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12/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Anger rises following deadly quake"

QUAKE PROMPTS ANGER AT IRANIAN REGIME: According to the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran, the earthquake that struck Iran and pratically destroyed the ancient city of Bam has prompted anger targeted at the regime.

Anger is rising against the Islamic republic regime following the deadly quake which jolt the historic southeastern City of Bam. Many Iranians are already blaming the regime for the lack of appropriate help and as the cold wave is expected to take more lives in the region with the start of night fall.

The few choppers, planes and tractors sent to the area, cut from neighboring cities, are judged to be unsufficient for the heavy task of rescuing thousands of wounded and many missing residents which have been trapped under the ruins or to transfer those laying in the streets to medical facilities.

This reminds me of when that big earthquake hit Turkey a few years ago and the government was so ill-prepared that Turks relied on their 'enemies' the Greeks for relief. It opened up closer relations between the two nations and forced the Turkish government to be more liberal. Hey, America, are you listening?

Read on.

Here's the latest on the quake itself.