Neo-Imperial Putin-Russia is invading and may try and Retake or level Georgia,
to add to what's left of it's Empire of enslaved peoples.

Putin Says `War Has Started,' Georgia Claims Invasion (Update4)

By Torrey Clark and Greg Walters

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said "war has started'' over the breakaway region of South Ossetia
as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili accused its neighbor of a "well-planned invasion.''

Saakashvili said in a Bloomberg Television interview that his nation of 4.6 million people is "
fighting to secure its borders'' amid a "full-blown Military aggression'' involving Thousands of Russian troops.
Aerial Bombings and wide-spread fighting in and around the region killed an unknown number of Civilians
and wounded "scores'' more, Saakashvili said.

Putin earlier today told U.S. President George W. Bush in Beijing that "volunteers''
were pouring over the border to help defend South Ossetia from Georgian forces,
according to Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "War started today in South Ossetia'' when Georgia attacked Russian peacekeepers in the disputed region, Putin said. The Defense Ministry later said it deployed "reinforcements'' in the region.

The Ruble dropped the most against the dollar in 8 1/2 years and Russian Stocks Tumbled today
on concern the conflict will worsen.
The U.K., European Union and NATO, which Georgia is seeking to join, all called on both sides to end hostilities.
The U.S. called for an immediate cease-fire.

Bush supports the "territorial integrity'' of Georgia, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...pMM&refer=home

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and his friend from the White House will end up in prison...

Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone. Evacuation



Georgian forces have been shelling and firing on the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali and local villages, with civilians killed and wounded. Women and children are being evacuated from the conflict zone to nearby Russian regions.
A total of 1,264 people, including 852 children, have arrived in North Ossetia from the conflict zone of South Ossetia. Another 400 children will be accepted by the Don Cossack Host in Russia’s Rostov Region and the North Caucasus Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, each taking 200.

Source: http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20080808/115888714_1.html

South Ossetian bloodshed claims hundreds of lives

More than 1,400 people have been killed during Georgia`s attacks on the capital of South Ossetia, according to the region`s authorities. The breakaway republic is calling on the world community to recognise it as an independent state. Meanwhile, Moscow says Russian artillery and tanks have now suppressed the Georgian firing positions around Tskhinvali.

VIDEO -- http://russiatoday.com/news/news/28668/video

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War between Russia and Georgia orchestrated from USA

READ MORE -- http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/co...ssia_georgia-0

Sounds like Putin is the one who belongs in jail. Imperialist Russia once again rearing its ugly head.

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We may need to be concerned about this situation more than we are. I do not want to be accused of jumping the gun, but this seems like this event may be a spark. In 1914 a dull ember was spilled onto the world with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. In 1939, sparks flew when an over ambitious Germany invaded the sovereign state of Poland. Both these events ended in a blaze that consumed the world. I just hope we don't start smelling smoke.

This coming from an American.

No need to make such comparisons. Georgia is a small country of 4.5 million people, with a miserable army consisting of 20,000 men. Russia could crush them all in 2 days. They don't stand a chance, and they know it.

That's why this conflict won't last long. Georgian forces have already retreated.

RIGHT ON RUSSIANS ARE TERRORSTS Thye behave like terrorists, they walk like terrorists, they are terrorists!!!!!

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So, let me guess, we arm and train the militia in Georgia and then (*)(*)(*)(*) one of them off and then 2 decades later he will blow up some of our buildings.

Wait, that already happened. bin Laden.

whats the population of this breakaway Ossetian ergion?

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70,000 population of Ossetia.

christ, these people are so goddam tribal... 70k doesn't even merit being called a city, much less a country.
Come to think of it, China lost that much people during that earthquake a few months ago.

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The United Church of the Latter Day Tangential Tarts
"When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission!" -Capt. Zapp Branigan
"Did you know that Republicans are stupid and evil?" -Bill O'Reilly, Feb 2010