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KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - NATO-led Peacekeepers in Afghanistan on Saturday blamed militants for a mortar attack two nights earlier that wounded Pakistani soldiers and Afghan police on either side of the border and led to a Pakistani protest. Insurgents simultaneously fired at targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan on the evening of July 10,” said a statement [...] ... Source: news.yahoo.com --- 55 days ago
Reuters - NATO-led Peacekeepers in Afghanistan on Saturday blamed militants for a mortar attack two nights earlier that wounded Pakistani soldiers and Afghan police on either side of the border and led to a Pakistani protest. ... Source: news.aol.com --- 27 days ago
Filed under: John McCain , Breaking News , Foreign Policy CNN has the interview with President Mikhail Saakashvili here . The small country of Georgia, who have contributed troops to the war in Afghanistan, is appealing to the west for help, and Vladimir Putin confirmed from the Olympics that "war has started." The area in question is the separatist province of South Ossetia. Georgian troops launched a major offensive to bring the disputed region, which has a large Russian population, under control. Georgia claims their action was preceded by Russian bombing of Georgian territory. Russia denies any air attacks on Georgian cities. Russian tanks have crossed the border and engaged Georgia today, with both sides claiming military and civilian casualties. Russian Peacekeepers have been in South Ossetia since the 1990s, when the breakaway region declared independence from Georgia. Russia has issued a statement on the conflict here . NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has been in contact with both countries urging a cessation of hostility. Georgia is likely to obtain NATO membership in 2009, if all conditions are met, a move which was strongly opposed by Vladimir Putin in April. Senator McCain has had tough talk for Russia this year. He famously said of Putin that when he looked in his eyes, he "saw three letters: K.G.B." In a speech in March McCain said "Rather than tolerate Russia's nuclear blackmail or cyber attacks, Wester ... Source: www.reuters.com --- 55 days ago
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO-led Peacekeepers in Afghanistan on Saturday blamed militants for a mortar attack two nights earlier that wounded Pakistani soldiers and Afghan police on either side of the border and led to a Pakistani protest. ... Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 19 days ago
Now that the dust is settling the big question about the dust-up in Georgia remains: Why was Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili so stupid to start this war? There are a couple of theories. One is Saakashvili was under the mistaken impression the US military, even NATO, would intervene if Russia fought back after Georgia entered the breakaway province of South Ossetia on 7-8 August, devastating Tskhinvali, and according to Moscow, killing a number of Russian Peacekeepers. The US stood on the sidelines when Russia indeed punished Georgia. Georgian civilians at first told Western reporters they were angry at America for not coming to their aid. Then several days later many started to blame Saakashvili for creating such a mess. It seems hard to believe he would have tried to seize South Ossetia if he were not led to believe he had American backing. According to Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN ambassador, joint US-Georgian military exercises code-named Immediate Response ended just hours before Georgian troops moved into the province. Churkin says the Americans gave Saakashvili a "green light." But there was no immediate response from the United States. It looks like Saakashvili and Russia were both set up. By eliciting a heavy-handed Russian response, American political leaders, and their mouthpieces in the corporate media, have revived misplaced Cold War analogies. They falsely portray Russia as the brutal aggressor, bent on violentl ... Source: www.freerepublic.com --- 21 days ago
France sought Wednesday to unite the 26 other nations in the European Union behind the accord brokered with Russia to end the war in Georgia, urging that monitors be dispatched to the Caucasus to help uphold the truce between Georgian and Russian forces. The sudden eruption of war in Georgia last week bared divisions within Europe over a resurgent Russia and Georgias pursuit of NATO membership. Georgia has cast itself as engaged in a lonely struggle to maintain democracy in Russias backyard. The ministers appeared to be edging closer to an agreement on sending Peacekeepers to the Georgian separatist region... ... Source: www.nowpublic.com --- 23 days ago
EU president Sarkozy and Medvedev agreed for peace-plan, no NATO Peacekeepers " We have not achieved peace yet but we have achieved a provisional cease-fire of hostilities," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.... read more ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 31 days ago
Kosovo's authorities have named a former guerrilla fighter as defense minister. Officials say Fehmi Mujota, 45, was named Monday to head Kosovo's Security Force. It is a lightly armed force that will have 2,500 active members and 800 reservists. An international plan that paved the way for Kosovo to declare independence from Serbia on Feb. 17 says the yet-to-be-formed force will initially be responsible for crisis response and civil protection. NATO leads around 16,000 Peacekeepers and will remain in charge of security in Kosovo. Kosovo's independence has been recognized by 43 countries including the U.S. and most nations in the European Union, but is fiercely opposed by Serbia and Russia. ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 25 days ago
