Posted by seumasach on August 15, 2008
M.K.Bhadrakumar
13th August, 2008
On a day that China showed its firepower and set new frontiers for global razzmatazz, with about 80 world leaders watching and cheering, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games should have been Friday’s lead news story. But events in the Caucasus dictated otherwise.
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Posted by seumasach on August 15, 2008
The signing on August 14 of an agreement between the governments of the United States and Poland to deploy on Polish soil US ‘interceptor missiles’ is the most dangerous move towards nuclear war the world has seen since the 1962 Cuba Missile crisis. Far from a defensive move to protect European NATO states from a Russian nuclear attack, as military strategists have pointed out, the US missiles in Poland pose a total existential threat to the future existence of the Russian nation. The Russian Government has repeatedly warned of this since US plans were first unveiled in early 2007. Now, despite repeated diplomatic attempts by Russia to come to an agreement with Washington, the Bush Administration, in the wake of a humiliating US defeat in Georgia, has pressured the Government of Poland to finally sign the pact. The consequences could be unthinkable for Europe and the planet.
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Posted by seumasach on August 14, 2008
13th August, 2008
TBILISI (Reuters) – President George W. Bush’s pledge to send aid to Georgia means that the U.S. military will take control of the ex-Soviet state’s ports and airports, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on August 14, 2008
The perspectives of this article are somewhat limited: exposure to EM is not restricted to mobile phone users and its dangers are not only those of cancer, but a whole range of effects from high blood pressure to depression. Nevertheless, it presents a clear expose of industry distortion of scientific investigation.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
A “vigorous”,”humanitarian mission to the people of Georgia headed by the United States military.” That sounds quite threatening and , of course, there is no way the Russians will accept it. The tension is being racheted up.
13th August, 2008
Remarks by President Bush in the Rose Garden on Wednesday about the crisis in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, by as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
Michel Chossudovsky
10th August, 2008
During the night of August 7, coinciding with the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Georgia’s president Saakashvili ordered an all-out military attack on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.
The aerial bombardments and ground attacks were largely directed against civilian targets including residential areas, hospitals and the university. The provincial capital Tskhinvali was destroyed. The attacks resulted in some 1500 civilian deaths, according to both Russian and Western sources. “The air and artillery bombardment left the provincial capital without water, food, electricity and gas. Horrified civilians crawled out of the basements into the streets as fighting eased, looking for supplies.” (AP, August 9, 2008). According to reports, some 34,000 people from South Ossetia have fled to Russia. (Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, August 10, 2008)
The importance and timing of this military operation must be carefully analyzed. It has far-reaching implications.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
“Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Russia’s assault on Georgia shows it can’t accept the Soviet Union era is over.”
No, Britain’s assault on Russia show’s it can’t accept the empire is over.
13th August, 2008
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Russia’s assault on Georgia shows it can’t accept the Soviet Union era is over.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
“After fighting broke out late last week between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Israel’s Foreign Ministry over the weekend recommended suspending the sale of all weapons and defense-related equipment to Georgia, the daily Ha’aretz newspaper reported”.
Once again, we see a surprising and most welcome resort to pragmatism.
Peter Hirschberg
14th August, 2008
JERUSALEM – With the eruption of fighting between Russia and Georgia, Israel has found itself in an awkward position as a result of its arms sales to Georgia. Israel is now caught between its friendly relations with Georgia and its fear that the continued sale of weaponry will spark Russian retribution in the form of increased arms sales to Iran and Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
“It’s quite normal that Russia wants to defend its interests, as well as the interests of Russians both in and outside Russia.“
CIA or no, pragmatism rules now and Sarkozy shows himself alert to the shifting balance of global power.
13th August, 2008
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy have drawn up a peace plan for settling the conflict in South Ossetia. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has accepted the plan.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
The USA’s efforts to stop a European/Russian superstate
Christopher King
Redress Information and Analysis
10th August, 2008
Christopher King argues that the “US and NATO are behind the Georgian invasion of South Ossetia” but have misjudged Russian resolve. He says it is time for Europe to distance itself from NATO, which has become a US tool, and to choose whether it wants Russia as a friend or an enemy.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2008
| Yousef Fernandez
10th August, 2008
Tensions between the former Soviet republic of Georgia and Russia erupted into full-scale war on 7 August, leaving thousands of civilians dead and turning dozens of thousands more into refugees. The conflict in South Ossetia has great strategic importance because it involves one of the United States’ staunch allies and Russia, a re-emerging superpower with vast energy reserves that is showing growing eagerness to defend its interests on the international stage. |
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