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2002-05-27 Caucasus
Russia strengthens border with Georgia...
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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-05-27 01:21 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 And this is news? I wonder if they are also getting out the survey crews to figure out exactly where the border is: for a few millenia this border was a line on the map and had little political meaning. Now it's a division of responsiblity in trying to track down some unfriendly bandits.
Posted by Tom Roberts 2002-05-28 10:24:23||   2002-05-28 10:24:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I think the news, if any, is that the weather's getting better and they expect the Chechens to use Pankisi and maybe Kodori as safe areas and they want to be in position to catch as many as they can. For a while they thought they'd gotten Basayev, but it turned out they hadn't. They'd really like to bag him and al-Walid.
Posted by Fred  2002-05-28 19:14:03||   2002-05-28 19:14:03|| Front Page Top

19:14 Fred
10:24 Tom Roberts
19:15 Mark Byron









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