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| Caucasus |
| 175 Ossetians ready to fight for Georgia against Kokoity |
| 2004-07-17 |
| Kavkaz Center's sources in South Ossetia reported that several hundred units of Russian armored vehicles, 80 self-propelled artillery units and other ordnance were brought into Tskhinvali. 108 Armenians, 76 Abkhazians and 10 natives of Kabardino-Balkaria have joined the Tskhinavli army. Hundreds of Russian criminals from Russian prisons have been brought to Tskhinavli as well. First payment to the mercenaries was $ 3,500 US dollars. Ossetians are now moving to Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia on a mass scale. Entire families are leaving the city. Artificial obstacles are now being set up in South Ossetia. Military positions are getting ready. At the same time Georgian central government in Tbilisi is concealing the real picture of the events. Over the past few days Ossetian and Russian gang formations have totally expelled Georgians from three villages. Residents of the rest four villages will be facing the same lot in the near future. But Tbilisi has been quiet about it. Some reports say that Georgian journalists have been banned from bringing up this subject. At the same time the reports coming from Tskhinvali are showing that local Ossetians are even more outraged with self-appointed (pro-Russian) president of South Ossetia Kokoity. Moreover, 175 Ossetians declared they are willing to assist and join the Georgian army in case war operations get started. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |