Speaking of foreign news that we never learn off

nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:14 PM
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Speaking of foreign news that we never learn off

there is a major forest fire in the Carmel Mountains in Israel. And there are fire fighters from Turkey, the US, France and Egypt working side by side. Why do I need to listen to Deutche Welle?

http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/israels-worst-forest-fire-rages-on/1138116

I wonder what Rapture Ready is saying about this though... but not curious enough to GO THERE!

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gateley

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:17 PM
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1. They've covered it briefly on MSNBC - it's pretty scary. nt

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BrklynLiberal

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:17 PM
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2. If you are interested in what is REALLY going on in the world..including the US..do not count on US

news!! BBC is a good place to start. In the US, The vast majority of the media in the are wholly owned subsidiaries of the corporate owners of the vast majority of Congress/politicians

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:22 PM
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4. Trust me I know that

but I feel it is time to open the eyes of others.

I ran across deutche welle while changing channels, My local cable service runs them... just not at predictable times.

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applegrove

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:21 PM
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3. Israel only had 1500 firefighters in the whole country of 7 Million. very sad story.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:24 PM
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5. They usually do not need more

Also the Army probably has a few that could be mobilized... readiness and all that

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applegrove

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:34 PM
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7. Oh I know this is an out of the ordinary event. My sadness is that a busload of prison guards,

heading to a prison to evacuate a prison because of the fire, got stopped by a tree falling down in front of their bus. They all died. very sad.

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Kali

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Fri Dec-03-10 11:27 PM
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6. actually I saw several mentions of this here on DU yesterday

including a story about Turkey sending help

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