NYT (Schwirtz+Chivers, “Russian Forces Detain Georgian Soldiers at Port” 19 Aug ’08): Russian forces detained 21 Georgian soldiers in the Black Sea port of Poti on Tuesday. [...] The Georgian soldiers were taken by the Russians to a military base at Senaki, along with five armored American Humvees that were due to be shipped back [...]
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