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| Georgia to impose martial law, port bombed-official |
| 2008-08-08 |
| "The president is going to declare a state of martial law within a few hours," Kakha Lomaia told Reuters. "Russia has bombed the (Black Sea) port of Poti and the military base at Senaki. We think Russia has started to bomb civil and economic infrastructure." (Reporting by James Kilner; writing by Conor Sweeney) |
| Posted by:Woodrow Elmusoger4367 |
| #14 Don't get lost with the battle. Putin's prize is the oil of Baku. All he has to do to win is keep it from transiting Georgia. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-08-08 22:35 |
| #13 Kinda hard to say where you'd get actual, factual information. I used to use ITAR/TASS and Novosti to supplement... ummm... other sources back in the day. Pravda was always the bottom of the heap, a notch below Izvestie, but only just. Of the new press, it looks like MosNews is gone, which is a shame, but Komersant's always pretty good, as is Moscow Times. I haven't added any sources in awhile. Look under Russia on the News page. |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-08-08 22:11 |
| #12 'most dirt route' pardon .. most direct |
| Posted by: linker 2008-08-08 22:06 |
| #11 There is a larger port at Bat'umie in the extreme SW of Georgia but as far as the roads are set up P'oti is the most dirt route to T'bilisi or Ts'khinvali. #4 Rob Crawford 'Yeah, if this were just about South Ossetia,' Do you think they'll go strait thru to Azerbaijan? |
| Posted by: linker 2008-08-08 22:05 |
| #10 REDDIT > GEORGIAN TROOPS LEAVE/PULL BACK FROM SOUTH OSSETIAN CAPITAL. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-08 22:03 |
| #9 See also REDDIT > WIRED.blog > DID THE US PREP GEORGIA FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA; + BLOOMBERG > DID WORLD WAR III JUST BEGIN TODAY? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-08 22:01 |
| #8 All the roads and cities disappeared from Google's maps of Georgia map |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-08-08 21:57 |
| #7 Nothing says, "To Russia with Love" like a few patriot missiles at the port. Just sayin'. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-08-08 21:37 |
| #6 Aw, geez, I hope there's a more legitimate target than a civilian port and a military hospital. What's the best English-language news source for this? Years ago I would have kept my eyes on the BBC for events like this, but... |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-08-08 21:36 |
| #5 Poti is their main civilian port, and also the site of their largest military hospital. Georgian wounded are being taken to Poti. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2008-08-08 21:31 |
| #4 Yeah, if this were just about South Ossetia, they'd only need to move troops into that area, maybe suppress air fields in Georgia. Attacking a port away from the "genocide" is either to prevent reinforcements/rearming, or to simply punish. Is Poti their largest port or a military base? From the sat photos on Google Earth, it doesn't look much larger than the port in Toledo, OH. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-08-08 21:19 |
| #3 This certainly would slow down a NRF coming across the black sea from Bulgaria or Romania..? |
| Posted by: linker 2008-08-08 20:50 |
| #2 1400 KIA so far: Where is the LWMSM's "Quagmire" comments? |
| Posted by: Full Bosomed1072 2008-08-08 20:31 |
| #1 It appears that the Russians intend to carry the air war throughout Georgia. This is not a war in and about South Ossetia. It is a war of Russian aggression. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2008-08-08 20:24 |