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Finally - Our media reports it.
 
It was on the Georgian Gov website early this morning.... all of the fires
 and the blown up railway was on youtube early this morning.  Do we not love the internet?
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read story here...
 
 
TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgia accused the Russian army of destroying a key railway bridge Saturday and starting massive fires in the scenic Borjomi Gorge, in violation of a new cease-fire agreement between the two countries.
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Hello Med :)   liked your posts.
 
I'm thinking...
US will not launch an attack on Iran...  not in this age of proxy war.
I imagine we are downplaying Georgia because Europe is very dependant on Russia energywise.  No move is a good move there. France is ok due to nuky plants every 30 miles.  Ukraine is very brave to stand with Georgia.   Russia's game is to drive folks nuts until they do something off the wall in anger. 
 
 
 
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Rally in front of Russian Embassy in Minsk disbanded by policemen with machine guns (Photo, video)16:20

Activists of the Young Front organization tried to hold the rally in support of Georgia in front of the Russian Embassy in Minsk.

15 activists of the organisation gathered near the Embassy with slogans: “Stop aggression”, “Russia-Georgia: war with peacekeeping intent?”, “One sixth part of land – is it not enough?”

 
VIDEO
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Taking GEORGIA APART "peace" by "peace"....
 
 
 
RUSSIA MASSES NAvAL FORCE OPPOSITE GEORGIA'S AJARIA REGION
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Location%20of%20Adjara
Detailed map of Adjara
Capital Batumi
 
GEORGIA
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find at bps.berkeley.edu/publications/2004_04-sani.pdf

Islam and Islamic Practices in Georgia
George Sanikidze and Edward W. Walker

EXCERPT-
 
ISLAM IN AJARIA
The region of Ajaria was Islamized quite late. Until the 1770s, most Ajarians were Christian.
Islamicization began after Ajaria was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the early seventeenth century and accelerated especially after the 1820s. When the Ottomans ceded Ajaria to Russia in 1878, some 6,000 Muslim Ajarians fled the region in search of refuge in Turkey.
 

Orthodox Christian missionaries also began actively proselytizing in the region in the late nineteenth
century.
 
The long-standing Christian presence in the region remains as such today.11
The Muslims of Ajaria are, virtually without exception, Sunnis. Sufism, however, is rare, despite its widespread presence in Turkey to the west and among other Muslims of Georgia.
Moreover, in general Islamicization in Ajaria was rather superficial, as Islamic practices in the region intermingled with non-Islamic traditions often linked to Georgian Christianity.
 
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Videos of Georgia...lovely country.
 
 
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Originally posted by Mary08 Mary08 wrote:

interesting article at
 
 
Israel backs Georgia in Caspian Oil Pipeline Battle with Russia
 
Gives background info..
 
some excerpts-
 
"...Jerusalem owns a strong interest in Caspian oil and gas pipelines reach the Turkish terminal port of Ceyhan...
...Aware of Moscow’s sensitivity on the oil question, Israel offered Russia a stake in the project but was rejected....

...Last year, the Georgian president commissioned from private Israeli security firms several hundred military advisers, estimated at up to 1,000, to train the Georgian armed forces in commando, air, sea, armored and artillery combat tactics. They also offer instruction on military intelligence and security for the central regime. Tbilisi also purchased weapons, intelligence and electronic warfare systems from Israel...."
 


Welcome Mary - you are posting some very interesting data. Have been so caught up in the Gulf and birds that haven't been monitoring Russia's military moves in Georgia and the southern province. There is a distinct split between Western media and what you can find on other crawlers which do not flow through Yahoo, Google, or Dogpile.  While the battle is over oil, the battlefield is unlikely to be the Caspian sea.  As you know there were 1,000 Israeli troops involved in the fighting,

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interesting article at
 
 
Israel backs Georgia in Caspian Oil Pipeline Battle with Russia
 
Gives background info..
 
some excerpts-
 
"...Jerusalem owns a strong interest in Caspian oil and gas pipelines reach the Turkish terminal port of Ceyhan...
...Aware of Moscow’s sensitivity on the oil question, Israel offered Russia a stake in the project but was rejected....

...Last year, the Georgian president commissioned from private Israeli security firms several hundred military advisers, estimated at up to 1,000, to train the Georgian armed forces in commando, air, sea, armored and artillery combat tactics. They also offer instruction on military intelligence and security for the central regime. Tbilisi also purchased weapons, intelligence and electronic warfare systems from Israel...."
 
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If anyone finds this on US media please comment. thanks.
 
 
RUSSIAN OCCUPATION ARMY EXPLODED THE RAILWAY BRIDGE IN THE KASPI DISTRICT

** UPDATE **

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Despite the international community???s efforts and the signing of documents on cessation of hostilities, the Russian Federation???s armed forces continue military actions against Georgia, destroying civilian infrastructure.

On 16 August 2008 troops of the Russian occupation army mined and exploded the Metekhi-Grakali span of the railway bridge in the Kaspi district. This subversive-terrorist act resulted in the severing of railway links between the east and west of Georgia and connections with Georgia???s seaports. Moreover, the bridge used to provide a route for refugees from the Russian-occupied territories into safe places.

Russia is pursuing deliberate policy aimed at undermining Georgia???s statehood, including through bringing about humanitarian catastrophe.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia calls on the international community and friend countries to take urgent measures to avert humanitarian catastrophe in Georgia and prevent destruction of Georgia???s statehood.

Tbilisi, 16 August 2008



For further information, please contact:

Nato Chikovani, Press Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia: +995.77.507.726

MAP Showing Railway
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/place/CmrptcSYCJqUU6x5
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Kaspi is very roughly halfway between Gori and Tbilisi
 
Railroad goes through south Kaspi.
 
See Map here-
 
 
 
 
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RUSSIA IS NOT BACKING OFF
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Media is not publishing this????
 
 
Russian Occupants in Kaspi in Georgia
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Russian occupants blowed up railway bridge in Kaspi
 
 
Russian Military People Exploded Railway Bridge in Kaspi and Railway Connection between East and West Georgia Stopped: Georgian Foreign Ministry

16.08.08 16:03

Georgia, Tbilisi, 16 August /corr. Trend News N.Kirtskalia / Railway bridge was destroyed today in Kaspi region on the stage of Metekhi-Grakari. The Foreign Ministry of Georgia reported that Russian servicemen mined and exploded bridge.

As a result explosion of bridge, railway connection between East and West Georgia stopped. Transportation of cargos and passengers is impossible because of this. Georgian Foreign Ministry expresses protest that Russian side continues to destroy the infrastructure of Georgia in spite of the signed ceasefire agreement.

The correspondent can be contacted at: trend@trend.az

 
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Gori cathedral (view from the Gori Fortress) WIKIPEDIA
 
 
What Cease Fire?
 
Russians have exploded the railway bridge in Kaspi?
 
The railway bridge has been exploded by Russians in Kaspi, Georgia today. As a result the railroad does nor function anymore and civilians are not able to move on the trritory from West to east and vice versa.
 
 
This also shows up on the timeline of the...
 
Ministry Of Foreign Affaires Of Georgia web site.
 

16 August

16:00 Russian military denies Turkish and Ukranian airplanes permission to enter Georgian airspace in order to take part in putting down the fires in the Borjomi district forests. The fires started as a result of dropping of fire setting engines in the area by Russian aviation.

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