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Former US president Bill Clinton
"You may see a lot of very angry people, you may see some people looting, you may see some people doing and saying some things you don't like."
Machete-wielding looters were bringing more terror to the Caribbean nation already long accustomed to violence and bloodshed, as anger and frustration mounted after Haitians were left mostly fending for themselves for three days.
Clinton, the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, made a fresh appeal for donations, saying he and aid agencies "can take your 10 dollars and put it with the 10 dollars of millions of other people and immediately turn it into food, medicine, shelter and clean water, and distribute it."
US President Barack Obama has enlisted both Clinton and ex-president George W. Bush to lead private sector fund raising for Haiti. He said he would meet with them Saturday to discuss their efforts.
Clinton urged people to rush donations through clintonfoundation.org/haiti earthquake, or to text "haiti" to 20222 to make 10-dollar donations.
"You've got unprecedented numbers of the people roaming the streets at night with no place to sleep. They haven't had any sleep in two days, they don't have water, they don't have food," he said earlier on CNN.
The former president's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said she will travel to Haiti on Saturday to see earthquake relief efforts first hand, deliver supplies and meet Haitian President Rene Preval. She cut short her tour of the Asia-Pacific region this week to address the humanitarian crisis.
The Clintons have a long-running involvement with Haiti, where they spent their honeymoon.
Bill Clinton, writing in The Washington Post on Thursday, spoke of a long-term partnership where aid should go to building a better future for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation including improved buildings, schools and health care.
"Establishing this foundation for a better Haitian future will require assistance from governments, businesses and private citizens. The people of Haiti deserve our support," he said.
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Machete-wielding looters were bringing more terror to the Caribbean nation already long accustomed to violence and bloodshed, as anger and frustration mounted after Haitians were left mostly fending for themselves for three days.
Clinton, the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, made a fresh appeal for donations, saying he and aid agencies "can take your 10 dollars and put it with the 10 dollars of millions of other people and immediately turn it into food, medicine, shelter and clean water, and distribute it."
US President Barack Obama has enlisted both Clinton and ex-president George W. Bush to lead private sector fund raising for Haiti. He said he would meet with them Saturday to discuss their efforts.
Clinton urged people to rush donations through clintonfoundation.org/haiti earthquake, or to text "haiti" to 20222 to make 10-dollar donations.
"You've got unprecedented numbers of the people roaming the streets at night with no place to sleep. They haven't had any sleep in two days, they don't have water, they don't have food," he said earlier on CNN.
The former president's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said she will travel to Haiti on Saturday to see earthquake relief efforts first hand, deliver supplies and meet Haitian President Rene Preval. She cut short her tour of the Asia-Pacific region this week to address the humanitarian crisis.
The Clintons have a long-running involvement with Haiti, where they spent their honeymoon.
Bill Clinton, writing in The Washington Post on Thursday, spoke of a long-term partnership where aid should go to building a better future for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation including improved buildings, schools and health care.
"Establishing this foundation for a better Haitian future will require assistance from governments, businesses and private citizens. The people of Haiti deserve our support," he said.
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