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The United States has accepted one billion dollars in cash and material goods from 45 countries and is weighing other offers of aid for Hurricane Katrina victims, a State Department official said Wednesday. Washington is trying to manage an influx of offers from 95 countries, the official explained, amid media reports that aid offers from abroad have been delayed for days, waiting for clearance from the US authorities. "The last thing we want is to end up with something which is of no use," said Harry Thomas, executive secretary of the State Department, who is coordinating Washington's response to foreign governments offering aid. According to a State Department list, which does not include military flights, the first aircraft bearing foreign aid was a British airplane laden with food rations that landed Monday in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eleven more flights touched town Tuesday -- seven British, two French and two Italian -- in Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, the state directly north of Louisiana. Eleven more were expected Wednesday at the same destination, including four British flights, two Russian, two Spanish, a Chinese and an Israeli flight. A French plane carrying cooking equipment, tents, jerricans, soap and blankets was headed either for Little Rock or Mobile, Alabama. All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.` Related Links TerraDaily Search TerraDaily Subscribe To TerraDaily Express 
Military Force In Storm-Hit Areas Exceeds 50,000: Officials
Washington (AFP) Sep 05 2005The number of US military forces in storm-ravaged Gulf Coast states swelled to more than 50,000 Monday as ground troops and naval vessels continued to stream into Louisiana and Mississippi, military officials said. |
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