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Dozens dead in Mexico truck crash and blast By Robin Emmott
Mon Sep 10, 6:18 PM ET
NADADORES, Mexico (Reuters) - A tractor-trailer loaded with explosives blew up
in Mexico on Monday after a traffic accident, creating a huge fireball that
killed dozens, including rescue workers and photographers.
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People stuck in the traffic jam caused by the accident were also killed in the
blast that left a crater 65 feet wide and 9 feet deep near the town of
Nadadores in the northern state of Coahuila, witnesses and officials said.
"There were body parts scattered in the trees," said Paulina Luna, 62, a
local resident who was evacuated to a shelter. Her brother's home was
flattened. "The house was swept from the earth as if it never existed," she
said.
The tractor-trailer had collided with a pickup and burst into flames. Firemen
at the scene were trying to put out the blaze when they ran out of water.
Moments later there was a huge explosion that almost obliterated the rig.
"We were waiting about 100 meters (300 feet) from the crash when there was an
incredibly loud bang. Suddenly there were flying rocks and a fireball," said
Silverio Alfonso Amador, 44, who was in the traffic jam and survived the
explosion.
His face was covered with burns and his ears stuffed with cotton wool.
At least 29 people were killed and around 150 injured, up to 30 of them in
serious condition in local hospitals, state officials said. Radio stations
reported that about 40 people had died.
Around 260 people living close to the site in a small desert roadside village
called Selemania were evacuated.
An army explosives expert at the scene told Reuters the tractor-trailer was
carrying 25 metric tons of ANFO, a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil
used widely in the mining industry. Coahuila is a major mining state.
Soldiers and police cordoned off an area up to a mile around the site of the
blast, which badly damaged eight houses and blew out the windows of 60 others.
Witnesses said 26 wrecked and charred cars were hauled away from the scene.
TV images showed a body hanging from a power line.
"We found part of the engine," Coahuila state police chief Fausto
Destenave-Kuri told Reuters. "The truck practically disintegrated."
Three of the dead were local journalists.
"Reporters who were taking photographs died there as well as emergency
workers and drivers who stopped to help," state Gov. Humberto Moreira said.
*******More on a Mexican Trucker*************
Dozens dead in Mexico truck crash and blast By Robin Emmott
Mon Sep 10, 6:18 PM ET
NADADORES, Mexico (Reuters) - A tractor-trailer loaded with explosives blew
up in Mexico on Monday after a traffic accident, creating a huge fireball that
killed dozens, including rescue workers and photographers.
ADVERTISEMENT
People stuck in the traffic jam caused by the accident were also killed in the
blast that left a crater 65 feet wide and 9 feet deep near the town of
Nadadores in the northern state of Coahuila, witnesses and officials said.
"There were body parts scattered in the trees," said Paulina Luna, 62, a
local resident who was evacuated to a shelter. Her brother's home was
flattened. "The house was swept from the earth as if it never existed," she
said.
The tractor-trailer had collided with a pickup and burst into flames. Firemen
at the scene were trying to put out the blaze when they ran out of water.
Moments later there was a huge explosion that almost obliterated the rig.
"We were waiting about 100 meters (300 feet) from the crash when there was an
incredibly loud bang. Suddenly there were flying rocks and a fireball," said
Silverio Alfonso Amador, 44, who was in the traffic jam and survived the
explosion.
His face was covered with burns and his ears stuffed with cotton wool.
At least 29 people were killed and around 150 injured, up to 30 of them in
serious condition in local hospitals, state officials said. Radio stations
reported that about 40 people had died.
Around 260 people living close to the site in a small desert roadside village
called Selemania were evacuated.
An army explosives expert at the scene told Reuters the tractor-trailer was
carrying 25 metric tons of ANFO, a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil
used widely in the mining industry. Coahuila is a major mining state.
Soldiers and police cordoned off an area up to a mile around the site of the
blast, which badly damaged eight houses and blew out the windows of 60 others.
Witnesses said 26 wrecked and charred cars were hauled away from the scene.
TV images showed a body hanging from a power line.
"We found part of the engine," Coahuila state police chief Fausto
Destenave-Kuri told Reuters. "The truck practically disintegrated."
Three of the dead were local journalists.
"Reporters who were taking photographs died there as well as emergency
workers and drivers who stopped to help," state Gov. Humberto Moreira said.
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Posted: September 10, 2007
12:46 p.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily. com
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.
Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan plans to offer an amendment today that
would block the controversial federal program allowing Mexican trucks
to operate freely on roads across the U.S.
