Airlift of Georgian troops from Iraq near complete: PentagonThe US military is expected to complete the airlift of 2,000 Georgian troops from Iraq to their home country Monday, a Pentagon spokesman said as Russian forces pushed deeper into Georgia. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman denied an accusation A formal criminal charge against a person alleged to have committed an offense punishable by law, which is presented before a court or a magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged crime. by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the Georgian troops were flown directly into the combat zone, but would not say where they were taken. "Largely the entire redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. should be completed today," Whitman told reporters, adding that military flights carrying the troops began over the weekend. He said "reports suggesting they are being flown directly into the fight are wrong." US Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke twice over the weekend with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ სააკაშვილი) (born December 21, 1967) is a Georgian politician and the current President of Georgia. to discuss the troop flights, Whitman said. Gates also spoke with the Russian defense
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His comments came as Georgian officials said Russian forces were occupying the city of Gori Gori (gô`rē), city (1989 pop. 68,924), central Georgia. It has food processing plants. Mentioned in the 7th cent. as Tontio, it was later named after a fortress. Gori passed to Russia in 1801. Stalin was born in the city. after Georgian forces had been ordered to withdraw from the city. 
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