Georgia says it has received a Russian ultimatum that it must disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia or face Russian forces moving into Georgian-controlled territory. Georgian Security Council chief Alexander Lomaia said Gen. Sergei Chaban in charge of Russian Peacekeepers in Abkhazia conveyed the demand Monday through U.N. military observers in the area. The Russian move would mark a major escalation in the Russian-Georgian conflict over another Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia. With most Georgian troops concentrated in the east near South Ossetia, it could be hard for Georgia to repel a Russian offensive near Abkhazia, which lies further west on the Black Sea. Both Abkhazia and South Ossetia have run their own affairs without international recognition after defeating Georgian troops in wars in the early 1990s. Russia has deployed Peacekeepers there and granted most residents passports. The tiny, U.S.-allied Georgia, which has angered Moscow by seeking to join NATO, has accused Russia of trying to annex the two regions. ... Source: www.gossiprocks.com --- 25 days ago
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said ``war has started'' over the breakaway region of South Ossetia as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili accused its neighbor of a ``well-planned invasion.'' Saakashvili said in a Bloomberg Television interview that his nation of 4.6 million people is ``fighting to secure its borders'' amid a ``full-blown military aggression'' involving thousands of Russian troops. Aerial bombings and widespread fighting in and around the region killed an unknown number of civilians and wounded ``scores'' more, Saakashvili said. Putin earlier today told George W. Bush in Beijing that ``volunteers'' were pouring over the border to help defend South Ossetia from Georgian forces, according to Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ``War started today in South Ossetia'' when Georgia attacked Russian Peacekeepers in the disputed region, Putin said. The Defense Ministry later said it deployed ``reinforcements.'' The ruble dropped the most against the dollar in 8 1/2 years and Russian stocks tumbled today on concern the conflict will worsen. The U.S., U.K., European Union and NATO, which Georgia is seeking to join, all called on both sides to end hostilities. South Ossetia, which has a population of about 70,000 and is less than half the size of Kosovo, broke away from U.S.-backed Georgia in the early 1990s and now is a de facto independent state with Russian Peacekeepers and economic support. Fighting ...
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The U.S. ambassador to NATO says that Russian Peacekeepers must leave any "buffer zones" in Georgia adjacent to South Ossetia as soon as the OSCE deploys its mission of military observers. He also says the United States will help Georgia rebuild its military in the wake of its war with Russia. ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 21 days ago
Russia sends a clear message to NATO Russia welcomes international Peacekeepers in South Ossetia but says that troops from NATO would be viewed as a "military incursion." ...
Source: www.topix.com --- 31 days ago
VANCOUVER - The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his appearance before a Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague is a victory for many Canadians who have been deeply involved in the ugly aftermath of the ethnic and religious war following the breakup of the former communist federation. At the centre of Karadzic's prosecution for crimes against humanity is the July 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica after the city's capture by Bosnian Serb forces. Bosnian Serbs also took 55 Canadian Peacekeepers hostage to use as human shields against potential NATO bombing in the war's closing stage. The photo of Capt. Patrick Rechner chained to a lightning rod brought home that this was no ordinary peacekeeping mission. And, Canadians like Rechner, who watched the war unfold, could be potential witnesses at Karadzic's trial, says Walter Dorn, a professor of defence studies at Royal Military College and Canadian Forces College. "We had a huge number of people who ... ... Source: atlanticfreepress.com --- 26 days ago
by Copydude Youre going to have to read a lot of independents and between a lot of lines to get a handle on this one. Even the UN Security Council cant agree three lines of text. While it might not be world war on the ground, international media is locked in moral combat while foreign ministers on different sides denounce their opposite numbers. Argumentation is on the well they started it playground level, rhetoric devoid of reality. But then, one set of Peacekeepers attacking another is rather absurd to begin with. Blatant propaganda (http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?volume_id=427 issue_id=4585 article_id=2373298) is quickly making a case for one side (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/2524629/Georgia-pays-price-for-its-NATO-ambitions.html) or the other (http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/did-us-military.html). But it looks like public relations struggling for rationale. Igniting this conflict isnt to anyones advantage. Would NATO wannabe (http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/8/8/61525/48497) Saakashvili have been so reckless (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/08/russia.georgia1) as to poke the bear? As with the wine embargo, Russia can impose crippling sanctions on Georgia. Also at risk (http://www.kommersant.com/p-13049/South_Ossetia_/) is a huge chunk of national revenue which comes from Georgians working in Russia sending money home. And if Saakashvili wants a United Georgia, ... Source: saltspringnews.com --- 27 days ago
