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  • The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular

    08/09/2008 5:24:46 PM PDT · by melt · 26 replies · 347+ views
    mailonline.com ^ | 8/10/08 | Svetlana Skarbo and Jonathan Petre
    The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West. After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which transports oil from the Caspian Sea to Turkey, had been attacked. But it is thought the bombs missed their target. Their claims came after Russian jets struck deep into the territory of its tiny neighbour, killing civilians and ‘completely devastating’ the strategic Black Sea port of Poti, a staging post for oil and other energy supplies. Georgian economic development minister Ekaterina Sharashidzne said:...