The earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004 swamped the northern and western coastal areas of Sumatra, and the smaller outlying islands off Sumatra. Nearly all the casualties and damage took place within the province of Aceh. The national disaster coordinating agency confirmed the death toll in Indonesia to be 128,715. In the wake of the disaster, Australia, India, Japan and the US had formed a coalition to co-ordinate aid efforts to streamline immediate assistance; however, at the Jakarta Summit on January 6, 2005, the coalition transferred responsibilities to the United Nations. A total of $6 billion has been pledged so far by developed nations to rebuild in the ten affected countries. Much of the money went to Muslim-dominated Indonesia, a vast and mostly impoverished resource-rich archipelago whose northern Aceh province suffered more than two-thirds of those killed in the tsunami catastrophe. The outpouring of aid to Indonesia reflects the collective anguish of a world horrified by the strongest earthquake in 40 years and the ensuing tsunami that killed thousands of people. Overwhelmingly, the motivation behind the aid is humanitarian, but it also has diplomatic and economic overtones and there are other agendas that both the donor and recipient countries have that need to be studied. What other than humanitarian considerations motivated the donors, particularly the United States, to contribute to the Tsunami aid fund for Indonesia? How did the Indonesian government respond to the donor's demand and with what result?