Posted on 08/12/2008 2:10:58 AM PDT by Flashlight
Russian news reports are quoting President Dmitri Medvedev ordering a halt to Russian military action in Georgia.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Breaking News from AP.
Interesting development.
Great!
Did we threaten to nuke them?
What’s up?
The demand the resignation of Saakashvili and intend to annex Ossetia and Abkhazia.
I really have no idea what this means. I don’t have access to TV - is this being reported on the cable news networks?
I think Obama scared them. They’re backing off.
It sounds like SOMEBODY got through to them on the backchannel and told them, “You REALLY don’t want to risk all-out war with certain allies of Georgia, do you?”.
Sounds like folks are working hard behind the scenes. We will probably never learn what was really agreed to.
I hope this development is true because I’ve been tossing and turning at night for the past 2 days over this...
We have friends in Germany that were telling us the same thing yesterday about 1800. I will believe it when it actually happens.
not on cnn or bbc on internet. Yahoo is first?
” is this being reported on the cable news networks? “
CNBC has been reporting it — with about the same amount of detail as in the article blurb at the head of this thread...
Waiting for details before I start singing Hosannas — there just might be a ‘hook’ in there somewhere....
BBC : Russian president says the conflict is at an end.
I just heard this on my radio news (I think it’s CNN radio news). They were reporting the Russian invasion during the top-of-the hour summary, then they broke in and gave this report. I’m surprised it’s not on the CNN website.
/bkmark
Sarkozy is on his way to Moscow. Russia has no intention of leaving two provinces and says the Georgian president must go.
Not sure how long a ceasefire will last under those conditions.
Heck, it's 2:30 in the morning and I am tossing and turning right now ! :)
Yeah, like the Russians can be trusted......
He didn't say they were leaving Georgia - maybe that's the catch.
Hmmm...this news doesn’t have seem to made it to the Russian news, yet.
http://pravda.ru
http://english.pravda.ru/
My neighbors were screaming at 3 am, and of course, I prayed and then turned on the pc!
So, I wonder if they are going to give him 24 hours to get out of Dodge, and if he stays, resume decimating Georgia. Russia has it's sight on more than Georgia, that's for sure.
Judging from other reports (BBC and another from a reporter from Norway) Russia really started to expand outside of the disputed regions earlier (like in Zugdidi and Senaki). I think at that point someone must have given them a stronger warning and they’re backing off to the borders of the disputed regions.
Quote - Summary Snippet:
GMT, August 12, 2008
09:31 Explosions near Tbilisi unrelated to air strikes - Georgian Interior Ministry
09:30 Russian military will continue reconnaissance operations in Georgia after ceasefire - General Staff
09:29 Medvedev: I have decided to cease operations to force peace in S.Ossetia (Part 2)
Ok, thanks happinesswithoutpeace.
http://www.russiatoday.com
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/28870
August 12, 2008, 13:11
“Medvedev orders end to military operation”
CNN now calling it:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia.war/index.html
Quote - Summary Snippet:
GMT, August 12, 2008
09:38 Russia admits use of high-precision weapons in Georgia-Ossetia conflict’
09:36 Russian prosecutors to help S. Ossetians prepare claims for intl courts
09:32 Georgian forces crushed near Chkhalta in upper Kodori - Bagapsh (Part 2)
09:31 Explosions near Tbilisi unrelated to air strikes - Georgian Interior Ministry
Contrary to what Putin had expected, oil prices continued to fall. Maybe it wasn’t worth the expense of waging war with oil prices going down instead of up.
Sure they can. After we have verified.
Note: Photos included.
Previously...QUOTE:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/08/20080811-1.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 11, 2008
President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia
Rose Garden
Video (Windows)
White House News
Photos
5:21 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: I just met with my national security team to discuss the situation in Georgia.
I am deeply concerned by reports that Russian troops have moved beyond the zone of conflict, attacked the Georgian town of Gori, and are threatening the Georgia’s — Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi. There’s evidence that Russian forces may soon begin bombing the civilian airport in the capital city.
If these reports are accurate, these Russian actions would represent a dramatic and brutal escalation of the conflict in Georgia. And these actions would be inconsistent with assurances we have received from Russia that its objectives were limited to restoring the status quo in South Ossetia that existed before fighting began on August the 6th.
It now appears that an effort may be underway to depose Russia’s* duly elected government. Russia has invaded a sovereign neighboring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people. Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century.