Barry Piatt, spokesman for the North Dakota senator, told WND the
amendment to the Fiscal 2008 Department of Transportation
appropriations bill essentially will say, "None of the funds made
available under this Act may be used to establish or implement a
cross-border motor carrier demonstration or pilot project or program
to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the
commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today the amendment will come
up for a vote tomorrow morning.
WND reported last week, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., charged the Bush
administration with being "hell-bent on opening our borders, but has
failed to require that Mexican drivers and trucks meet the same
safety and security standards as U.S. drivers and trucks."
In May, the House of Representatives passed the Safe American Roads
Act of 2007 (H.R. 1773), by an overwhelming, bipartisan 411-3 margin.
WND also reported a White House strategy to pressure the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation not to hold
hearings or take any action on the House-approved Safe Roads Act.
The overwhelming majority by which H.R. 1773 was passed strongly
suggests the House would accept in conference a Dorgan-submitted
amendment to cut DOT funding of the Mexican truck demonstration
project.
WND reported Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters attended a
ceremony in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Feb. 22 in which Transportes Olympic
was announced to the Mexican public and press as the first Mexican
trucking company certified to participate in the truck demonstration
project.
The name of the company was not announced to the U.S. media or public
until the surprise, extraordinary 9 p.m. telephone press conference
Thursday by John Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, held with a hastily assembled select group of
reporters.
The first Mexican truck under the DOT demonstration project crossed
the border Saturday at 1:50 a.m. Eastern Time at Laredo, Texas,
headed for North Carolina.
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Subject: [CLW] Petraeus is Talking to Congress: Are You?
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:03:51 -0400 "Theresa J. Steed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Thank you, Texas
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:35:21 -0400
Dear Theresa J.,
I knew I could count on youthank you for your support!
Last week, you and thousands of your friends took the opportunity to show
Texasand the countrythat it's time to change Washington and build One
America. You showed that, together, we can work on the bold solutions and offer
real leadership to transform America.
Your support for my campaign means a great deal to Elizabeth and me.
As I travel across the country talking about ending the war in Iraq,
strengthening the middle class, guaranteeing universal health care, restoring
economic fairness and fighting global warming, it is your friendship and
strength that sustains me.
We know that this election is one of the most important of our lifetimes.
Thank you for taking the time this past week to show Texas that we will do what
America has always done in times like thesechange direction and move boldly
into the future.
Sincerely,
John Edwards
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"Theresa J. Steed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Thank you, Texas
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:35:21 -0400
Dear Theresa J.,
I knew I could count on youthank you for your support!
Last week, you and thousands of your friends took the opportunity to show
Texasand the countrythat it's time to change Washington and build One
America. You showed that, together, we can work on the bold solutions and offer
real leadership to transform America.
Your support for my campaign means a great deal to Elizabeth and me.
As I travel across the country talking about ending the war in Iraq,
strengthening the middle class, guaranteeing universal health care, restoring
economic fairness and fighting global warming, it is your friendship and
strength that sustains me.
We know that this election is one of the most important of our lifetimes.
Thank you for taking the time this past week to show Texas that we will do what
America has always done in times like thesechange direction and move boldly
into the future.
Sincerely,
John Edwards
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Petraeus will talk to Congress today. Will you?
Our nation is on the verge of an important debate on the Iraq war.
Please write to your Senators and Representative and tell them the time has
come to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.
President Bush and his top advisors are scheduled to report to Congress this
week on the success or failure of this year's increase of 30,000 troops in
Iraq. A number of independent reports and congressional hearings have set the
stage for today's much anticipated report to Congress by General David
Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan
Crocker.
President Bush and other supporters of the war are desperately trying to
paint a false picture of how military operations are unfolding. Just as with
the Vietnam War three decades ago, the Administration claims that we have
turned the corner and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Many Members of Congress are being taken in by the White House's PR offensive
-- and will vote to continue the war indefinitely. Congress is expected to vote
on measures to end the war between mid-September and October.
It is crucial that you send a message right now to your Senators and
Representative that it is time to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.
In a report released September 4, the Government Accountability Office, the
non-partisan investigative arm of Congress, confirmed that the Iraqi government
has failed to fully meet 15 of 18 benchmarks set by Congress to measure
economic, military, and political progress in Iraq.
In another recent report, 92% of surveyed foreign policy experts agreed that
the war in Iraq is harming U.S. national security. With the price tag for the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan now set to reach at least $800 billion, the costs
in American lives and international prestige increase every day we stay in Iraq.
Even if your Senators and Representative have views similar to yours, it is
critical that you communicate the intensity of your opposition to this
misguided war.
President Bush's horrible folly has gone on too long. It is time to end the
war now.
Sincerely,
John Isaacs Guy Stevens
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