Tsunami-devastated Indonesia welcomes Colin Powell

Residents of Indonesia’s quake-and-tsunami-devastated Aceh province welcomed US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit to the region today, expressing gratitude for American aid.

Powell jetted into Banda Aceh airport on a US Air Force plane just before 1pm (6am Irish time) and was due to take a helicopter flight over shattered Aceh to see for himself the extent of the damage ahead of a donor’s conference in Jakarta tomorrow.