US orders 10,000 more Guard troops to storm region
Posted on: Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 15:55 CDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will send another 10,000 National Guard troops to Louisiana and Mississippi by Friday night, bringing to 21,000 the total number deployed in the four Gulf states battered by Hurricane Katrina, a senior Army general said on Thursday.
Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, head of the military's National Guard Bureau, told reporters that one-third of the 21,000 troops will be dedicated to help keep law and order in the devastated region, which includes Alabama and Florida.
Blum said the governors of the four states, especially Louisiana and Mississippi where looting has taken place, in the wake of the hurricane's assault on Monday, were worried about law and order.
"Right now, we're worried about law and order, food and medical care," Blum said, adding that both the current troops and the additional troops, who are being sent to Louisana and Mississippi from 12 other states, would remain under the command of the governors.
Hundreds of five-tonne military trucks will also be sent in the days ahead and communications specialists and other units will be among the fresh troops, he added.
Source: REUTERS
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