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US Warship docks in Black Sea Port (Batumi)
Reuters ^
| 24 Aug 2008
| Reuters
Posted on 08/24/2008 1:40:23 AM PDT by Jeff Head
BATUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - The first U.S. warship to bring aid to Georgia arrived in the country's main Black Sea port of Batumi on Sunday, in a strong gesture of support for the ex-Soviet republic in its conflict with Russia. The USS McFaul, a guided missile destroyer, is loaded with humanitarian aid including beds and food for the tens of thousands displaced by the confrontation that erupted on Aug 7-8 over Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region.
GEORGIA COMNFLICT 2008
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foreignaid; geopolitics; georgia; georgianconflict; russia; russianagression; usn; ussfaul; ussmcfaul
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To: Jeff Head
21
posted on
08/24/2008 5:18:29 AM PDT
by
SLB
(Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
To: nuconvert
Read a report where the Georgians suspected that Spetnaz troops snuck into the harbor and blew up some of their coastal boats right under their noses before they could be deployed. No telling what other surprises are around Poti. Do the Russian have the equivalent of Navy SEALS ?
To: justa-hairyape
“Do the Russian have the equivalent of Navy SEALS?”
- - -
As an absolute ...
Navy Seals have no equivalent ...
anywhere ...
at least on this planet.
To: justa-hairyape
“Do the Russian have the equivalent of Navy SEALS ? “
There is no equivalent.
That being said, I think Spetsnaz covers a range of Russian special ops
24
posted on
08/24/2008 5:43:57 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists)
To: Jeff Head
25
posted on
08/24/2008 6:23:19 AM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: nuconvert
Good point about wreckage in the water.
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posted on
08/24/2008 6:59:45 AM PDT
by
Sal
(Pyrrhic Pooty just took Russia down to a 3rd class, 3rd world POS country that is dying.)
To: Jeff Head
Cool picture, thanks. These check points seem flimsy.
To: XR7
The McFaul is the finest warship in the Navy. One of the best tours I had in my 20 years.
28
posted on
08/24/2008 8:27:05 AM PDT
by
Skidmark
(Don't go to a gun fight with a knife...)
To: XR7
The McFaul is the finest warship in the Navy. One of the best tours I had in my 20 years.
29
posted on
08/24/2008 8:27:06 AM PDT
by
Skidmark
(Don't go to a gun fight with a knife...)
To: Cindy
At the port of Poti, where the Russians anticpated the arrival of US warships, a group of armored personnel carriers (APCs) and four tanks blocked the bridge into Poti, and Russian forces excavated trenches and set up mortars facing the city. Another group of APCs and trucks were positioned in a nearby wooded area. Georgian civilians from Poti protested at the roadblock. This occurred as elsewhere in Georgia the Russians had alreaddy compelted their general withdrawal and many of their tanks and personnel were exiting the Province of South Ossetia and entering Russia proper.
Meanwhile, 80 kilometers (55 miles) south of the port of Poti, at the Georgian port of Batumi, the US simply avoided the confrontation when the first U.S. warship, the guided missle and AEGIS detroyer, USS McFaul docked there instead to bring aid to Georgia on Sunday, August 24, 2008. The arrival is a strong gesture of support for the ex-Soviet republic in its conflict with Russia.
The USS McFaul is loaded with humanitarian aid including beds and food for the tens of thousands displaced by the confrontation that erupted on Aug 7-8 over Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region.
Two more US warships, and three NATO warships are also en route to deliver significant humanitarian aid and will arrive within the next day or two, presumably also at Batumi. With six warships in the area, two of them AEGIS warships, and one o fthe others, the USS Mt. Whitney being the flagship of the US 6th fleet, the US Navy and NATO are making a significant commitment and sending a strong message of support to Georgia and a strong message of resolve to Moscow.
30
posted on
08/24/2008 10:34:21 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: LRS
The Nimitz class are nuclear powered super aircraft carriers. That is an Arleigh Burke class AEGIS, guided missile destroyer.
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posted on
08/24/2008 10:36:02 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: LRS
Seriously? Did he call them that? Unbelievable, and he is the chairman of the Senate foregin relations committee.
Have you got a link?
32
posted on
08/24/2008 10:37:12 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Sal; nuconvert
After the humanitarian gear is offloaded, and once we build up more naval forces, we may yet do so.
33
posted on
08/24/2008 10:37:54 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Malesherbes
We have been embracing both. This action will almost certainly lead to their quick approval and induction into NATO.
See my : GEORGIA CONFLICT 2008 SITE
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posted on
08/24/2008 10:39:47 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: nuconvert
They blew up a small missile corvette dockside...but they may well have mined the harbor and done other things. We will check all of that out long before sedning anything in there proper.
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posted on
08/24/2008 10:41:26 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: SLB
Part of the Big Stick. An even bigger one...much, much oigger, is gathering off of Iran as we speak.
36
posted on
08/24/2008 10:42:30 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: joanie-f; Dukie; Squantos; JohnHuang2; RobFromGa; k.trujillo; Travis McGee; jim macomber; ...
FYI. Latest. More info and pics at post 30.
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posted on
08/24/2008 10:48:29 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
To: Jeff Head
Thanks for the ping Jeff, it seems that this is truly TR stuff, as in speaking softly. As I’ve said before, I love hearing about Aegis class destroyers, as that’s the name I gave my Dobie. :)
To: Jeff Head
White Needle ‘O Death in the lower right corner!!
Coastie BUMP
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posted on
08/24/2008 11:11:19 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
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