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T'bilisi conflict expanding; Georgian targets attacked by Russia
Topic Started: Aug 8 2008, 03:23 PM (167 Views)
JoeB
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The Georgian takeover of South Ossetia has gotten a response from Russia.


http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=18976
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Strategic Targets Bombed Across Georgia

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 9 Aug.'08 / 01:05
   

Russian aircraft dropped bombs in number of strategic places across Georgia late on August 8, including military base in Senaki and port of Poti, the Georgian media sources reported.

There are casualties, both dead and wounded as a result of air strike on port of Poti, the Georgian Public Broadcaster reported. A railway station in Senaki was also bombed, it said.

Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi was also bombed – for the forth time in a day.

“This is not the conflict in the Tskhinvali region; this is war against Russia,” Temur Iakobashvili, the Georgian state minister for reintegration, said.

"We call on Russia to cease attacks on Georgia by aircraft and missiles, respect Georgia's territorial integrity, and withdraw its ground combat forces from Georgian soil,” U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the officials have confirmed that evacuation of personnel was ongoing from the administrative and governmental buildings. The Georgian media reported that the personnel from the newly built Presidential Palace was also evacuated, as well as residents from nearby houses in Tbilisi.


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Frank_W
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This doesn't sound good....
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Piano*Dad
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Russia is attempting to intimidate Georgia into a ceasefire on Russia's terms. Seems pretty sensible on the one hand. On the other, though, it is a significant upping of the ante. The question is whether Georgia's American trained military has the wherewithal to challenge Russia in the air or on the ground, at least locally in some particular spots. Georgia might want to try to inflict a couple of high profile bloody noses (a bunch of downed aircraft, or a destroyed tank column) in order to catch Russia's attention. If they cannot, they may have to find a way to back down as gracefully as possible. The alternative is that Russia asserts dominance over Georgian domestic politics for the time being.
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apple
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2000 people are dead

This is awful.
it behooves me to behold
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Piano*Dad
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Apple,

That figure is reported by participants who have a strong interest in inflating the numbers. The truth is quite unknown at this point, but the numbers are likely quite a bit lower.
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apple
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the BBC reports considerable less - 60.

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George K
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(There is no truth in the news, and no news in the truth)


It's Bush's Fault

The US administration urged for an immediate cease-fire in the conflict between Russia and Georgia over the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia.

In the meantime, Russian officials believe that it was the USA that orchestrated the current conflict. The chairman of the State Duma Committee for Security, Vladimir Vasilyev, believes that the current conflict is South Ossetia is very reminiscent to the wars in Iraq and Kosovo.

“The things that were happening in Kosovo, the things that were happening in Iraq – we are now following the same path. The further the situation unfolds, the more the world will understand that Georgia would never be able to do all this without America. South Ossetian defense officials used to make statements about imminent aggression from Georgia, but the latter denied everything, whereas the US Department of State released no comments on the matter. In essence, they have prepared the force, which destroys everything in South Ossetia, attacks civilians and hospitals. They are responsible for this. The world community will learn about it,” the official said.

In the meantime, it became known that the Georgian troops conducted volley-fire cleansings of several South Ossetian settlements, where people’s houses were simply leveled.

“The number of victims with women, children and elderly people among them, can be counted in hundreds and even thousands,” a source from South Ossetian government in the capital of Tskhinvali said.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, told reporters that Georgia’s actions in South Ossetia question its consistency as a state and as a responsible member of the international community, Interfax reports.

"Civilians, including women, children and elderly people, are dying in South Ossetia. In addition to that, Georgia conducts ethnic scouring in South Ossetian villages. The situation in South Ossetia continues to worsen every hour. Georgia uses military hardware and heavy arms against people. They shell residential quarters of Tskhinvali [the capital] and other settlements. They bomb the humanitarian convoys. The number of refugees continues to rise – the people try to save their lives, the lives of their children and relatives. A humanitarian catastrophe is gathering pace,” Russia’s Foreign Minister said.

The minister added that the Georgian administration ignored the appeal from the UN General Assembly to observe the Olympic truce during the Beijing Olympics.

“The Georgian administration has found the use to its arms, which they have been purchasing during the recent several years,” Lavrov said. “The fact that Georgian peacemakers in the structure of joint peacemaking forces opened fire on their Russian comrades from one and the same contingent speaks for itself, I think,” the minister added.
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