Posted on 11/23/2008 7:00:17 PM PST by Daffynition
Georgian officials are reporting that the presidents of Georgia and Poland were fired upon while traveling in a motorcade on Sunday.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kaczynski were not harmed in the incident.
It's believed the gunshots came from the disputed province of South Ossetia -- and that the motorcade was approaching a military checkpoint at the time of the incident.
However, there is some dispute as to exactly where the incident took place.
Georgia's Interior Ministry said the shots were fired at a military checkpoint in the Akhalgori area, while legislator Marika Verulashvili said the incident happened at a Georgian checkpoint near South Ossetia.
A Kaczyski aide told Polish news agency PAP that Russian soldiers were 30 metres from the motorcade when the shots were fired.
Russian troops based in South Ossetia have denied they were involved in the incident, and South Ossetian spokesperson Irina Gagloyeva denies that the incident even occurred.
(Excerpt) Read more at ctv.ca ...
'As he surveys the nation today he reminds me of that chilling poem by Ted Hughes, Hawk Roosting, in which the dreaded bird sits at the top of a tall tree musing: "Now I hold all Creation in my foot - I kill as I please because it is all mine - I am going to keep things like this."'
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He’s such a *manly* man,isn’t he? (end sarcasm) I’ve read that the reason he’s so popular in the USSR is because he’s *wildly* popular with Soviet women and the reason for *that* is because he,unlike 95% of Soviet men,doesn’t appear to be in the process of drinking himself to death with antifreeze.
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