Georgia Plans to Attack Abkhazia – Russia

Russia has information that Georgia is planning a military attack on Abkhazia to seize the capital Sukhumi, the Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, told a media briefing in Moscow on Monday. He said that the military potential of Georgia was being restored for a repeated act of aggression.
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US Warship Anchors at Georgian Port

The guided missile destroyer USS McFaul has anchored at the Georgian port of Batumi, escalating tensions in the conflict-stricken region.
The US says the destroyer, which arrived at the Black Sea port on Sunday, contains humanitarian aid including baby food, diapers, bottled water and milk, AP reported.
This is while the USS McFaul is outfitted with an [...]

911 comparison with Georgian Crisis gets censored on TV

A reporter makes a comparison to the US reaction to 911 to Russia’s reaction to Georgian attacks and the satellite feed drops off in the middle of his question. Weird? = Not!

Media spreading anti-Russian propaganda – Russia’s UN ambassador

Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin has dismissed media reports that the Georgian city of Gori is “in ruins.” He called the allegations a “disinformation campaign” and pointed to the fact that Russian peacekeepers have in fact performed a humanitarian mission there.

Speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, Churkin expressed his [...]

U.S. to take control of Georgian ports: Saakashvili

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.
 
“You have heard the statement by the U.S. president that the United States is starting a military-humanitarian operation in Georgia,” Saakashvili [...]

WAR ALERT!!! (WWIII, by: Edgar J. Steele)

This is going to be quick and dirty today.  No cute cartoons.  No philosophizing.  We haven’t time for any of that today.
I believe we are on the verge of the outbreak of World War III.  Right now.
If I’m wrong, then so be it.  I’ll apologize for being overreactive later.  Too much hangs in the balance [...]

Russia Prepares for Naval Blockade of Georgia

Ships are grouping in the Black Sea near the Georgian aquatic border. A unnamed naval source has said that the move is necessary to prevent arms deliveries to Georgia by sea. He added that the naval blockade of Georgia will help avoid escalation of military actions in Abkhazia. Radio station Echo of Moscow reports that [...]

Russia Sends Forces Into Georgian Rebel Conflict

By Margarita Antidze (reuters)
 
MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russia sent forces into Georgia on Friday to repel a Georgian assault on the breakaway South Ossetia region and Georgia’s pro-Western president said the two countries were at war.
 
South Ossetia’s rebel leader Eduard Kokoity said there were “hundreds of dead civilians” in the main town Tskhinvali, Russia’s Interfax [...]