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October 26, 2005
"The Quake that Disappeared"
Tsunami Disaster 2004
Died: 150,00
Displaced: 1.5 Million
Funds raised: $10 billion
South Asia Earthquake 2005
Died: 100,00
Displaced: 3.3 million
Funds raised: $630 million
In the next four weeks as desperately harsh winter takes over Kashmir the casualties will sky rocket as people freeze to death but you will only hear about this once it happens because only then will it become news-worthy.
Public Eye reports
Compared to some other recent tragedies – and there's no question that we've seen a number in the past year – the South Asia quake has not gotten much attention....But despite the fact that "the aftermath of the Pakistan earthquake…is worse than the tsunami last year," according to the United Nations, it seems many Westerners have forgotten the quake. Not suprisingly, "donations for victims of the recent earthquake in Pakistan and India have not come close to the giving for the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina," according to United Press International. The situation led Umair A. Khan, writing in Chowk, to observe, "beyond Pakistan's national news media, [media] coverage is a silent movie playing out on inside pages (if at all)." As the death toll rises and many of the homeless are endangered by the impending winter, he implores people to literally scream in order to bring attention to the situation.
Please don't allow the Kashmiri plight to wallow in obscurity. Do whatever you can to spread the word about these poor people who have no platform to speak up for themselves and no way to help themselves except through prayers. Even as you read this, they are dying.
Posted by Soniah Kamal at October 26, 2005 03:05 PM
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