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USCGC Dallas docks at Batumi, Georgia
GEORGIA CONFLICT 2008 ^
| August 27, 2008
| Jeff Head
Posted on 08/27/2008 5:33:51 AM PDT by Jeff Head
AUGUST 27, 2008
The US Coast Guard Cutter, Dallas, docked at Batumi and began unloading its humanitarian supplies, ending speculation that the ship might first go to the port of Poti where Russian soldiers were blocking entrance to the port, and where Russian vessels of the Black Sea fleet were patrolling.
The Russians moved their six to eight vessels from a station in the vicinity of the Georgian port Poti into Abkhazian territorial waters, in possible anticipation that the US warships, USS McFaul and the USCGC Dallas might arrive, but also bolstered their fleet around the area. The Moscow, the Russian guided missile cruiser and flagship, visited Sevastopol over the weekend, reloaded armaments and supplies, and returned to sea immediately, Ukrainian naval intelligence sources reported..
This came in response to the continued NATO buildup of vessels in the area which now consist of vessels from the US, Spain, Canada, Germany, POland, and Turkey and could number as many as eighteen warships by the weekend when they would be strong enough to overpower the entire Russian Black Sea Fleet if necessary.
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KEYWORDS: batumi; blacksea; geopolitics; georgia; gerogianconflict; russia; russianagression
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Dallas docks in Batumi and offloads humanitarian relief.
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posted on
08/27/2008 5:33:52 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
To: Travis McGee; Southack; SolidWood; MarMema; Lasha; El Gato; Squantos; Noumenon; Lurker; ...
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posted on
08/27/2008 5:35:12 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
Isn’t there another thread that said they didn’t dock?
To: Jeff Head
God bless them and protect them.
I’m glad to know the world is sending multiple vessels as well.
To: silentknight
They didn’t dock at Poti. Instead, they docked further south at Batumi, which ended speculation that the Dallas might first dock at Poti.
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posted on
08/27/2008 5:54:14 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: AprilfromTexas
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posted on
08/27/2008 5:54:36 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
Putin didn’t manage to provoke...so it will be interesting to see if he ups the ante by blockading Bat’umi next (once we leave port).
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:07:20 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Jeff Head
With 24 years active duty eating Coast Guard chow, I can guarantee you that the Coast Guard went Poti.
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:07:48 AM PDT
by
dblshot
To: dblshot
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:28:33 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Southack
With 18 US and NATO warships coming into the area, we will probably keep that one open for the duration. Kind of a stalemate.
Poti is close to Abkhazian and the Russians vessels are patrolling up there. It's only about 50-60 miles.
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:30:17 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
A stalemate is what we want. Georgia gets more time to re-arm that way.
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:32:59 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Jeff Head
Jeff Head wrote:
With 18 US and NATO warships coming into the area, we will probably keep that one open for the duration. Kind of a stalemate.
Poti is close to Abkhazian and the Russians vessels are patrolling up there. It’s only about 50-60 miles.”
now if those Russian “Peacekeepers” could find some mines with their keels......
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:37:16 AM PDT
by
redstateconfidential
(A man who lets his friends down, is no man at all.)
To: Southack
Agreed, as long as the stalemate leaves them enough country to do so. Currently...it does.
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:38:25 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: redstateconfidential
Not mines. Not yet.
...but it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if their props ran into a “tar pool” that gummed up the works and required them to retire back to Sevastapol.
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posted on
08/27/2008 6:52:08 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Jeff Head
Maybe it's just me, but does that CG Officer bear a resemblance to Captain Bligh? Check the profile...
To: Jeff Head
This news just in:
All of the Wal-Marts across Alabama sold out of ammunition as of yesterday. A reliable source said that one of the purchasers commented that while Russia may have invaded Georgia, they sure as hell ain’t doin’ it to Alabama.
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posted on
08/27/2008 4:56:34 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squantos
LOL! Even in Georgia in the rual areas they were saying that Putin sure as heck is no Tecumseh Sherman and they’ll swallow him up if he moves inland.
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posted on
08/27/2008 4:58:19 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
Yep.......too funny ! Sad for the real situation of course......Putin needs to be smacked hard. Real hard so he gets the message. Freepmail enroute.
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posted on
08/27/2008 5:09:00 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squantos
“Russia may have invaded Georgia”
- - -
I’m keeping an eye out for ‘em in my back yard just in case.
To: Squantos
Here's the pic of W and Poot in China that I liked when the news 1st came out and W confronted him on the 8th there in China.
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posted on
08/27/2008 5:26:09 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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