MANTA, Ecuador — When U.S. officers stationed in this humid coastal city give reasons they should continue their decade-old airborne surveillance mission, they talk not only about fighting drug runners on the open seas but about the $71 million they’ve spent to renovate and maintain the city’s airport, and the $6.5 million they inject each year into the local economy.
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By Joshua Kors, The Nation
Posted on September 4, 2008, Printed on September 4, 2008
Sgt. Juan Jimenez had one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq, ushering top Administration officials through the war-torn streets of Baghdad. He returned home with two Purple Hearts and shrapnel lodged in his right arm. Today he is gravely ill.
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Vessel Shifts Course, Avoids Port Where Russians Are Posted
By Tara Bahrampour and Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, August 28, 2008; A14
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 27 — A U.S. military ship dropped off the first sea shipment of aid at a Georgian port Wednesday, avoiding one that remains under Russian control.
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Russia’s military is surprised by the Georgian army’s negligence
Nikolay Barsegov — 21.08.2008
An elite group of Georgian special forces drove into the “Russian-occupied” Poti on 5 U.S. military Hummers this week. The vehicles were carrying explosives, firearms and top-secret satellite technology — the pride of NATO generals.
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The Associated Press
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:48 EDT
BRUSSELS, Belgium: NATO warships entered the Black Sea on Thursday for what the alliance said were long-planned exercises and routine visits to ports in Romania and Bulgaria.
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