broad from New York.
Answer: The earthquake was devestating. It killed many people. Everyone is geieved. Experts hav alot to say on this subject. Please donate money to the Chinese goverment for this problem. Thank s for listening to my summary:)
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Mothers wailing over the bodies of their children. Emergency workers scrambling across pancaked buildings. And a grim-faced political leader comforting the stricken and reassuring an anguished nation. While such scenes are a staple of catastrophes in much of the world, the rescue effort playing nonstop on Chinese television is remarkable for a - News analysis of Chinese governments aggressive, publicized earthquake rescue effort, remarkable for country with history of trying to conceal scope of disasters; government has sent Prime Min Wen Jiabao and tens of thousands of soliders, along with reporters, to devastated area of Sichuan Province; relief coverage has dominated television airwaves; Communist Party leaders are keenly aware that their response will be closely watched at home and abroad; so far, government approach has been praised on Chinese Web sites and in chat rooms; Web sites remain heavily censored; if China manages to handle disaster effectively, achievement may highlight governments contention that its brand of authoritarianism can deliver good government as well as fast growth; some experts say that government might believe that openness and accountability could bolster its legitimacy and counter growing anger over domestic problems; photos (M) - By ANDREW JACOBS; Fan Wenxin contributed reporting from Shanghai.
Death toll rises to six
"Fatalities are twice as likely overnight," Shanklin said. Wednesday morning Saline County Board Chairman Jay Williams declared a state of emergency for the county. Mayor Eric Gregg said he has been in contact with Governor Pat Quinns office regarding the disaster.
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This is amazing...we have had many earthquakes of various sizes in just over the last 4 months... Are you ready to endure to the end?
If not, dont you think its time to prepare your heart?
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Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Chile was rocked by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake centered 200 miles (317 kilometers) southwest of Santiago near the main winemaking region. Dozens of people were killed and tsunami warnings were issued across the Pacific.
The quake struck at 3:34 a.m. offshore from the province of Maule at a depth of 22 miles (35 kilometers), according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site. At least 64 people have been killed, Chilean Interior Minister Edmundo Perez told reporters.
“Amid such a major earthquake we can’t rule out that the death toll will rise,” President Michelle Bachelet said at a televised press conference. “We will provide information as soon as we have it.”
Power and phone connections were disrupted and Santiago residents waited in the street amid fears of aftershocks, pictures on CNN+ showed. The quake’s focus was 70 miles north of Concepcion, Chile’s second city, close to the vineyards of the Curico valley. While the world’s largest underground copper mine, El Teniente, is 180 miles from the epicenter, most of the country’s copper deposits are at least 500 miles to the north.
“I’m trying to get in touch with Santiago,” said Gonzalo Cuadra, a London-based executive at Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer and the owner of El Teniente. “I think in the north there haven’t been problems. We have to see what happened with the mines near Santiago.”
Rio Tinto Group, a shareholder in the world’s largest copper mine, Escondida, located in northern Chile and owned by BHP Billiton Ltd., has had no reports of damage, London- based spokeswoman said Christina Mills said by telephone.
State of Emergency
A state of emergency was declared in Maule and the province of BioBio to the south, where Concepcion is located. A third region, Araucania, south of BioBio and the center of the country’s forestry industry, may also be added, Bachelet said.
In the aftermath of the 90-second quake, the USGS reported 11 aftershocks, of which five measured 6.0 or above.
Heavy waves struck the Chilean coast and the Tsunami Warning Center for Chile and Peru issued alerts that were later extended up the coast as far as Costa Rica and also to Australia and New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Russia and island groups including Hawaii, where the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said urgent action should be taken to protect lives.
“This is a major, damaging earthquake,” Randy Baldwin of the USGS told the BBC in an interview. “For any population in the area it would be reasonable to expect some damage.”
Chile was struck by the most powerful earthquake on record in 1960, when a magnitude 9.5 temblor killed about 1,655 people, according to the USGS Web site. A further 211 people died when associated tsunamis struck Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines.
Earlier today, a magnitude 7 earthquake hit near Okinawa, Japan, at about 5:31 a.m. local time, the USGS said.
Last month, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 quake. The death toll may reach 300,000, President Rene Preval said Feb. 21. More than 1 million people were left homeless.
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