Georgia PM: Russia Bombing Raid Near BTC Oil Pipeline

AFP via NASDAQ.com ^ | August 09, 2008 | Staff

[library user]

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TBILISI (AFP)--Russian warplanes on Saturday staged a raid near a major international oil pipeline that runs through Georgia but didn't damage it, Georgia's prime minister said.

The 1,774-kilometer Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, or BTC, oil pipeline is the world's second longest and takes oil from Azerbaijan to Western markets.

"The area of the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline was bombed by Russian planes," Lado Gurgenidze told Georgian television. "Miraculously the pipeline was not damaged."

[Coffee200am]

Digg...but of course Digg is full of it...

"Georgia is at a tremendously critical strategic position for folks viewing the world from a conflict perspective (i.e. Neo-cons). Of course Bush and Co. would be active in Georgia."

"Of course we did. The current Georgian gov. is nothing but a US puppet state. In fact, it's well-known fact that their salaries come directly from DC."

[TigersEye]

Not a problem. Obama is organizing an emergency airlift of tire gauges to Europe.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

He is not totally quiet apparently:

Kook Bait Alert: Obama blames VP Cheney for Oil Woes -- A Leftard Perspective

[Hamiltonian]

Lest we forget Roger Tamraz and his trendy pipeline idea: Tea with Klintoon