Posted on 08/14/2008 2:32:40 AM PDT by maquiladora
GORI, Georgia (AP) - Plans for Russian troops to leave the key Georgian city of Gori appear to have broken down. Early Thursday, the Georgian Interior Ministry said Russian forces were leaving the city that they had taken the day before even though a cease-fire was in effect.
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But around midday, the Georgian officials left and some 15 SUVs filled with Georgian soldiers approached a Russian checkpoint on the city's outskirts, pointing guns at the Russian soldiers who then lay in the ground and appeared to prepare for combat.
Several Russian tanks then hurried to the position and the Georgians backed off to an elevated area some 200 meters away.
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Well, i wonder if the Georgian soldiers pointing guns at the Russians had anything to do at all with their appearing ready for combat.... has everyone grown dumb?
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