US marines tread carefully in cyclone-hit Bangladesh
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Bearing Drift’s own Jim Hoeft makes an international news report:
ABOARD THE USS KEARSARGE (AFP) Opposition to the US-led war in Iraq may be strong in mainly Muslim Bangladesh, but US military personnel ferrying aid to cyclone survivors have shrugged off any political concerns.
“It does not matter what your particular religion is. Suffering is universal. We travelled 4,500 kilometres (3,000 miles) to get here as fast as we could,” navy Lieutenant Jim Hoeft said aboard the USS Kearsarge. AFP: US marines tread carefully in cyclone-hit Bangladesh
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