Sadly.
Parts of Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia have been hit with tornadoes, 21 dead so far. Let's hope the response is better than Katrina.
Exponentially more people have been killed (over 220,000 reported missing) by a nightmare cyclone attack in Myanmar (i.e. Burma). Kevin Drum has before and after satellite pictures that will likely blow you away as they did me. International relief efforts are hampered by the fascist military dictatorship.
On the human-initiated disaster front, Hezbollah has blockaded the Beirut airport as just one part of their spreading battle against the legitimate Lebanon government. This after Bush/Rice praised Lebanon two (?) years ago. The Syrian-backed, Iranian-backed, group appears stronger militarily than the national forces.
Sudan and Chad-backed rebels going at it, with Sudan cutting ties after an attack on their capital city of Khartoum. Not sure who's the most wrong in this conflict, although there's some NY Times analysis here.
And Kashmir, a disputed province between India and Pakistan (controlled by India), erupted again after a long lull, seven dead.
Oddly enough, the only touch of good news (after many weeks of bad) is in Iraq:
A deal to end fighting between militias and U.S.-backed security forces in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was largely holding on Sunday, despite some sporadic fighting.Kinda puts in perspective that all I've really been concerned about lately is a campaign being run into the ground like this.The U.S. military said it would scale back operations to see if gunmen obeyed the truce, but a spokesman said troops would target militants who tried to launch attacks from the Sadr City slum. U.S. troops killed one gunman on Sunday in a clash.
Residents in Sadr City said small clashes flared on Sunday, a day after Shi'ite political factions agreed to end weeks of fighting that killed hundreds of people.
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