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Mid · 16-05-2008, 02:05 AM

US pushes for helicopters to ferry Myanmar relief
May 15th, 2008
By ERIC TALMADGE
Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The door is open. But just a crack.
Myanmar's isolationist ruling junta is now allowing U.S. military cargo planes to regularly fly relief supplies into their largest city to provide aid to cyclone survivors.

But if the aid is to get out to the estimated 2 million people who need it most, Myanmar is going to have to make another big concession: letting the U.S. start flying helicopters directly into the hardest-hit areas and allowing boots on the ground.

So far, that is where the junta draws the line.

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16-05-2008, 02:05 AM	#19 (permalink)
Mid Nautical Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 13,324	US pushes for helicopters to ferry Myanmar relief May 15th, 2008 By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The door is open. But just a crack. Myanmar's isolationist ruling junta is now allowing U.S. military cargo planes to regularly fly relief supplies into their largest city to provide aid to cyclone survivors. But if the aid is to get out to the estimated 2 million people who need it most, Myanmar is going to have to make another big concession: letting the U.S. start flying helicopters directly into the hardest-hit areas and allowing boots on the ground. So far, that is where the junta draws the line. snip 620ktar.com __________________ "Keeping quiet while monks and other peaceful protesters are murdered and jailed is not evidence of constructive engagement." - Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch. "I think...I think it's in my basement. Let me go upstairs and check" - M.C. Escher