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As heavy clashes are reported in South Ossetia, Russia and Georgia have swapped increasingly angry accusations.
Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili has called upon his country to "mobilise" in the face of "a very blunt Russian aggression".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow had reports of "ethnic cleansing" in villages.
Georgia also claims that Russian mercenaries are active in South Ossetia.
War between Russia and Georgia orchestrated from USA
The US administration urged for an immediate cease-fire in the conflict between Russia and Georgia over the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia.
In the meantime, Russian officials believe that it was the USA that orchestrated the current conflict. The chairman of the State Duma Committee for Security, Vladimir Vasilyev, believes that the current conflict is South Ossetia is very reminiscent to the wars in Iraq and Kosovo.
“The things that were happening in Kosovo, the things that were happening in Iraq – we are now following the same path. The further the situation unfolds, the more the world will understand that Georgia would never be able to do all this without America. South Ossetian defense officials used to make statements about imminent aggression from Georgia, but the latter denied everything, whereas the US Department of State reloaded not comments on the matter. In essence, they have prepared the force, which destroys everything in South Ossetia, attacks civilians and hospitals. They are responsible for this. The world community will learn about it,” the official said.
[Russian Foreign Minister] Sergei Lavrov believes that the international community should stop turning a blind eye on Georgia’s active purchase of arms.
“We have repeatedly warned that the international community should not turn a blind eye on massive purchases of offensive arms, in which the Georgian administration has been involved during the recent two years,” Lavrov said.
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at 03:55 on August 9th, 2008
mchawk, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Well, The Russian may be wrong to invade yet they are most likely right about the US and Georgia!
at 04:02 on August 9th, 2008
mchawk, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 04:54 on August 9th, 2008
at 05:18 on August 9th, 2008
mchawk, I like this story. But I'm not sure I would believe Pravda on this. The Russians were aggressive at the same time last year. The conflixct goes back a long way. There are disputes about how many Russians there are living in Ossetia, and there are a huge number of fake Russian passports flying around there. The Beeb says its hard to say exactly who started it this time. What is indisputable is that the Russians have more troops and Saakashvili is playing a very high risk game and won't get much concrete support from the West. Also the West is anxious not to aggravate Putin anger any further. After all, we desperately need Russia's gas!
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Vinnyat 06:42 on August 9th, 2008
Source: news.sky.com
at 06:47 on August 9th, 2008
Sounds like 1938 all over again.
I wonder if it is going to be Bush's fault next February.
at 09:03 on August 9th, 2008
For the next couple of generations they will blame Bush for everything.
at 07:13 on August 9th, 2008
Thankyou all for the GS flags.
Gerry - don't worry. I tend not to believe newspapers that are clearly so biased. The amount of hubris on Pravda's homepage is shocking.
at 07:13 on August 9th, 2008
mchawk, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:15 on August 9th, 2008
mchawk, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Interesting find mchawk. I wonder if they published this piece as a calling to arms of the Russian people against the United States or if it was published to shame us away from lending aid to Georgia. Only time will tell but I'm guessing it's the latter.
at 10:24 on August 9th, 2008
I guess the price of oil dropped too much too fast. If they cut off europes oil from georgia, there may be more to it than just russia and georgia.
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Slava (not verified)at 14:18 on August 9th, 2008
at 19:13 on August 9th, 2008
mchawk, I like this story. It's good stuff. President Mikhail Saakashvili made a very good point when he said Russia has done this before, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Finland.
It's all very well Russia claiming "genocide" (any evidence?) and I was shocked to see some high up official claiming that the Georgians had killed some of "our countrymen" - as if Russia ever gave a darn! Any excuse...
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Bibiani Telkhetro (not verified)at 08:31 on August 10th, 2008
Is the following story true? I think there will be more conflicts of this kind in future. China, to will flex it's muscles soon. It's soon going to be a tripolar world, far worse than the Cold War days. The brainchilds of a uipolar world will find out how deadly and costly it is going to be. Any big country won't allow it to be surrounded by surrogate states of countries far away.
It's going to be the New Great Gameplan to rule oil and gas with America, Russia and China being the key players.
George Soros & The Georgian Conflict
GEORGE SOROS & THE GEORGIAN CONFLICT
By Brother Nathanael Kapner, Copyright © 2008
THE GEORGIAN “ROSE REVOLUTION” was funded by the Hungarian born Jewish financier, George Soros. The Rose Revolution forced President Eduard Shevardnadze out of office on November 23 2003 (St George’s Day in Georgia).
