Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has ordered home the country’s contingent in Iraq to join the fight against Russia.The Georgian president made the announcement at a Tbilisi meeting with members of the Georgian opposition.The Iraq brigade to be recalled includes the entire 2,000 man force deployed in support of US operations in Iraq’s central provinces.Georgian officials have repeatedly refused to say when and how the unit, with its combat experience and US training accounted the best in the Georgian army, would get home.Meanwhile, Georgia has said it will not pull its team from the Olympics.Media reports from the Georgian capital of Tiblisi said President Mikheil Saakashvili would ask the team to remain in Beijing.
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