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Here are numerous pictures from various online Russian and Georgian news outlest of the conflict in Georgia where Russia has now intevened on the ground and in the air and invaded Georgia over the Ossetian Seperatists. Russian tanks and vehicles moving toward and into Georgia Russian aircraft attackintg Georgia positions Georgian troops movingn toward the fighting Burniing Georgian Armor Georgian forces engaging seperatists

Russia needs to be strong against 'fortress' US: Putin MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia faces a growing arms race against a "fortress" United States which cares more about its own interests than democracy or human rights, President Vladimir Putin said in his annual state of the nation speech. In a wide-ranging, nationally televised address to both houses of parliament on Wednesday, Putin spent most time on domestic issues, particularly the rapid decline of the country's population, which the Russian leader said is losing 700,000 people a year. But his most biting comments targeted the United States, which has become increasingly critical...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a package of legislative amendments creating the legal foundations for CIS citizens to serve in the Russian army on a contract basis

War brutalizes man, every afghan bears living testimony to this. If the landscape of Afghanistan bears the craters of the endless war, the political and military leadership in Afghanistan also carries war's indelible scars. It is important never to lose sight of this. Ahmed Shah Mas'ud was born to an army family in 1953 in the Panjshir Valley north of the Afghan capital Kabul. His father was a colonel in the Afghan Army and enrolled his son at Kabul's Lycee Istiqlal High School. Upon graduation Mas'ud joined Kabul's Polytechnic Institute. In 1973 King Zahir Shah was deposed and exiled by...

Former Soviet Officer Joins Air Force By Carl Bergquist Air University Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AETCNS) -- When stories about job changes come up in conversation, it is hard to top 2nd Lt. Chris Sverkounov. The Air and Space Basic Course student went from being a lieutenant in the Soviet Red Army to a commission in the Unites States Air Force … and he has never looked back. “I’m extremely excited about being an officer again,” said Lieutenant Sverkounov, who also said he believes he’s the first former Soviet officer to join the ranks of the U.S....