Russia's Channel 1 shows heavy tanks purported to be on their way to South Ossetia.
Posted on 08/08/2008 3:41:39 AM PDT by edpc
TBILISI, Georgia - Georgian troops launched a major military offensive Friday to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia and the president accused Russia, which has close ties to the separatists, of bombing Georgian territory.
A Russian official denied the bombing. But Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the Georgian attack will draw retaliation and the Defense Ministry pledged to protect South Ossetians, most of whom have Russian citizenship.
An Associated Press reporter saw tanks and other heavy weapons concentrating on the Russian side of the border with South Ossetia and villagers were fleeing into Russia.
"I saw them (the Georgians) shelling my village," said Maria, who gave only her first name. She looked shocked and was reluctant to speak. She said she and other villagers spent the night in a field and then fled toward the Russian border as the fighting escalated.
The fighting in South Ossetia has raised fears of an all-out war that could draw in Russia, which has peacekeepers in the region. Putin said an unspecified number of the peacekeepers have been wounded.
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moderators, we need to get a separate pin in breaking news for this . . . Russia has now invaded Georgia, armor across the border and fighter bomber jets hitting Georgia positions
Fox online news banner only : Georgian official reports shootdown of two Russian aircraft. Ruh-roh bigtime.
Just heard a report that the US military was in Georgia doing training exercises with the Georgian military and just left yesterday.
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If they left yesterday I wonder then if we got a “heads up” to get out before the fur flies or did the Russians time their invasion to avoid any friction with our troops?
That doesn’t make sense if we just left yesterday. Wouldn’t Georgia be better off if they did this a couple of days ago with American troops there? We probably wouldn’t allow them to do anything but now its hands off, it appears.
Good question. I just hope that they are indeed gone from the area as reported.
Hopefully, this will not escalate into a regional war. Oil will probably go through the roof on this news.....better go inflate your tires.../sarcasm
Russia's Channel 1 shows heavy tanks purported to be on their way to South Ossetia.
Russia has declared war on GEORGIA!!
FOXNEWS REPORTING.
The Left will have to figure out a way to blame this on the U.S.
Perfect day for the Rats to talk about dumping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Can we move the election to tomorrow?
I wonder if Obama is worried about Russian tanks rolling into Atlanta?
Of course he is. Georgia is one of our 57 states.
Russia becomes officially involved in war against Georgia
08/08/2008 [article] / World / Former USSR
The Georgian aviation attacked South Ossetia on Friday morning. Five Su-25 fighter jets dropped bombs in the area of the town of S.Ossetian town of Tkverneti. The jets also bombed a humanitarian aid column. The President of North Ossetia, Teimuraz Mamsurov, who was traveling to South Ossetia in the column personally confirmed that the jet fighters attacked the column.
The intensive fighting began just hours after Georgia's president declared a unilateral cease-fire, officials on both sides said.
Unbelievable isn’t it. Iran threatens to close the Straits or Hormuz, Russia looks like it is invading Georgia and the democrats want to tap our SOR!
Hot war?
A senior Georgian security official says Russian jets have bombed Vaziani military airbase outside the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Reuters reports.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/08/georgia.ossetia/index.html
Russian peacekeepers??? Orwell has won.
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