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27.10.2009, 09:01
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In Georgia, NATO-led military exercises are preparing troops to operate in Afghanistan. The first Georgian soldiers head to the conflict zone within weeks.
06.05.2009, 08:04
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A mutiny in a Georgian tank battalion ended after negotiations with President Saakashvili. The military revolted following the Interior Ministry’s allegation of planned coup d’etat.
24.12.2009, 09:17
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US Republican Senator Richard Lugar has urged the US and its European allies to re-arm Georgia after its military infrastructure suffered a blow during last year's war with South Ossetia.
01.09.2009, 22:00
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The newly-appointed head of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has announced that he wants to revise their strategy for defeating the Taliban.
16.04.2009, 16:09
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Russia calls on NATO to cancel or at least postpone its scheduled military exercises in Georgia.
30.09.2009, 12:07
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The Georgian army which took part in the August 2008 conflict in South Ossetia was created, trained and supplied by Americans, says professor and author Stephen Cohen.
17.11.2009, 16:28
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173 is a company. A company of the 23rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the Georgian army, that is. And they're off to join the thousands-strong crowd already fighting in Afghanistan.
05.05.2009, 20:10
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Some of Georgia’s partners in NATO may demand to postpone a major military exercise in the Caucasus state following Tuesday’s unrest in Tbilisi.
21.04.2009, 15:20
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Russia’s envoy to NATO believes that provocations against the alliance’s military from the Georgian side are possible during the joint war games scheduled for May.
05.05.2009, 17:32
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Saakashvili badly needed arguments both to convince NATO that he is still threatened by Moscow, and to repress his opposition, says Kirill Koktysh from the Moscow State University of International Relations.
Published: 17 November, 2009, 01:27
Edited: 17 November, 2009, 21:22
Georgia has sent its first troops to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force to join NATO military operations against the Taliban.
Do these Georgian troops realize that they are marching to a famous Russian military march. They ought to join Russia.