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Tensions rise as UN and US try to deliver aid(Filed: 07/01/2005) Relief officials speak of frustration at lack of co-operation as American helicopters bring out the wounded. Richard Spencer reports from Banda Aceh Tension surfaced yesterday between the United Nations and the American military on the front line of the biggest relief operation since the Second World War. The UN is unhappy with the co-operation it has received from the United States, which has provided the bulk of the military hardware flying aid into cut-off towns and villages in Aceh province in northern Sumatra, the region worst affected by the tsunami. It has also criticised the American decision to fly continuous relief sorties without stopping to see where the need is greatest. At the same time, US officials were briefing journalists about the lack of a UN presence at the airport in Banda Aceh, the capital of the province. "Look around and see who's present, and you will also see who's missing," said one. "I think you can read between the lines. "They [the UN] have their compound in town, their cars, but are they getting food out? Are they setting up clinics?"