Independent UK: War: 30,000 homeless as a chaotic conflict intensifies

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War: 30,000 homeless as a chaotic conflict intensifies

Putin condemns 'genocide' as eyewitnesses claim South Ossetia's capital is destroyed. Moscow missiles kill dozens in Georgia's frontline city as peace effort gets under way

By Shaun Walker, Kim Sengupta and Rupert Cornwell in Gori, Tbilisi and Washington
Sunday, 10 August 2008



As many as 2,000 people may have been killed and 30,000 made homeless as the chaotic conflict between Georgian and Russian forces in the pro-Moscow enclave of South Ossetia entered its second bloody day.

Georgia's parliament approved a state of war across the country for the next 15 days, while also calling for a ceasefire. The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, said that there would be no talks until Georgian troops left the conflict zone. And, in what could be a second front, Abkhazia, another pro-Russian enclave in Georgia, said its forces had begun an operation to drive out Tbilisi's forces.

The situation on the ground in South Ossetia, most of whose population are ethnic Russians, remained highly confused. Russia said it had seized South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, but Georgia denied this. Russia, which sent in tanks to back the South Ossetians, said its forces had "liberated" the enclave's capital, but Georgia responded that Tskhinvali was under its "complete control".

A Russian journalist said Tskhinvali had been badly damaged. "The town is destroyed. There are many casualties, many wounded," Zaid Tsarnayev told Reuters. Russian jets carried out up to five raids on mostly military targets around the Georgian town of Gori, close to the conflict zone in South Ossetia. But some missiles went astray, killing at least a dozen people. A woman knelt in the street and screamed over the body of a dead man, as a bombed apartment block burned nearby. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/war-30000-homeless-as-a-chaotic-conflict-intensifies-889751.html

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1. And their blood is on the hands of these men-

http://www.usacc.org/content.php?type=page&id=2&chi=5&par=3

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3. What a rogue's gallery. nt

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6. These are the REAL players in the ME.

All the visible players, with the exception of Cheney, (he is one of them)
are but puppets for these bastards.

BHN

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2. South Ossetia

15 hours ago: Refugees from Tshkinvali, in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, sit in a bus waiting to be registered at the Russian border Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.

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4. Not that I think many will actually take the time to read it- thus understand what is happening

I will post this for those who will and do.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3765119&mesg_id=3765819

This is a very grave situation.
It's somewhat troublesome that so few here on DU
will even take the time to comprehend it.

BHN

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5. There does seem to be massive indifference to what's going on.....

.... I've been reading as much historical info as possible today to try to understand it....Thanks for the link.

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8. Here is another relative story that sank like a stone-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3046912

As you will see, I posted some links to the back ground on this thread.
Guess the information didn't have enough adultery for the DU masses though.

BHN

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7. The Baku-Ceyhan pipeline, which administered by US-British, BP Company, has changed geopolitical

The Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which is administered by the US-British oil giant, BP Company, has changed the geopolitical situation of the Eastern Mediterranean Zone




16 hours ago: Members of the Kremlin-loyal youth organisation "Nashi" wave flags and hold a banner during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy in Moscow August 9, 2008. Georgian troops have killed 12 Russian peacekeeping forces so far in clashed in the separatist region of South Ossetia, a senior Russian defence ministry official said on Saturday. The banner reads: "USA - Iraq, Georgia-Ossetia".

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9. Isn't it comforting to know that ZBig is one of Obama's advisors?

BHN