50 Amazing photos from the Italian Press

[FightingIrish]

La Repubblica always has more realistic images of our disaters than we do, Iraq included. Long Download

Since it's a montage, I can't seem to post a direct link. Open the link below and click on "DRAMMA IN 50 FOTO" It starts with a disclaimer about graphic images.

Added direct link: http://www.repubblica.it//speciale/2005/dossier_katrina/popup/gallery2.html

http://www.repubblica.it/index.html

[BlueStateGirl]

1. Great pics. Thanks.

[stray cat]

2. Wow! Devestating images

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. Nominate this

for the front page. People need to see those pictures.

[SledDriver]

4. Nominated. Great pics.

[chalky]

5. Nominating, too. You know, I've seen the picture of the woman on the

bridge so many times, but was too shocked by the body in the water to notice what she was doing. Somehow, realizing now that she was pouring bottled water into a styrofoam to-go box to give to her dog really gets to me.

[donco6]

6. The one that made me cry -

The one with the black woman holding the elderly white woman's head - maybe hospital patient - obviously shouting that she needed help right now!

My dad died just last year and he looked a lot like that older woman - sick, frail, tired, confused. I just can't stand it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. The one with the white woman holding the baby

is just gut wrenching for me.

[unrepuke]

17. The one that makes me cry is the Bush photo op

with his sleeves rolled up. I noticed in his interviews the other day - he was the ONLY ONE with his sleeves rolled.

:puke:

[donco6]

18. That one just made me barf.

My partner - who is not the politically savvy type - just took one look at that video and snorted. "Does he realize how transparent he is with all this?" he says.

[FightingIrish]

19. Forrest Gump on the rubble pile

[teach1st]

7. Thanks for posting that

[wakeme2008]

8. direct link to photos

http://www.repubblica.it//speciale/2005/dossier_katrina/popup/gallery2.html

[FightingIrish]

11. Thanks. I added it on edit

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. What does this mean?

"Tsunami d'America in cinquanta immagini"

[carpetbagger]

12. American Tsunami in 50 images. n/t

[FightingIrish]

13. American Tsuanmi in 50 Images

[Opusnone]

14. Keep kicked

Unbelievable devastation, and we haven't seen the worst yet. Hieronymous Bosch could look at these and cry.

[Wind Dancer]

15. Powerful images.

Thanks for posting.

:cry:

[neweurope]

16. I'm going to make postcards with the picture of the old

woman with the flag-blanket. That is one powerful picture.


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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[undeterred]

22. all the staged photo ops in the world

can't counter the truth in those images...

[IndyOp]

20. One woman wrapped in an American Flag blanket; another with

an "I Heart Jesus" keychain around her neck; a man missing a leg being carried by two citizens over the flood waters (perhaps lost the leg as a US soldier).

Not safe even if you cover yourself with the symbols that are worshipped by the masses.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken us?

Babies, the elderly. If a society is judged by how it cares for it's most vulnerable citizens - well...

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On edit: Added pics

[madrchsod]

21. O MY GOD-----I SAW --WHITE PEOPLE !!!!!!

i saw "nice middle class" black people with better houses than mine!!!!!
i saw young white people,old white people...and i thought the only people were nappy haired over weight black people...well slap me silly!!! but according to the american press that`s all there is left in that place!

no wonder the world hates this government-it wasn`t that long ago they had to rebuild their crown jewels of their countries and now they watch in stunned silence as they watch our crown jewel spiral into anarchy.

god i wished we lived in a civilized society but i guess that`s up to make sure we do and the children of this country no matter what class or race...

[indepat]

23. The most telling image is the soldier with his finger on the trigger, most

likely having been given orders to shoot to kill, yet there is but one solitary other person in the photo.

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

24. The heartbreaker for me was

the woman barely able to take a drink of water. She looked so dehydrated and mentally "out of it".

BTW, I learned a new Italian word today. "Chiudi" means close. Don't click on it until you're done!

[Wilms]

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