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Russia says has control of South Ossetia capital
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | August 9, 2008

Posted on 08/09/2008 1:30:46 AM PDT by HAL9000

Excerpt -

GORI, Georgia, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Russia said it had driven Georgian forces from the capital of South Ossetia on Saturday as part of an operation to force Georgia to accept peace in its breakaway region.

"Tactical groups have fully liberated Tskhinvali from the Georgian military and have started pushing Georgian units beyond the zone of peacekeepers responsibility," Tass quoted Ground Forces commander Vladimir Boldyrev as saying.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: caucasus; geopolitics; georgia; georgiantroops; ossetia; russia; russianmilitary; southossetia; tskhinvali; war
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To: ex-Texan

1,500 Civilians Reported Killed in Georgia Battle

Russian troops are slaughtering civilians==

You didn’t understand. Accually those civilian casualties happened during one night mostly. Night form 7 to 8 of August when Georgians attacked town Tskhinval. Those deathes wre casued by GEORGIANS not Russians.
You duped by MSM propaganda sir.


161 posted on 08/09/2008 10:39:09 AM PDT by RusIvan (ABM can be used to fend off the weakered by first strike reciprocal answer.)
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To: RusIvan
I opposed then and now the US policy in Kosovo. Read my comments on other threads. Kosovo was a huge mistake by Clinton and was continued unfortunately by Bush. However our wrong in Kosovo does not mean that Georgia has to suffer. What we did in Kosovo was wrong, just like Russia now is wrong.
162 posted on 08/09/2008 10:39:38 AM PDT by SolidWood (God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
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To: eleni121
Georgians still have vivid memories and remember when the Soviet Union forcibly annexed Georgia.

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HUH!!!??? rewriting history are we?

No I am not. This what the CIA say about the take over of Georgia by Stalin:

An excerpt -

"Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991."

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gg.html

163 posted on 08/09/2008 10:45:50 AM PDT by Red Steel ( nd)
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To: SolidWood

He’s gone. RIP Transformers!


164 posted on 08/09/2008 10:46:21 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Transformers
I’m amazed by the amount of racism towards Russians here.

Huh?
165 posted on 08/09/2008 10:49:59 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: eleni121
Read up on ou basic history - a little knowledge could eliminate most of the idiotic russophobic posts on this thread. South Ossetia’s connection to Georgia is through its once favorite son: Stalin.

Cool. Let's restore all regions of the world back to their political status over one hundred years ago. And why stop there? Let's go to the 1800's and totally break apart Georgia and many other countries of the world.

How brilliant you are.

Most South Ossetians hold Russian passports...got it

Most Mexicans living in this country hold Mexican citizenship.

Get it?

I doubt it.

166 posted on 08/09/2008 10:50:07 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Red Steel
Regarding the violent annexation of Georgia by Bolshevik Russia in 1921:

Red Army Invasion of Georgia 1921

Democratic Republic of Georgia 1918-21

167 posted on 08/09/2008 10:51:49 AM PDT by SolidWood (God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
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To: Red Steel
Wrong link in my last post (linked Azerbaijan).

Here on the Democratic Republic of Georgia

168 posted on 08/09/2008 10:53:39 AM PDT by SolidWood (God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
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To: SolidWood; Mr. Silverback
I’m very conservative, very rightwing by the way.

I question the conservative claim (unless it's the old Soviet definition of conservative, which means you're a Stalinist), but I can speak unequivocally that he is very, very zotted. And we don't need a dictionary or context to parse that.

169 posted on 08/09/2008 10:58:25 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Transformers
The Jews were being killed after the US entered the war and made a foot hold in Europe.

The Nazis at first wanted to deport them. --- Read your history.


What? What are you implying with those statements?
170 posted on 08/09/2008 11:09:22 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: Transformers
"I got tired of defending these two wars to the liberals and saw that there were a bunch of holes and that there is a war for oil element. You can’t judge Russia when the US Gov is doing the exact saaam"... *ZOT!*
171 posted on 08/09/2008 11:20:00 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (We Are Your Overlords.)
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To: Transformers
"Iran isn’t interested in nuking Poland! Iran wants to nuke Israel!!! And that shield can’t protect Israel way up there in Europe."

Please check the range of Iran's long-range missiles before making such irresponsible statements. It covers most of Europe. Shahab-4.

172 posted on 08/09/2008 11:22:58 AM PDT by Justa (The media lied while Americans died.)
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To: SolidWood

The breakup of the USSR had two purposes - 1) to develop a “capitalistic” economy without admitting the economic failure of Communism and 2) to get each of their former republics admitted to the UN as independent countries thus giving the leaders more votes and clout than they had as the USSR.

However, the former republics were not to misunderstand their “independence” and stray from the fold. Some have and are being forcefully returned.

Under the new Capitalism all the Communists Oligarchs took control of the key lucrative sectors of the economy so it is still run as before but with the oligarchs becoming wealthy. The Russian mafia is also still intact and even more active.

The breakup of the USSR and the “defeat” of Communism was a ruse.


173 posted on 08/09/2008 11:24:16 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Lef)
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To: Transformers
I know you're still reading this thread and grinding your teeth at being zotted, and I just want to leave you with this parting thought -- ESAD.

Long live the Free People of Georgia, especially those sons and daughters who stood side-by-side with us in Iraq.

174 posted on 08/09/2008 11:30:25 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (We Are Your Overlords.)
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To: StAnDeliver
Long live the Free People of Georgia, especially those sons and daughters who stood side-by-side with us in Iraq

Yes!


175 posted on 08/09/2008 11:40:20 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Transformers

WOW! We should be copying Rusia...BTW how much is Putin worth? How many billions in petro-profits has he skimmed


176 posted on 08/09/2008 11:41:54 AM PDT by dennisw (That Muhammad was a charlatan. Islam is a hoax, an imperialistic ideology, disguised as religion.)
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To: HAL9000

Soviet Union trying to bring old countries back in their grip?


177 posted on 08/09/2008 11:44:51 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Obama is the biggest threat too your freedom, liberties and pocket book since FDR.)
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To: dfwgator
So you thought Hitler invading Czechoslovakia was legitimate because of the Sudeten Germans?

That is exactly what this reminds me of.

178 posted on 08/09/2008 12:17:09 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Lef)
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To: RusIvan

If it is a matter of trust, then the question must be asked: What exactly have we done that would not ony make it reasonable for Russia to believe we will launch an unprovoked nuclear war against them from behind a missile shield?

I see no American actions that could justify that level of mistrust on the part of the Russian government.


179 posted on 08/09/2008 12:32:11 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Wouldn’t you consider it a threat if Russia positioned major antimissile shield system in Cuba and Mexico which had the potential of nuetralizing our misiles and leaving us vulnerable to a Russian first strike? That is exactly how Russia feels about us positioning a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.


180 posted on 08/09/2008 12:35:19 PM PDT by dschapin
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