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| Russers getting ready to grab off part of Georgia? |
| 2002-09-24 |
| From ChechenPress.org. Take with a large grain of salt and then lie down for an hour... The Georgian-Russian interrelation is being cleared up. The point is that mutual claims driven away from the political peace regulation are nearing a military conflict. It is not only the Russian President's statement made in a form of ultimatum on September 11 in Sochi that should be taken into consideration. As a matter of fact, it seems that all Russian public figures were waiting for this command. Toldja the fix was in... Russia will come around on Iraq because we've already come around on Georgia... No sooner the Russian commander-in-chief President Putin officially submitted the question of applying force om the neighboring country to the Parliament of Russia, the deputies of State Duma almost unanimously agreed to bomb Georgia. As to Anatoli Kvashnin, chief of Russian forces staff, he seemed to have a worked out plan of anti-terrorist operation in the Pankisi Gorge of Georgia. His assistant General Baluevski had the only answer to the questions of the journalists: "We'll begin the persecution of terrorists in Georgia and then you will see". That's Russian for "lemme at 'im"... Putin, apparently not expecting such willingness of his subordinates, had to ease the situation and made a statement that they would not need all this, and Georgia would find force to combat terrorism, that Russians would like to help them only, etc. "Cheeze, guys! Put down those bludgeons! Give 'em a chance..." But an intelligent soldier Sergei Ivanov is not going to limit himself with tactical advices only. He wants Gelaev and hundreds of his fighters, otherwise Russia would not wait until they cross the border and start blowing up of the houses in Russia, no matter that Georgia is going to join NATO or a League of sexual minorities. I have no idea what that last statement meant. Gelaev is apparently the Commander of the Moment along the Bloody Border... According to Ivanov, they are going to create a safe zone of 20 km width along the Russian border with Georgia. Thus, the territory of Georgia will be lessened. Which'll result in the Bad Guys moving to the other side of that border, so that'll necessitate gobbling up another 20 km or so, and so on until there's no Georgia left. But that's okay, because then they can nip off 20 km of Azerbaijan or Armenia... Thanks god, there are plenty of Russia's supporters in he Caucasus. Premier Minister of Abkhazia Anri Jerghenia and President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoev are making agreements on mutual assistance in case the fighters of Gelaev break into their territories. It means Abkhazia and South Ossetia will be so-called rams against the Chechens and Georgians if, of course, the Kremlin gives an order. That will be pretty hard on Gelaev, I'd guess, but probably harder on the Georgians. I'm getting a strong feeling that unless they clean up the Pankisi mess in jig time they're toast... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 A Russian invasion of Georgia? Surely you’re not serious? The demoralized rusting relic that was once the vaunted Soviet Red Army has about as much chance of invading Georgia as Chretien has of being invited to the ranch in Crawford? The Rooskie chooya have been bombing Georgia on and off since 1992. Putin is bluffing. 85,000 troops are fully committed to Chechnya where they barely have daytime control of the breakaway territory despite four years of war. The Russians are not capable of a major incursion into Georgia. They are not the USA. |
| Posted by: Charles Tupper Jr. 2002-09-25 08:22:44 |
| #1 Any country that either harbors or indulges terrorists, is ripe for conscription to the counter-terror war. Hey, the "Kremlin" is "us." What a concept! |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced God 2002-09-24 19:31:42 |