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World Reaction Ranges From Scolding to Sympathy
By James Cox, USA TODAY
A top German official said the United States had itself to blame for Hurricane Katrina. Canada's prime minister waited days to issue condolences.
On the positive side, Iran offered its sympathies. Cuba's Fidel Castro led a moment of silence for victims of the storm.
Foreign reaction to tragic events along the Gulf Coast produced surprises from:
--Germany. Environment Minister Jurgen Trittin said President Bush had "closed his eyes" to the dangers of pollution and climate change, blamed by some scientists for adding to the intensity of hurricanes and other severe weather.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder offered aid and assistance to the United States, but his government didn't back away from Trittin's remarks. Carsten Voigt, coordinator for U.S. relations at the German Foreign Ministry, said he agreed with Trittin but took issue with his timing, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported.
--Venezuela. Fiery leader Hugo Chavez, who has fought a war of words with the Bush administration, said his country's state-owned CITGO Petroleum would donate $1 million in hurricane aid. At the same time, Chavez lashed out at Bush, calling him the "king of vacations."
The United States "had no evacuation plan. It is incredible - the first power in the world that is so involved in Iraq ... left its own population adrift," Chavez said.
--Canada. Critics blasted Prime Minister Paul Martin for staying silent until late Wednesday, then offering a routine sympathy message.
Martin, whose relationship with Bush has been strained by differences on trade and missile defense, showed "a shocking lack of personal support for the United States," said Stockwell Day, a Conservative member of Parliament.
Thursday, Martin phoned Bush. Canada put its military on standby, offering to send troops to deliver relief and purify drinking water. Ontario also offered emergency medical teams. The Canadian Red Cross was compiling lists of volunteers willing to go to Louisiana and Mississippi.
Even so, Martin took a pounding. "When a close friend and ally is suffering through something this traumatic, moral support matters as much as offers of aid - especially when, in this case, Canada stands to benefit from America's misery" through high energy prices, columnist John Ibbitson wrote Thursday in The Globe and Mail, the Toronto daily.
--Muslims. Islamic extremists celebrated on a Web site. They said Katrina was part of their global jihad and prayed that the storm would send oil prices soaring to $100 a barrel.
Other Muslims, however, offered help. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in Washington, asked mosques and Islamic centers to collect donations after prayers today and to send contributions to the American Red Cross and relief groups. Islamic Relief USA, based in Burbank, Calif., also appealed for donations.
Iraq's National Assembly Speaker Hajim Al-Hasani sent condolences.
--Poor countries. College students in Jamaica set up a disaster relief fund. A Bosnian TV station announced it would collect donations.
In Indonesia's Aceh province, where more than 178,000 were killed by the Dec. 26 tsunami, residents are praying for Katrina's victims, said Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, provincial reconstruction chief.
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Iran, which has not had diplomatic ties with the United States since Islamist students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 26 years ago, extended its sympathies.
Elsewhere, France said it would send relief teams from the French Antilles in the Caribbean, and President Jacques Chirac sent a message of solidarity to Bush.
Italy readied two military transport planes to carry supplies to New Orleans. It said it would send pumps, generators, tents and disaster experts. Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers for those killed and displaced by the ferocious storm and flooding.
In Havana, Castro and Cuban parliamentarians stood for a minute of silence. "The whole world should feel that this tragedy is its own," Speaker Ricardo Alarcon said.
Queen Elizabeth II sent a note to Bush saying she was "deeply shocked and saddened." Chinese President Hu Jintao said "the American people will overcome the natural disaster and rebuild their beautiful homeland."
World Reaction Ranges From Scolding to Sympathy
By James Cox, USA TODAY
A top German official said the United States had itself to blame for Hurricane Katrina. Canada's prime minister waited days to issue condolences.
On the positive side, Iran offered its sympathies. Cuba's Fidel Castro led a moment of silence for victims of the storm.
Foreign reaction to tragic events along the Gulf Coast produced surprises from:
--Germany. Environment Minister Jurgen Trittin said President Bush had "closed his eyes" to the dangers of pollution and climate change, blamed by some scientists for adding to the intensity of hurricanes and other severe weather.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder offered aid and assistance to the United States, but his government didn't back away from Trittin's remarks. Carsten Voigt, coordinator for U.S. relations at the German Foreign Ministry, said he agreed with Trittin but took issue with his timing, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported.
--Venezuela. Fiery leader Hugo Chavez, who has fought a war of words with the Bush administration, said his country's state-owned CITGO Petroleum would donate $1 million in hurricane aid. At the same time, Chavez lashed out at Bush, calling him the "king of vacations."
The United States "had no evacuation plan. It is incredible - the first power in the world that is so involved in Iraq ... left its own population adrift," Chavez said.
--Canada. Critics blasted Prime Minister Paul Martin for staying silent until late Wednesday, then offering a routine sympathy message.
Martin, whose relationship with Bush has been strained by differences on trade and missile defense, showed "a shocking lack of personal support for the United States," said Stockwell Day, a Conservative member of Parliament.
Thursday, Martin phoned Bush. Canada put its military on standby, offering to send troops to deliver relief and purify drinking water. Ontario also offered emergency medical teams. The Canadian Red Cross was compiling lists of volunteers willing to go to Louisiana and Mississippi.
Even so, Martin took a pounding. "When a close friend and ally is suffering through something this traumatic, moral support matters as much as offers of aid - especially when, in this case, Canada stands to benefit from America's misery" through high energy prices, columnist John Ibbitson wrote Thursday in The Globe and Mail, the Toronto daily.
--Muslims. Islamic extremists celebrated on a Web site. They said Katrina was part of their global jihad and prayed that the storm would send oil prices soaring to $100 a barrel.
Other Muslims, however, offered help. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in Washington, asked mosques and Islamic centers to collect donations after prayers today and to send contributions to the American Red Cross and relief groups. Islamic Relief USA, based in Burbank, Calif., also appealed for donations.
Iraq's National Assembly Speaker Hajim Al-Hasani sent condolences.
--Poor countries. College students in Jamaica set up a disaster relief fund. A Bosnian TV station announced it would collect donations.
In Indonesia's Aceh province, where more than 178,000 were killed by the Dec. 26 tsunami, residents are praying for Katrina's victims, said Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, provincial reconstruction chief.
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Iran, which has not had diplomatic ties with the United States since Islamist students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 26 years ago, extended its sympathies.
Elsewhere, France said it would send relief teams from the French Antilles in the Caribbean, and President Jacques Chirac sent a message of solidarity to Bush.
Italy readied two military transport planes to carry supplies to New Orleans. It said it would send pumps, generators, tents and disaster experts. Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers for those killed and displaced by the ferocious storm and flooding.
In Havana, Castro and Cuban parliamentarians stood for a minute of silence. "The whole world should feel that this tragedy is its own," Speaker Ricardo Alarcon said.
Queen Elizabeth II sent a note to Bush saying she was "deeply shocked and saddened." Chinese President Hu Jintao said "the American people will overcome the natural disaster and rebuild their beautiful homeland."
