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| Chaos and panic as people flee the Russian advance |
| 2008-08-12 |
| IN panic and utter confusion, the Georgian army fled the town of Gori last night, chased by a seemingly invisible Russian advance. As has so often been the case in this short but brutal war, this was pure chaos. From the direction of their former front line positions close to the internal boundary with the breakaway region of South Ossetia, columns of Georgian tanks and armoured personnel carriers hurtled along the main road bisecting Gori. Army trucks crammed with troops screamed after them, swerving madly through the streets before barrelling along the highway to the capital Tbilisi. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #4 I was hoping for a repeat of USSR-Hungary, 1956. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-08-12 08:43 |
| #3 This is like a nerdy kid with glasses slapping a 6'2" kid from the projects. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-12 05:05 |
| #2 If so, save the trouble. Hand them all 2x4's and just let them beat the hell out of each other outside the arena. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-12 03:31 |
| #1 There isn't going to be a Russia–Georgia Olympic water polo match this year, is there? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-08-12 01:53 |