Posted on 09/27/2007 3:39:14 AM PDT by Flavius
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Georgia and Russia clashed at the United Nations on Wednesday over an incident in which Georgian security forces killed two Russian officers training insurgents in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili told the U.N. General Assembly that one of those killed in the September 20 "law enforcement operation" was a Russian army lieutenant-colonel.
Pointing an accusing finger at Moscow, he said: "One has to wonder -- what was a vice-colonel of the Russian military doing in the Georgian forests, organizing and leading a group of armed insurgents on a mission of terror?"
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GO DAWGS!!!!
:P
Russia is still the Evil Empire. God Bless and Protect our friends and allies in Georgia.
Had we not moved to quickly incorporate Eastern Europe into NATO, this would be taking place all throughout Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Rep., and the Baltic States.
Pointing an accusing finger at Moscow, he said: “One has to wonder — what was a vice-colonel of the Russian military doing in the Georgian forests, ==
It was Abkhazian forest. And the officer was just the traning instructor for the abkhazian border guards.
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