Angry quake survivors demand more disaster aid
Friday, February 27, 2004
AL HOCEIMA, Morocco -- Earthquake survivors in a devastated region of northern Morocco halted relief trucks and pounded on their windshields Thursday, angry that they were not receiving tents and blankets. Two days after a powerful quake killed nearly 600 people, Moroccan government efforts were so disorganized that 40 Spanish firefighters returned home in frustration. Spanish relief workers complained Moroccan authorities were hampering their work. Moroccan officials called off rescue efforts, saying all the missing had been accounted for. About 400 people were injured. Tensions were high among survivors in the impoverished region in the northern Rif mountains where minority Berbers live. Thousands were left homeless by the quake.
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