Posted on 08/16/2008 3:08:26 PM PDT by Nextrush
Georgia's Foreign Ministry said late Saturday that Russian-backed separatists from the province of Abkhazia have seized a power plant and 13 villages in Georgia.
A ministry statement said Russian army units and separtist militants shifted the border of breakaway Abkhazia toward the Inguri River. It says they set up temporary administration in 13 villages and put the Inguri hydropower plant under control.
The reports could ot immediately be indepdendently confirmed...........
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
A lot of Israelis were working there when the trouble broke out.
Here is the latest reporting on Georgia.
A free rein for Russian troops and the separatist thugs.
Ralph Peters had it right. russian drunken thugs.
And the FNC "right-wing propagandists" had it wrong, no doubt.
Mr President, it is time to show some force, I believe.
This was up on Fox too...
Western Europe better be watching this very closely. They are in queue right after Eastern Europe.
Roger Dat,,,
Winter is comin’...
I saw those poor Georgian people on tv living in tents with not enough water. The people can’t even take a shower.
A woman who was interviewed said the Russians burned her house down.
Watch them “sepertist thugs” I hear LaRaza is looking to break away SoCal with Russkie help.
The article you link to doesn’t have any of the information that you posted.
The story was rewritten after I posted it.
Thanks! I suspect there’s a lot of rewriting going on a lot of websites!
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