Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I sent the reply to the forum. Come on over. Daniel On 9/4/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > Reported a few minutes ago on German radio : > How much truth there is in the report I don't know, it's only minutes old. > > A german military transport aircraft with 10 tons of cargo for relief in > the hurricane Katrina disaster area was refused > landing permission by the US authorities, quoted as having said "Our > country is perfectly capable of looking after itself" > > Landing permission was eventually granted and, although the German > military crew were forbidden to unload the cargo,the 10 tons were > unloaded and distributed to thankful (non-government) aid workers. > > Will they also refuse to let the MASH with Wings "Flying Hospital", > Medevac, land. > > It's scandalous enough with the delays in the US-government reacting to > the disaster, but IMO this caps it all > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >