Georgia Reports New Air Attack Near Capital; 2nd Night of Fighting

tekisui

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:16 PM
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Georgia Reports New Air Attack Near Capital; 2nd Night of Fighting

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's interior ministry says there have been new air attacks on a military base just outside the country's capital and in the area of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline that is a key route of Caspian oil bound for the West.

Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said there were also bombardments of two other Georgian military bases and of Poti, a strategically important port city on the Black Sea.

Utiashvili said early Saturday that there apparently were significant casualties and damage in the attacks, but that further details would not be known until the morning.

The reported bombardments came as Georgian forces fought separatists and Russian forces in the republic of South Ossetia in the second night of a massive conflict.

http://www.pr-inside.com/georgia-reports-new-air-attack-near-r745877.htm

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Muttocracy

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:17 PM
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1. thanks - we're going to need a Russia-Georgia meta-thread soon. nt

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tekisui

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:18 PM
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3. I know, it's happening so fast, it's hard to keep up.

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Muttocracy

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:28 PM
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5. BBC's Europe page is helpful:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/default.stm

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tekisui

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:41 PM
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7. Thanks, that is good. With pics.

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Muttocracy

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:51 PM
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9. and video, though it doesn't mean much to me as I don't know anything about military equip.

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Solly Mack

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:18 PM
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2. K&R

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Purveyor

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:21 PM
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4. As morbid as war is, this one is interesting to watch play out as there is a new grou leading

guiding Russia that actually is under 70 years of age, somber and quite nationalist.

I think we are going to see exactly what their demeanor and motives consist of quite soon.

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libnnc

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:35 PM
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6. kick

this is NEWS.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Aug-08-08 06:46 PM
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8. From the vid the russians are moving in T-74s and mechanized

arty

This is no game

(and this is news)

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Solly Mack

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Sat Aug-09-08 06:14 AM
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10. kick

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