Aid for tsunami tragedy rolls in

As the death toll nears 140,000, the world is coming together to help the tsunami-struck countries in Asia. Newest contributors are Dell Computers at $3MIL and actress Sandra Bullock with $1MIL. In the mean time, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton will be leading the US private fund-raising relief effort.

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3 Responses to "Aid for tsunami tragedy rolls in"

Uptown Girl says:

January 3, 2005 at 4:27 pm

and to think the US was called stingy
CavalierX says:

January 4, 2005 at 12:38 am

This sort of assistance is NOT being figured into the amount of monetary aid America is sending, but certainly isn’t free:

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) — The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began providing logistical support Jan. 1 to disaster victims in the Indonesian province of Aceh for the first time since earthquakes and tsunamis ravaged Southern Asia Dec. 26.

U.S. Navy officials expect additional naval support in the area within seven to ten days. In addition to Lincoln CSG ships already in the area, including USS Shoup (DDG 86), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS Benfold (DDG 65) and USNS Ranier (T-AOE 7), the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)will provide aid to the region along with elements from its expeditionary strike group, including USS Duluth (LPD 6), USS Milius (DDG 69), USS Rushmore (LSD 47), USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Thach (FFG 43), and USCGC Munro (WHEC 724).

In addition, six U.S. maritime pre-positioning ships – large cargo ships loaded with stocks of food, fresh water and other relief supplies – from Guam and Korea will enter the region and begin contributing their resources to the humanitarian effort. The ships are laden with enough equipment and supplies to support 15,000 Marines for one month. They are equipped with water purification machines and evaporators capable of producing more than 100,000 gallons of potable water per day and pumping it to shore from up to two miles away, road-making supplies, electrical power generators and a host of other emergency supplies and equipment.

The Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. 6 from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is set to join the humanitarian effort in Southern Asia Jan. 2 by sending 43 medical professionals into the area to administer a range of medical assistance, including disease assessment and treatment, water-quality and food-quality testing, mosquito and insect assessment, and chemical analysis.

I do not begrudge the assistance being rendered by our military — far from it! It would be nice, though, to get a simple “thank you” instead of this relentless America-bashing. Just ONCE, if it’s not too much trouble.
Sister Toldjah says:

January 5, 2005 at 8:03 pm

Amen, Cav.

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