But didn’t they say they were ‘pulling out’? “The soldiers told us they had an order from Putin – leave or be killed.” Manana Dioshvili showed no emotion as she described how Russian troops forced her to flee her home. Her former neighbours nodded in agreement, huddled together in a kindergarten whose windows had been
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Ten days before Russian tanks and infantry invaded the democratic and pro-Western Republic of Georgia, the federal government’s Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) terminated all Voice of America (VoA) radio broadcasts to Russia, The Washington Examiner has learned. This means that throughout the still unfolding international crisis, a key communications tool that helped win the
The Russkies redeploy missiles into a former Soviet territory. WASHINGTON (AFP) — Russia has moved short-range SS-21 missiles into South Ossetia, possibly putting the Georgian capital Tbilisi in range, a US defense official said Monday. The development came amid other signs that Russia was adding ground troops and equipment to its force in South Ossetia
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Hmmmmm….NBC? CBS? ABC? Where are you? Some Turkish reporters were covering a shoot-out between Georgian and Russian troops, when the Russians decided the Turks looked like Georgians, too. Link to video: http://williamamos.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/underfire-under-russia-underwear-needs-cleaned/ I recall ridiculous claims by leftwingnut journalists that American troops deliberately ‘targeted them’ for ‘assassination’. All false, of course. Now that there’s direct
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Military cargo planes are delivering food and supplies to a devastated Georgia. Berlin airlift Deja Vu. President Bush dispatched US military hardware to the heart of the Caucasus yesterday and warned Russia that it could be frozen out of international bodies as punishment for its aggression in Georgia. In his toughest criticism of Russia since
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For what? Daring to want independence? For trying to get back the terroritory seized by Russia? TBILISI, Georgia – Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia’s army into headlong retreat and left towns and military bases destroyed. More than 2,000 people
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