Ungrateful bastards. Slef E.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'RollTideFan'" <RTF@RollTideFan.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:16 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] Everyone in the car. > We're leaving. Now. > BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - U.S. Marines have scaled back > their planned tsunami > aid efforts after reaching a compromise with the > government and agreeing not > to carry weapons or set up a base camp on Indonesian > soil, an American > spokesman said Wednesday. > The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is > leading the U.S. > military's relief effort, steamed out of Indonesian > waters Wednesday because > the country declined to let the ship's fighter pilots > use its airspace for > training missions. Helicopters will still deliver aid > to Sumatra's > devastated coast, however. > Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said foreign > troops would be out of > the country by the end of March. "A three-month period > is enough, even the > sooner the better," he said. > The moves underscore sensitivities in nationalistic > Indonesia at having > foreign military forces operating there, even in a > humanitarian operation. > They also come amid warnings from the Indonesian > military that areas of > tsunami-battered Aceh province may not be safe for aid > workers. > > > > _______________________________________________ > RTF mailing list > RTF@rolltidefan.net > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
