Posted on 12/27/2004 7:00:15 PM PST by naturalman1975
The key United States military base in the Indian Ocean has been unaffected by the tsunamis which have devastated parts of Asia, The Washington Post has reported.
Diego Garcia, a British territory about 1,500 kilometres south of India, hosts about 3,200 US military personnel and civilian contractors and many US long-range bombers and Navy ships.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bigelow, a spokesman for US Pacific Command in Hawaii told the newspaper the US base was apparently safe.
"There are no reports of any damage there," Lt Col Bigelow said.
Thanks - like I say, I couldn't do a search - and I know a lot of people have been worried about this, so I thought I'd post just in case it hadn't been cleared up yet. I don't like the idea of people waiting without news if it can be avoided.
Thanks. I saw the post earlier from an email, but its nice to see it again, in print too.
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