Russia says has control of South Ossetia capital

Reuters (excerpt) ^ | August 9, 2008

[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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[tobyhill]

Way to go Russia, destroy what you claim is your infrastructure and kill the people that support you?
Russia can't win even if they bomb the place to smithereens.

[Thunder90]

Just waiting for the day that the Soviet flag shows up on the billboards. It can only be a few years.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

A wounded Georgian woman lies in front of an apartment building, damaged by a Russian air strike, in the northern Georgian town of Gori, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Fighting raged in breakaway South Ossetia for a second day Saturday as Russia sent hundreds of troops into the separatist province, threatening to bomb more Georgian military bases to stop the bloodshed Moscow said has claimed 1,500 lives. Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a major offensive Friday to retake control of separatist South Ossetia. Russia, which has close ties to the province and posts peacekeepers there to protect citizens with Russian citizenship, responded by sending in armed convoys. (AP Photo/George Abdaladze)

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

:^(

[Mr. Silverback]

Actually, my FRiend, I wouldn’t be surprised if Iran fired missiles into Turkey if they had the capability. After all, people like Ahmadinejad think that peaceful Muslims like yourself are traitors.

In short, if he had all the bombs he wanted, the only safe countries would be those run by hirabist crazies.

[Mr. Silverback]

Actually, my FRiend, I wouldn’t be surprised if Iran fired missiles into Turkey if they had the capability. After all, people like Ahmadinejad think that peaceful Muslims like yourself are traitors.

In short, if he had all the bombs he wanted, the only safe countries would be those run by hirabist crazies.

[Son House]

Russian President Putin had to of given the orders before he went to the Olympics.

[eleni121]

Most South Ossetians are happy with Russians taking over ...

At least Russians are trying to stabilize the region unlike what the new world order did under Clinton in Serbia.

[eleni121]

Grozny was made to know that islamofascists were not tolerated in Chechnya.

You seem to have a problem with that...

[eleni121]

“Peaceful Muslims?”

Some kind of bizarre joke especially in reference to the heinous Turks.

NO Muslims are peaceful unless they are militarily and economically crushed.

[KansasGirl]

Heck, I’m waiting to see massive “O” billboards going up around here and massive Obama pics with CHANGE, HOPE, and BELIEVE across the bottom.

[Raycpa]

The Great War for Oil has begun.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5911666/Georgia-declares-state-of-war

Georgia declares state of war

Published: Saturday 09 August 2008 12:41 UTC

Last updated: Saturday 09 August 2008 14:07 UTC

In Georgia, President Mikheil Saakashvili has declared a state of war. The emergency will remain in force for 15 days and give both the president and the army leaders more scope in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, where heavy fighting between Georgian and Russian troops has been underway since Friday.

It now looks likely that the fighting will spread to Abkhazia, another breakaway province of Georgia. Georgian television is reporting that Russian fighter jets have bombed two villages there. Abkhazian rebels are reporting that they have begun an offensive against Georgian troops in the region.

US President George W Bush has expressed his grave concerns about what he called "a dangerous escalation of the crisis". He has talked on the telephone with both President Saakashvili and President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia and asked them to suspend hostilities.

The Russian government is claiming that more than 1,500 people have died and that more than 30,000 South Ossetians have fled the fighting.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/abkhazia-launches-operation-to-force-georgian-troops-out_10081986.html

Abkhazia launches operation to force Georgian troops out August 9th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS

Moscow, Aug 9 (Xinhua) The armed forces of Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region have begun an operation to force Georgian troops out of the upper part of the Kodori gorge, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted foreign minister of the self-proclaimed republic Sergei Shamba as saying Saturday. Abkhazia’s artillery and air force carried out strikes against Georgian troops in the gorge, the report said.

In a separate report by Interfax news agency, Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh confirmed its “aviation is currently conducting an operation in the upper part of the Kodori gorge of Abkhazia controlled by Georgia.” He added that the operation would continue.

The regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in the 1990s following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. But their self-proclaimed independence has not been internationally recognized. Xinhua

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Does Georgia have nukes?

[dfwgator]

Guess we’ll soon find out.

[SolidWood]

Grozny was made to know that islamofascists were not tolerated in Chechnya. You seem to have a problem with that...

Get lost Putin tool. I tell you what my problem is. Crypto-Communist lunatics like Putin who support our Islamic enemy. And his apologists are even worse.

[SolidWood]

Does Georgia have nukes?

No.

[SolidWood]

Ah yesterday the Putin apologists here assured us that it's only about the poor oppressed Ossetians. Now Abkhazia follows suit. The Russkies are pushing South. Landgrabbing hordes... nothing else.

[flyfree]

Russian jets targeted major oil pipeline-Georgia