U.S. attacks Russia through client state Georgia Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet USA August 8, 2008 Russian troops Georgian forces, trained and equipped by the Pentagon and the U.S. government, killed 10 Russian Peacekeepers early this morning in a provocation attack that has escalated into military conflict, but the subsequent corporate media coverage would have us believe that the U.S. and NATO-backed client state Georgia is a helpless victim, when in actual fact a far more nuanced geopolitical strategy is being played out. ... The latest exercise, Immediate Response 2008, which took place last month, involved no less than one thousand [actually 2000] U.S. troops working with Georgian troops in a war game scenario. Moreover, the very Rose Revolution that brought the Harvard trained pro-US Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvilli to power in 2003 was wholly aided and abetted by the Central Intelligence Agency. Russian fury at U.S. support for Georgia and Georgias aspirations of becoming a NATO member have flared regularly in recent months, with tensions also rising following U.S. attempts to place missile defense shield technology in Poland and the Czech Republic, which most observers agree has nothing to do with Iran and is in fact aimed at countering Russian military superiority in the region. In addition, the pro-Israeli news source DebkaFile reports that Georgian infantry units were aided by Israeli military advisors in ... Source: saltspringnews.com --- 13 days ago
Other people's nationalisms are like other people's love affairs, or, indeed, like dog fights. These are things wise people don't get involved in. A war in the Caucasus is never a straightforward moral crusade - but then, how many wars are? Indeed. The ultimate outcome of this war will be, as always, death and ruin for multitudes who have nothing to do with the violent aggression of corrupt elites on every side. Marching through Georgia: Cold War II proxy conflict turns hot Chris Floyd Empire Burlesque Netherlands August 8, 2008 With the world distracted by the glitz and glam of the Olympic opening ceremonies in Beijing -- where George W. Bush (after some entirely rote criticism) nestled down with his long-time family business partners and fellow crony-capitalist authoritarians in the Chinese leadership -- the new Cold War fuelled by the old Cold Warriors in Washington took a sharp and bitter turn in Georgia. Yesterday, Georgia's American-educated, pro-NATO president, Mikhail Saakashvili sent a heavy force into the breakaway region of South Ossetia, which has enjoyed de facto independence since the early 1990s. Georgian forces shelled the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, and sent thousands of refugees fleeing north into Russia. Several Russian Peacekeepers, which have been stationed in South Ossetia for years as part of earlier ceasefire agreements, were killed in the attack. Saakashvili announced that his invasion had "liberated ... Find more results for NATO Peacekeepers on RSSMicro.com |
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Early Wednesday morning, Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili agreed to a plan to stop the fighting that flared up Friday. However, the crisis isn’t over and the terms of the agreement aren’t all clear. The New York Times: If the agreement takes hold, Russia will have edged back from a confrontation that threatened to draw it into a cold-war-style conflict with Western nations. As things stand, a great goal has already been accomplished: Russia has asserted its ability to wrestle its neighbors to the ground at will, and—if not now, then later—resume its old role as the hegemon of the South Caucasus. But Mr. Medvedev’s overtures on Tuesday left the door open to further military action. Russian authorities make no secret of their desire to see Mr. Saakashvili tried for war crimes in The Hague. Mr. Medvedev has not called for a withdrawal, and expects Russian Peacekeepers to remain in both South Ossetia and another separatist area to the west, Abkhazia. He also authorized Russian soldiers to fire on “hotbeds of resistance and other aggressive actions.” As the conflict cools and hardens, the two separatist regions could wind up permanently annexed by Russia. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated Entries August 12, 2008 Putin’s Sole August 12, 2008 NATO, Georgia and the Ready-Made War August 11, 2008 McCain Sounds the Alarm on Georgia August 11, 2008 Pravda Online Perfects Art of Messianic Headl ...
Russian Peacekeepers at an anti-aircraft gun in the disputed region of South Ossetia Predictably, in the wake of Russia sending reinforcements to back up its Peacekeepers under seige by the Georgian army in the tiny disputed territory of South Ossetia, Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is denouncing the move as "Russian aggression" against Georgia. Nevermind that it was the Georgian army which launched the offensive that ignited the present round of fighting. The reported death toll of over 1,400 is the worst the region has seen since 1992. In that year, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved, and South Ossetia and Abkhazia, both regions with strong ethnic ties to compatriots in Russia, were ceded to Georgia within their Soviet-drawn borders. After the U.S. and NATO countries recognized the independence of Kosovo in early 2008, the South Ossetians and Abkhazians decided they could also declare their independence from Georgia, which has sparked the recent round of fighting. ...