Pentagon planning for long-term Myanmar aid

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Pentagon planning for long-term Myanmar aid
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 16, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. military officials continued Thursday to make plans for large-scale relief operation to aid cyclone-stricken Myanmar, but the refusal of the ruling military junta there to accept more than token assistance had one official concerned about possible unrest or even widespread riots.

Joint Task Force Caring Response, as the U.S. military has dubbed the humanitarian relief operation, has established its logistics headquarters at Utapao Thai Royal Navy Air Base, Thailand.

C-130 transports belonging to the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, are forward-deployed to Utapao in support of the operation.

One official said he is concerned that Burma’s citizens might begin to riot if they are made to suffer unassisted for too long.

"I think what we’re going to start seeing is people will rise up," he said. He said that there are some reports from witnesses on the ground that in some areas, "people are starting to get pissed off," although it is not widespread, and "there are no reports of the military getting violent" in retaliation.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54841



uhc comment: Too bad the Pentagon did not do the same thing for New Orleans. Instead we had buttwipe sharing cake with McSame and playing guitar with 'friends'. Heckofajob, Brownie!

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