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Video: Georgian TV reporter shot by Russian sniper
thisislondon.co.uk ^ | 20:27pm on 14.08.08 | thisislondon.co.uk

Posted on 08/14/2008 12:34:29 PM PDT by Havok

This is the dramatic moment a TV reporter was shot by a sniper as she reported live from war-torn Georgia.

Tamara Urushadze took a bullet to her left arm in the flashpoint town of Gori as Russian forces continued their illegal occupation.

Bravely, or foolishly, the 32-year-old brunette continued her report after a few moments as other journalists and aid workers dashed for cover.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: actofwar; aggression; georgia; gori; journalist; putin; rumorsofwar; russia; russiantroops; sniper; urushadze; war
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1 posted on 08/14/2008 12:34:30 PM PDT by Havok
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To: Havok

Click on thelink for the video.


2 posted on 08/14/2008 12:36:40 PM PDT by Havok (MOLON LABE!!!!)
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To: Havok

if it was a sniper, she would not have stood back up.


3 posted on 08/14/2008 12:37:23 PM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: Havok

War correspondents are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.


4 posted on 08/14/2008 12:37:36 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Havok

Pellet gun?

so much BS on both sides.

I suspect the Russians used fake video and propaganda to scare the Georgians out of Ossetia faster.


5 posted on 08/14/2008 12:37:44 PM PDT by Shermy (Currently suffering from Tagliner's Block.)
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To: Havok

Fortunately, it looked only like a grazing wound. But what kind of sick Russian sniper would target a female journalist in the middle of a report. She had some big cajones though. No panic there.


6 posted on 08/14/2008 12:37:52 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Havok
Unfortunately, we don't know what happened.

Clueless.

8 posted on 08/14/2008 12:39:59 PM PDT by XR7
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To: Holicheese

A definition of sniper, other than the military trained ones:
“One who shoots at other people from a concealed place.”
The don’t have to be a marksman to be considered a “sniper”.


9 posted on 08/14/2008 12:40:05 PM PDT by Havok (MOLON LABE!!!!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

“But what kind of sick Russian sniper would target a female journalist in the middle of a report. “

It depends on the reporter.


10 posted on 08/14/2008 12:40:31 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Havok

Can’t believe she would have just got a graze from something like a Dragunov round.

Though to be fair “sniper” probably just means “people shooting at civilians at very long range” over there. Maybe she was hit by a ricochet or concrete shrapnel.


11 posted on 08/14/2008 12:41:02 PM PDT by agere_contra ("We are all Georgians" - John McCain)
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To: Havok

But what is Obama gonna do to stop this madness?


12 posted on 08/14/2008 12:41:48 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (I'm a RINO cuz I'm too conservative to be a Republican. McCain is the Conservatives true litmus test)
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To: AppyPappy

Too true...


13 posted on 08/14/2008 12:42:03 PM PDT by Havok (MOLON LABE!!!!)
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To: Havok

I have a list to send from NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN. Also Dan Rather could be sent.


14 posted on 08/14/2008 12:42:14 PM PDT by bmwcyle (If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Did you see this? Holy crap.


15 posted on 08/14/2008 12:42:58 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: Havok

ping for later.


16 posted on 08/14/2008 12:43:00 PM PDT by thefactor (contributing nothing of value to threads since 2001...)
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To: Havok

Gotta admire the gal for keeping on.

This should happen to some our Drive-By journalists to get them in touch with reality.


17 posted on 08/14/2008 12:44:07 PM PDT by radar101
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To: quark

Hey talk to Bush about it.....

“I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul. He’s a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that’s the beginning of a very constructive relationship”


18 posted on 08/14/2008 12:44:38 PM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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Wow, she is cool as a cucumber! Even starts to assess what type of weapon it must have been during the end of the report, as they put her in a bullet proof vest. She just grabs the mic and keeps talking.


20 posted on 08/14/2008 12:45:45 PM PDT by LikeLight (http://www.believersguidetolegalissues.com)
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