Heheh. Maksud saya juga begitu kok. Saya pakai kata setitik air dalam samudra, itu kan agar saya tidak dituduh antek Amerika saja. Maklumlah, disini kan masih banyak orang yang antipati amat sangat kepada Amerika. Terima kasih.
Salam, RM --- Ambon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Setitik atau sejuta ton bantuan, patut kita > berterimakasih karena ada yang > prihatin dan rela membantu, sebab diri sendiri tak > mampu untuk mengatasi > situasi.. > > Masalah pokok ialah supaya semua bamtuan sampai > kepada yang benar-benar > membutuhkan, dan bukan hilang ditengah jalan dimakan > rayap atau tikus-tikus > rakus. > > InsyaAlloh! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rahardjo mustadjab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <ppiindia@yahoogroups.com>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Wisnu Sindhutrisno" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "Kenny Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Nithianandum > Katherayson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:53 PM > Subject: [ppiindia] A clear line between life and > death > > > > > > Kapak induk Abraham Lincoln, 13,000 personil, 46 > > helicopter Seahawk yang melakukan 30 sorties tiap > > hari, 21 kapal, dan 29 pesawat semuanya membawa > > bantuan, mungkin bagaikan setitik air di samudra > > mengingat begitu besarnya kerusakan di Aceh. > > > > Salam, > > RM > > > > --------------------------- > > > > washingtonpost.com > > A Clear Line Between Life and Death > > > > By Alan Sipress and Glenn Kessler > > Washington Post Foreign Service > > Wednesday, January 5, 2005; Page A01 > > > > > > LAMNO, Indonesia, Jan. 4 -- From the skies above > > Aceh's devastated western coastline, no sign of > > civilization remains except for the barren > concrete > > foundations of houses sheared clean and wooden > debris > > scattered like multicolored confetti. > > > > But several miles inland, some isolated > settlements > > were spared by the tsunami that devastated the tip > of > > Sumatra island Dec. 26, killing more than 94,000 > > people in Indonesia alone. Villagers walk along > the > > main roads toward the spots where U.S. Navy > Seahawk > > helicopters have been dropping emergency supplies > of > > food and water for the past three days. > > > > The line between life and death was evident > Tuesday > > looking down at the countryside from one of the > > Seahawks. As far as the wall of briny water had > > advanced, rice fields of the once verdant western > > coast were transformed into a broad swath of brown > > sludge. But inches beyond the reach of the wave, > the > > paddies glistened emerald green. > > > > The Seahawks, based on the USS Abraham Lincoln > > aircraft carrier, which is stationed off Sumatra, > are > > running at least 30 relief missions a day to towns > and > > villages on the west coast. > > > > The flights are part of a U.S. military operation > > throughout the region affected by the earthquake > and > > resulting tsunami. The effort involves about > 13,000 > > personnel, 21 ships, 46 helicopters and 29 other > > aircraft. > > > > "I think we are bringing more military assets into > the > > region," said Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, > who > > arrived in Jakarta late Tuesday for a trip to Aceh > on > > Wednesday. "I think there is large quantities of > food > > on the way, fresh water on the way, medical > supplies > > on the way." > > > > Powell, accompanied by President Bush's brother, > Gov. > > Jeb Bush of Florida, stressed humanitarian needs > in > > the region while on a tour of the tsunami-stricken > > countries. Powell and Bush spent part of Tuesday > in > > Phuket, Thailand, viewing the damage left by the > > tsunami and inspecting relief efforts. > > > > In Indonesia, Powell expressed the hope that U.S. > aid > > could begin to reverse the rise of > anti-Americanism in > > the region by demonstrating that "America is not > an > > anti-Islamic, anti-Muslim nation." > > > > Indonesia is the world's largest Islamic nation; > about > > 88 percent of its 238 million people are Muslim. > U.N. > > officials have warned that tens of thousands of > people > > in northern Sumatra have not yet received help > > following the earthquake and tsunami. More than > > 139,000 people were killed in the catastrophe, and > > millions have been left homeless in at least 12 > > countries, according to relief officials. > > > > Powell said scenes of U.S. helicopter pilots > > delivering aid, coupled with a demonstration of > > "American generosity" through a range of other > > humanitarian activities, would reduce the ability > of > > radical groups to recruit terrorists. > > > > "It dries up those pools of dissatisfaction which > > might give rise to terrorist activities," Powell > said > > after meeting with senior Indonesian officials in > > Jakarta, the capital. He slept Tuesday at the JW > > Marriott hotel, which was bombed by Muslim > extremists > > in August 2003, killing 12 people. > > > > Powell was scheduled to attend an international > donors > > meeting in Jakarta on Thursday. More than $2 > billion > > has been pledged to the recovery effort, including > > $350 million from the United States, not including > the > > military operation. > > > > Rain and flooding in some areas were hampering > > international relief efforts on Tuesday, but there > has > > been "extraordinary progress" said Jan Egeland, > the > > U.N. emergency relief coordinator. > > > > Egeland said he had asked the Bush administration > to > > provide a C-17 transport plane that would ferry > > bulldozers to be used to expand the runway at > Banda > > Aceh. > > > > The airport in the provincial capital, a hub for > > relief aid, was blocked for hours when a Boeing > 737 > > cargo plane carrying supplies hit a water buffalo > on > > the runway. > > > > Aceh's west coast was closest to the gargantuan > > earthquake that triggered the tsunami, and much of > the > > region is cut off because of decimated roads and > > washed-out bridges. > > > > On one Navy helicopter mission over the west > coast, a > > young man walking on a road through the paddies > paused > > at the sound of the approaching Seahawk and stared > up. > > Then he waved. > > > > Petty Officer Jason Dexter, 24, of Coronado, > Calif., > > clad in an olive flight suit and white helmet, > stuck > > his gloved hand through the open door of > helicopter > === message truncated === ------------------------ Yahoo! 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