Russian warplanes target Georgia »
Posted By berkeley 1 year, 3 months ago in NewsRussian forces launched an airstrike against a military airfield near the Tbilisi International Airport early Sunday, despite international calls for Russia to stand down from the escalating conflict, Georgian officials told CNN. Military aircraft were crossing the Georgian border about every 15 minutes, he said, hitting civilian, economic and military targets. He said that at least 50 military jets were being used.
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If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public ...
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Plucky little Georgia? No, the cold war reading won't wash
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The clash between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia has more in common with the Falklands war of 1982 than with a cold war crisis. Like Galtieri in 1982, Saakashvili faces a domestic economic crisis and public disillusionment and has used internal repression and external war to try to rally support.
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/08/10/plucky-little-georgia-no-the-cold-war-reading-wont-wash/
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