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Tsunami survivors - Could U.S. aid to survivors alter anti-Americanism among Muslims?
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- USATODAY.com By Barbara Slavin and Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY

The U.S. servicemen have been logging 24-hour shifts in sweltering humidity, but their voices bubble with enthusiasm as they describe the welcome they've received in the most conservative Islamic province of this Muslim country."

"We get lots of smiles, lots of thumbs-up," says Chief Petty Officer Matthew Schwantz, 29, of Beaufort, S.C. He's part of a squadron that has been flying off the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to bring aid to victims of the tsunami that struck Dec. 26. "The people are very appreciative."