Diego Garcia Unaffected By Tsunamis
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 28, 2004
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 U.S. military personnel and civilian contractors and many U.S. long-range bombers and Navy ships.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bigelow, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii told the newspaper the U.S. base was apparently safe.
"There are no reports of any damage there," Lt Col Bigelow said.
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