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Sri Lanka Rejects Tsunami aid, AGAIN (just send money)
Several blogs have reported that the government of Sri Lanka has rejected a contingent of 1,500 US Marines sent there to aid in tsunami recovery. Today, I just heard that a huge US military relief force had been rejected. More than 1,300 Marines ready to disgorge from a US warship with emergency equipment and shelters for the tens of thousands made homeless were simply given the message "No thanks!".A small contingent of US Marines had already landed in Sri Lanka before someone there changed their minds. Also see Jerusalem, Dec 28 : Sri Lanka has refused to accept an Israeli rescue team which was to leave today for the island nation to assist operations, as it would accept only supplies because the tsunami-hit areas "are swamped with rescue teamsAlso see A vocal, influential, and extremely small Muslim minority in Sri Lanka was blamed by talk show host Steve Lucas on the 12/28 refusal. There is no evidence that there has ever been a "surplus" of rescue teams in Sri Lanka, rather the opposite. These twin refusals of aid have gotten virtually no coverage in the MSM. Perhaps additional thousands of Sri Lankans died due to the stupidity of the Sri Lankan government. No wonder they have a civil war. Their dithering caused a large contingent of aid to be delayed in delivering critically services to those willing to accept it. Posted by: Whutch Threth6418 2005-01-05 |
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