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US Aid Ship Arrives in Georgia

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(AP) – A US Navy warship carrying humanitarian aid anchored at the Georgian port of Batumi today, sending a strong signal of support to an embattled ally as Russian forces built up around two separatist regions. But a top Russian general suggested that the presence of US and other NATO ships in the Black Sea would worsen tensions already at a post-Cold War low.

The guided missile destroyer USS McFaul, loaded with some 80 pallets containing about 55 tons of humanitarian aid, is the first of three American ships scheduled to arrive this week. The aid includes baby food, diapers, bottled water, and milk. Georgians "will feel safe not because the destroyer is here but because they will feel they are not alone facing the Russian aggression," said Georgia's defense minister.

A US sailor rests while loading humanitarian aid on the deck of guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul, anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
A US sailor rests while loading humanitarian aid on the deck of guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul, anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.   (Bela Szandelszky)
A Georgian flag flies in front of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
A Georgian flag flies in front of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.   (Bela Szandelszky)
  (Associated Press)
Russian armored vehicles move toward the border with Russia's North Ossetia, 70 km north of Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia's capital, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
Russian armored vehicles move toward the border with Russia's North Ossetia, 70 km north of Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia's capital, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Smoke rises from a fire in the Georgian village of Kekhvi, some 15 km (9 miles) north of Tskhinvali, in Georgia's breakway province of South Ossetia on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.
Smoke rises from a fire in the Georgian village of Kekhvi, some 15 km (9 miles) north of Tskhinvali, in Georgia's breakway province of South Ossetia on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Russian armored vehicles move toward the border with Russia's North Ossetia, 70 km north of Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia's capital, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
Russian armored vehicles move toward the border with Russia's North Ossetia, 70 km north of Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia's capital, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.   (Associated Press)
US sailers load humanitarian boxes on the deck of guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.
US sailers load humanitarian boxes on the deck of guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008.   (Bela Szandelszky)
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