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McCain
accuses Russia of bidding to wipe out Georgia
By AFP
12/08/08 -- - Republican White House hopeful John McCain
said Monday Russia appears bent on extinguishing Georgia's
independence as he demanded a united Western front to protect
the former Soviet republic.
The United States should dispatch "immediate economic and
humanitarian assistance to help mitigate the impact the invasion
has had on the people of Georgia," McCain said in a statement he
read to reporters in Pennsylvania.
"In the face of Russian aggression, the very existence of
independent Georgia and the survival of its democratically
elected government are at stake," the Arizona senator said.
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