US ships leave after Burma refuses aid offer 04/06/2008 - 07:09:52
A top US military commander says American Navy ships off Burma’s coast will leave the area after failing to get the junta’s permission to help with cyclone relief efforts.
Admiral Timothy Keating, the top commander in the Pacific, who is based in Hawaii, says he wants the USS Essex and accompanying vessels to resume their previously scheduled duties tomorrow.
The ships were in the region for international exercises.
Admiral Keating made them available to help with relief efforts for last month’s cyclone and they were deployed near Burma in case they obtained permission to enter the country’s waters.
But Burma allowed only limited US military aid flights to the country, and barred the ships from approaching.
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A top US military commander says American Navy ships off Burma’s coast will leave the area after failing to get the junta’s permission to help with cyclone relief efforts.
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