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Posted on 06/10/2004 2:28:29 PM PDT by JustPiper
It just looks like a left wing hit piece to me. Did I miss something?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151881/posts
Tbilisi tells Moscow to stay out of its affairs
Russian Journal ^ | June 03, 2004
Posted on 06/11/2004 1:53:38 PM EDT by RussianConservative
TBILISI - Georgia told Russia on Wednesday to stay out of its affairs in a sharpening dispute over its breakaway South Ossetia region, where Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is trying to re-assert central control. The foreign ministry of the ex-Soviet republic defended its action in sending troops on Monday to the internal border with the region to protect anti-smuggling checkpoints that Georgia said Russian peacekeepers were trying to remove.
That action drew a sharp rebuke from Moscow which complained of "provocative acts" by the Tbilisi government and a danger of "violence and bloodshed". In a statement, Georgia's foreign ministry said: "This affair concerns Georgia's territory and Georgia is a sovereign state and has the right to take action to uphold the law on its own territory, just like Russia and other states."
The turbulent, multi-ethnic region of which Georgia is a part is a transit route for oil from the Caspian basin, making it strategically important for both Moscow and Washington. Saakashvili recently brought Georgia's renegade Adzhara region back into the fold by forcing out the local leader, and has made clear he has now set his sights on regaining control over South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia.
But both have rejected the advances of the U.S.-educated leader who won a landslide election this year after a bloodless revolution. A four-way commission set up after South Ossetia's 1991-2 separatist war met in the region on Wednesday in an attempt to defuse the war of words.
I have three dogs, and they would certainly enjoy a nice long walk!!
:D
I shall be with you in spirit, drinking a frostie for good measure.
Ping us a report! What the hey, it's not a crime to irritate.
You're welcome.
What does CME stand for?
The dogs are leashed up and ready to roll!
On Satan, on Kufar, on Infidel!
(That's their names for this little adventure, should anyone ask, the one I'll call satan is even all black! ;), Their real names are Wadi, Idget, and Miss Henny Penny(aka satan))
Coronal Mass Ejection, a cloud of particles ejected when a sunspot erupts.
ouch. . .from where I sit it is in the same general region. . .its next door. . .
>>>>However, you should expect more swelling and itching than you got in third grade.
Swelling or itching was nothing. I remember being unconscious and groggy for days.
Thanks. I didn't know I was still allergic.
IN India a few years ago, I called my cousin's doberman Saddam.
Should be good for a laugh when you stroll nonchalantly near the area.
You are really going to do that? Ricky, that is not safe.
I don't know. Hopefully, a hoaxer.
Thanks.
I guess it is supposedly part of an "exercise"? (re- Russians airlifting troops to the Far East)
Could be that mango honey shampoo...
*ducking*
Granny, that is so creepy.
The aurora was what I saw in that very intense dream I posted here (reluctantly) several months ago. The aurora covered 2/3 of the night sky.
It was preceded by brilliant stars shooting across the sky- some from the east and some from the west. Then the stars were falling- there were people watching the display from a bridge- oohing and aahhing like they were watching fireworks----
until the stars started blazing across the sky and falling to the ground.
I will NEVER forget that dream. I woke up extremely energized and with a sense of awe, and a need to share that dream with others. The beauty was so very intense.
I usually just dream about things like....taking an exam after forgetting it was scheduled---normal things like that.
Safety prayers are with you in Atlanta TMP!
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