The Georgian government has accepted the elements of a peace agreement that the Russian government previously said it would be willing to accept: an immediate cease-fire, the withdrawal of forces from the zone of conflict, a return to the military status quo as of August 6th, and a commitment to refrain from using force. There are representatives of the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe currently in Moscow seeking Russia’s agreement to this peace plan.
Russia’s government must respect Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Russian government must reverse the course it appears to be on, and accept this peace agreement as a first step toward resolving this conflict.
Russia’s actions this week have raised serious questions about its intentions in Georgia and the region. These actions have substantially damaged Russia’s standing in the world. And these actions jeopardize Russians’ relations — Russia’s relations with the United States and Europe. It is time for Russia to be true to its word and to act to end this crisis.
Thank you.
END 5:24 P.M. EDT
*Georgia’s duly elected government
Obama commanded Russia to turn back the tanks. And so it was.
Previously...
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50769
“Bush Denounces Russia’s ‘Brutal Escalation’ in Georgia”
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7555858.stm
Page last updated at 09:43 GMT, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:43 UK
“Russia ‘ends Georgia operation’”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “News of Mr Medvedev’s decision emerged as French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Moscow expecting to press Russia on the need for a ceasefire.
According to a statement, Mr Medvedev told his defence minister and chief of staff that “the goal has been attained”.”
“I think Obama scared them. They’re backing off.”
That reminds me ...
[Running out of the house with a tire gauge.]
This means that we stood up enough to them to make them take pause. The planned travel of those 5 Presidents from ex-communist states probably helped quite a bit. Now, how long will the bear pause ?
“Yeah, like the Russians can be trusted......”
That’s what I’m thinking. Hopeful but skeptical. Not only that, but according to Mark Levin, the Russians had colonized those provinces, stealing the land from Georgia. That explains a lot. The Russians should move out of Georgia’s land.
he also said to quell any resistance,sometimes being alive is resisting.
I understand what you are saying and this is heartbreaking (understatement).
” “the goal has been attained”.” “
Hmmmm...
And exactly what was the ‘goal’ of this exercise??
I’ve got a nagging suspicion that this is classic Cold War gamesmanship — reinforcing the ‘lesson’ that Iran taught in the recent Hezbollah takeover in Lebanon:
“Don’t count on America”
The goal(s) THEY set.
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060412/posts
Russia orders end to operation after bombing of media centre
Times Online ^ | August 12, 2008
Posted on August 12, 2008 3:03:09 AM PDT by Schnucki
Russian warplanes bombed the Georgian city of Gori overnight, hitting a media centre and killing a Dutch television journalist who was in the city to cover the invasion.
At least four other people were killed in the bombardment, which began as the Georgian army and most of the city’s remaining inhabitants fled Gori in disarray believing that Russian troops were about to take the town.
Meanwhile, Georgian authorities said that Russian fighter jets had once again attempted to bomb a strategic oil pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, which carries fuel from the Caspian Sea to Europe via Georgia.
Georgia fears that the Russian army is now preparing to march on the Georgian capital Tbilisi and topple the government of President Mikhail Saakashvili. An explosion was heard in Tbilisi this morning, heightening fears that Russian MiG fighter jets were about to bomb the city.
Russia dismisses this, saying that the thousands of troops, tanks and artillery that it has poured into Georgia’s two breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the last few days, and the incursions that they have made into Georgian sovereign territory around them, are merely intended to prevent Georgia from attacking South Ossetia again.
This morning Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President, appeared to have ordered a halt to the military operation.
Mr Medvedev said that Russia’s military had punished Georgia enough for its attack last week on South Ossetia. “The security of our peacekeepers and civilians has been restored,” Mr Medvedev said. “The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganised.”
The Russian President said that he had, however, ordered the Russian military to continue to defend itself, and to quell any signs of Georgian resistance.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
“Obama commanded Russia to turn back the tanks. And so it was.”
First came the rider of the White Horse. He spoke of bringing peace. And he never sweated. He lifted an air pressure hose and behold! A vast wind arose, and oil spurted from the ground beneath his sandaled feet. The Russian tanks fled before his greatness.
“They demand the resignation of Saakashvili and intend to annex Ossetia and Abkhazia.”
Does anyone have a “Link” to that statement?
“Cold War gamesmanship”
OPINION: Yes.
The original post linking to yahoo reports this.
The horror. They disorganized the Georgian military. More like the Georgians have regrouped into a tenable defensible position around the southern Caucasus range. Obviously the Russian planners had calculated that the Georgian army would be destroyed before it could reach that defensible position.
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