U.S. to fly supplies into war-torn Georgia

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Georgian soldiers, seen here Aug. 11 in Tbilisi, return from Iraq. The U.S. started transported 2,000 Georgian troops home Aug. 10 after Georgia recalled them. Air Force officials are also planning to fly supplies into Georgia.


U.S. to fly supplies into war-torn Georgia
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Aug 13, 2008 6:39:47 EDT

Air Force officials are putting plans together to fly supplies into Georgia following Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s order to end all military operations in the former Soviet state.

Air Force C-17s flew all of Georgia’s 2,000 troops deployed in Iraq to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday and Monday after the Georgian government recalled the troops and asked the U.S. to do so.

Pentagon officials are not releasing when or where the cargo aircraft will disembark or whether the supplies are humanitarian or military at this time due to security issues, according to Lt. Col. Elizabeth Hibner, a Defense Department spokeswoman.

“We will hopefully be able to say more this afternoon,” she said.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized the U.S. for flying Georgia’s troops home from Iraq while Russia’s troops advanced into the country after fighting broke out over the disputed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.


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[TechBear_Seattle]

1. I expect the supplies are to aide Russian troops, not Georgian

According to this morning's news, the alleged cease fire and withdrawal were a sham: Russia has restarted the attack.