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| | US troops deployed to former Soviet republic of Georgia |
 | | Two US Air Force planes brought forty American military personnel to Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, on February 21, marking the first deployment of US combat forces in the Caucasus region, adjacent to one of the worlds largest oilfields. |
 | | The Pentagon has already provided Georgia with ten UH-1H Huey helicopters, and Georgian personnel are being trained in how to operate and maintain the aircraft, which would be used for attacks on guerrilla positions. |
 | | Georgia would be the fifth former Soviet republic to play host to US military advisers, warplanes or other combat forces, following Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, all of which have provided significant assistance to the war in Afghanistan. |
| www.wsws.org /articles/2002/mar2002/geor-m01.shtml (1200 words) |
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