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Atlanta Chaos as Russians Invade Georgia.

For immediate release: Helen Holdouts

(ACPA-Helen, GA) Terrified Residents of several Georgia Cities fled to the hills upon hearing the news that Russia had invaded the southern US State. Panic was especially high in Atlanta where older residents still remember the stories of Sherman's burning of the city during the US Civil War.

Thousands raced up the GA-400 highway to the mountain town of Helen which was quickly overwhelmed. Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue announced that all Georgia National Guard troops in Iraq would be brought home to assist in defense as soon as transport planes became available.

"I knew them commies would do it sooner or later, we should never have fallen for Gorbachov with that mark of the beast on his head an' all", said Dwayne Elliot of Fulton County in a phone-in interview with Stephen Colbert who has been providing extensive coverage of the reaction in Georgia to the conflict.

"Yes, yes, we will be there help you soon", promised Colbert a South Carolina native believed to have relatives in Columbus. Meanwhile Ralph Biggle who recently covered Iraq for the Colbert Report has been dispatched to report from the front lines.

Supporters of John McCain cheered the news. "This is the sort of military situation that favors our candidate" said a spokesman, "I mean of course we don't welcome the invasion but if it's going to happen we need a Republican in charge running things".

Not every resident of Atlanta was worried about the turn of events. One man who stayed at home noted that he "had not personally seen any fighting" and with so many people gone, his "treacherous Atlanta commute is much better".

The Atlanta Center for Policy Analysis will continue to monitor events remotely from one of the many German themed bars in Helen. Editor Ronald Pecorry was seen in Heidi's Bar working on his war novel "For whom the toll was waived on Highway 400". "It's reminiscent of Paris in 1944 but set in rural Georgia" he told Biggle over a hefeweizen.