U.S. Navy backs off deployment in tense Georgian port


	U.S. Navy backs off deployment in tense Georgian port

dl211

9-2-2008 1:22 PM

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dl211 says:

Congratulations to Russia and Heir Putin -

you have attained the role of Superpower by default thanks to the USA, EU, NATO....continue to do your dastardly deeds.

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                        <SPAN id="lw_1219887937_0" class="yshortcuts">BATUMI, Georgia</SPAN> — The United States scuttled its plan to sail humanitarian aid into Georgia's main seaport Wednesday as <SPAN id="lw_1219887937_1" class="yshortcuts">Russia</SPAN> denounced the deployment and sent a <SPAN id="lw_1219887937_2" class="yshortcuts">naval task force</SPAN> into the waters off nearby Abkhazia .                        
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A <SPAN id="lw_1219887937_3" class="yshortcuts">U.S. Coast Guard cutter</SPAN> steered its humanitarian cargo instead to <SPAN id="lw_1219887937_4" class="yshortcuts">Batumi</SPAN>, 50 miles to the south, avoiding a potential confrontation with <SPAN id="lw_1219887937_5" class="yshortcuts">Moscow</SPAN> in the increasingly tense Black Sea.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080827/wl_mcclatchy/3029488"><P>
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