Military fends off criticism of slow response to Katrina crisis
AFP, September, 2005
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — As National Guard troops finally waded into flood and storm stricken New Orleans, the US military fended off angry criticism of its slow response to the worst natural disaster in US history.
"Don't tell me 40,000 people are coming here," New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin exploded in a CNN interview Friday. "They're not here."
Five days after category-four Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast, swamping New Orleans and flattening coastal communities, the US military presence is only now being felt on a large scale in the disaster zone.
Convoys of troops were seen moving through the flooded streets of New Orleans to evacuate the thousands stranded in a city on the brink of chaos.
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Military officials say some 15,000 national guard troops are now on duty in the Gulf Coast and thousands more will be pouring into Belle Chase Naval Air Station in ...
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