Russia seizes Georgia Military base, opens second front

[Xander67]

Now it escalates...


TBILISI, Georgia - Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, the Georgian government and a Russian official said.

The new forays into Georgia — even as Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on signed a cease-fire pledge — appeared to show Russian determination to subdue the small, U.S.-backed country, which has been pressing for NATO membership.

The latest developments indicate that Russian troops have invaded Georgia proper from the separatist province of Abkhazia while most Georgian forces are locked up in fighting around another breakaway region of South Ossetia.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_south_ossetia

[Raxeph]

IIRC, Vladimir Putin said that a ceasefire was the last thing on his mind, and he intends to take the "peacekeeping" mission to it's "logical conclusion". Make of that what you will. :(

[Laisrean]

Man, of all the states in the U.S.A. they had to target one as inconspicuous as Georgia. Why couldn't they have went after Texas or Massachusetts instead? :hehehehe:

[Garm]

Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give the devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold
Against your soul
'Cause I think I'm better than you

The boy said my name's Saakashvili
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet
And you're gonna regret
'Cause I'm the best there's ever been ...

[tranquill]

Russia-Georgia conflict created a big headache for Israel which armed and trained Georgians for years - and now suddenly Russians threaten retaliation by supplying S-300 SAM batteries to Syria. Here is what a prominent Israeli analyst says: http://samsonblinded.org/blog/on-russia-georgia-and-israel.htm

[orangeconey]

Man, of all the states in the U.S.A. they had to target one as inconspicuous as Georgia. Why couldn't they have went after Texas or Massachusetts instead? :hehehehe:
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/fail-owned-geography-fail2.jpg