US military trained Georgian commandos

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	The following email has been sent to you by petr.buben@live.com US military trained Georgian commandos US military trained Georgian commandos By Charles Clover in Moscow and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington Published: September 5 2008 18:49 | Last updated: September 5 2008 18:49 The US military provided combat training to 80 Georgian special forces commandos only months prior to Georgia's army assault in South Ossetia in August. The revelation, based on recruitment documents and interviews with US military trainers obtained by the Financial Times, could add fuel to accusations by Vlad­imir Putin, Russian prime minister, last month that the US had "orchestrated" the war in the Georgian enclave. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008 This article can be found at: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdffd9a6-7b71-11dd-b839-000077b07658,_i_email=y.html
 
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