Soros installed Shevardnadze’s young protege, Mikhail Saakashvili, as the new and current President of Georgia. During the three months before the coup, Saakashvili, who was schooled & groomed in America, was glorying in lavish treatment from the Zionist led US State Department and the Jewish controlled media. And in the previous summer Soros had flown Saakashvili and his followers to a “revolution training seminar” in Belgrade Serbia.
Back in Georgia from his training by Soros in Belgrade, Saakashvili led thousands of demonstrators brandishing fresh red roses in their takeover of the President’s palace. This occurred in the freezing Georgian winter when fresh roses had to be flown in — courtesy of the Jew, George Soros, who had spent $42 million on his new Georgian puppet. No sooner had Saakashvili taken office that he vowed to bring the Russian supported South Ossetia & Abkhazia breakaway provinces back under Georgian control.
Soros and the US State Department, indeed, had publicly committed themselves to propping up the current anti-Russian Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili, considered by many to be an authoritarian thug. A confrontation between Russia and the US was now in the works. And it has come to a head with the recent conflagration in South Ossetia.
A BOILING HOT GEORGIAN COLD WAR
AMERICA’S PRO GEORGIAN POLICY is explained by Georgia’s access to the Caspian Sea’s oil wealth. The US backed British Petroleum (BP) pipeline, running from the Caspian Sea through Georgia, then below the Black Sea into Turkey, delivers oil to Europe and the US. The US & its European allies have been competing with Russia for control of the Caspian oil rich region.
The pipeline runs only 60 miles south of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, which sits right smack in the middle of northern Georgia. South Ossetia broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s and exists as an independent state with full Russian support. Most South Ossetian residents hold Russian passports.
The US considers Georgia as an ally and supports its desire to join NATO and the EU. Moscow opposes both goals. Georgia’s pro Western stance has riled Russia because Moscow regards the entire region as its own sphere of influence.
In April 2002, the US started the “Georgia Train and Equip Program” which involved US training of Georgian forces. Soon after, Georgian militaries were sent to Iraq to form part of the US/UK occupation forces there. With regard to the current South Ossetia conflict, the US has been supplying Georgia with both equipment and military advisers. And Russia is now accusing the US of orchestrating the war.
Moreover, the US partner in Zionist international hegemony, the State of Israel, assisted Georgia in its August 8 2008 attack on the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, with a bevy of its own military advisers. This brought the conflict to a military climax.
Thus, Georgia will continue to be a cold war hotspot with Russia and the US competing to control the Caspian oil bonanza. And the Jew, George Soros, and his puppet, Mikhail Saakashvili, have brought this new cold war centered in Georgia to a boiling head.
at 13:12 on August 10th, 2008
If there's a passing editor, could you please delete this anti-Semitic crap - thanks.
I'm all for lively debate, but racism has no place on this website
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ativ (not verified)at 20:41 on August 18th, 2008
Although Mr. Bibiani Telkhetro sounds like he might have a grudge against the Jews, much of what he says is rumored to be true. That Georgia has been buying arms from Israel is also a widely believed rumor, at least in the Russian media. As far as the Zionist Hegemony... well just think about the BirthRight organization. Ever heard of it? It's quite popular in the US. This is a Jewish organization that provides a Free trip to Israel to all American Jews under the age of 25. If you decide to take this opportunity you will find yourself in the midst of some of the most insidiously racist propaganda as well as the Middle East. But mostly you begin to realize you were brought there because Jews in Israel are simply not making enough babies, as your hosts will often tell you that by the year 2025 there will be more Palestinians and Arabs in Israel than Jews.
I am a Russian Jew, and have myself experienced antisemitism many a time. I am not trying to spread Anti-Jewish sentiment. All that I'm saying is that criticizing the Israeli government or the actions of one Jew is not necessarily being an anti-Semite. I thought Mr. Telkhetro's post was interesting and would like to know where he received this information.
No matter what I think we ought to always call things by their true names, or at least try not to let our fears of being politically incorrect prevent us from figuring out the truth.
at 15:38 on August 19th, 2008
Ativ - thanks for your comment. I agree with your point about political incorrectness. If I was just trying to be polite and not upset people, then I probably wouldn't quote Bill Hicks so much in everyday conversation. But you're defending a comment that refers to someone as "the Jew." If we were discussing The Merchant of Venice, I'd probably let that slide - but we're not. If anyone on this site was discussing the upcoming American election and referred to the candidates as "the Black" or "Whitey", I'd react with the same level of disgust and indignation.
I'm all for lively debate. I'm all in favour of differing opinions. I'm dead against narrow-minded bigotry.
At the very least, it destroys any possible credibility one's argument may have had. I got to the bottom of Bibiani's comment, read those words and instantly discounted everything that had gone before.