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.
U.S. to take control of Georgian ports: Saakashvili
Posted by seumasach on August 14, 2008
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Cellphone Games
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.
Melinda Wenner
September, 2008
Daniel Shattuck calls himself a soldier, and you might assume as much from his shaved head and six-foot, 210-pound frame. But he’s never been in the armed forces. Instead, Shattuck has been reluctantly drafted to fight against something in his own body: a malignant brain tumour. “To me, it’s a war,” he says. “I’m at war with this thing every day.”
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Syria, Lebanon agree to establish diplomatic ties
Posted by alfied on August 14, 2008
DAMASCUS, August 14 (RIA Novosti) – The Syrian and Lebanese presidents have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between their countries for the first time since gaining independence from French rule, a Syrian presidential advisor said. Read the rest of this entry »
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EU foreign ministers to send observers to Georgia
Posted by alfied on August 13, 2008
“a madman who went and bombed a town in the middle of the night”
European Union foreign ministers have announced they are prepared to send observers to Georgia in a bid to maintain stability. It comes as they are meeting in Brussels to discuss their response to the situation of Georgia and South Ossetia. Read the rest of this entry »
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Remarks by Bush about Georgia crisis
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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War in the Caucasus: Towards a Broader Russia-US Military Confrontation?
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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Britain: Russia will face political fallout
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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Georgia’s Israeli arms point Russia to Iran
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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Ceasefire reached
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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Russians out of South Ossetia? Americans out of Iraq and Afghanistan!
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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The US and the Russian-Georgian conflict
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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