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February 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda “Their combat vehicle exploded following an insurgent attack,” Georgia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was in Helmand on Monday to meet his country’s troops, said after the deaths that Georgia stood by its commitment to the increasingly unpopular war, dragged into its 11th year.
“The sacrifice of Georgian servicemen is appreciated by the Georgian people… future generations will live in a united, much stronger and more successful country,” Saakashvili said in a statement.
Since 2004, Georgian troops have been in Afghanistan, a commitment that underscores Tbilisi’s ambition to join NATO, despite fierce opposition from neighboring Russia, with which it fought a brief war in 2008.
Georgia has currently over 900 troops supporting the NATO-led war in Afghanistan, including 750 in Helmand. Tbilisi plans to send some 600-700 soldiers to Afghanistan this year making Georgia one of the largest non-NATO contributors in the US-led war there.
The security situation remains fragile in Afghanistan despite the presence of thousands of foreign forces.
HSH/JR
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