Russia Seizes Arsenal Of US Weapons In Georgia - Military

MOSCOW (AFP)--Russian forces have seized a "large arsenal" of U.S.-made
weapons in the western Georgian city of Senaki including hundreds of assault
rifles, a military spokesman said Friday.

"In Senaki, we seized a large arsenal of weapons including 664 U.S.-made
M-16 rifles" and a number of M-40 sniper rifles, General Anatoly Nogovitsyn
told a news conference in Moscow. "There were 1,728 weapons total."

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