World IN BRIEF : BANGLADESH : U.S. Mercy Mission Troops Head Home

Thousands of U.S. servicemen and women who brought food, clothing and hope to Bangladeshis who survived a savage cyclone will resume their journey home from the Gulf War today. “Our mission was to save lives. I think we saved a lot--I wish we could have saved more,” said Maj. Gen. Henry Stackpole, the commander of Operation Sea Angel. A seven-ship U.S. amphibious task force was diverted to Bangladesh by President Bush to speed relief to an estimated 1.7 million survivors of the April 30 cyclone that claimed at least 139,000 lives.