nytimes.com - 11/7/2008
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Newly available accounts raise questions about the accuracy and honesty of Georgia’s insistence that it acted defensively against Russian aggression. >
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/4/2008
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"I got dog-tired beyond Macon and woke up
Dean to resume. We got out of the car...
for air and suddenly both of us were stoned with joy to realize that in the darkness all around us was fragrant green grass and the smell of fresh manure and warm waters. ...
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On the Road: Atlanta, Georgia
news.yahoo.com - 11/5/2008
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MOSCOW Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland
to counter U.S. military plans in Eastern Europe ,...
President Dmitry Medvedev warned Wednesday, setting a combative tone that clashed with global goodwill over Barack Obama 's election. In his ...
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Russia to deploy short-range missiles near Poland - ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/13/2008
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SurveyUSA has a new poll out about the
impending runoff in Georgia between Saxby Chambliss and Jim...
Martin. For some reason, they didn't poll the trial heat question (e.g. "who are you going to vote for?"), but there are a number of other items of ...
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Georgia Runoff Will Be Tough on Pollsters
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Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... main justifications for the attack. Senior Georgian officials contest these accounts, and have urged Western governments to discount them. That information, I dont know what it is and how it is confirmed, said Giga Bokeria, Georgias deputy foreign minister. There is such an amount of evidence of continuous attacks on Georgian-controlled villages and so much evidence of Russian military buildup, it doesnt change in any case the general picture of events. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/europe/07georgi... "... And I told him that I know I speak for ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... . * Remember when Russia said its brief war with Georgia was the result of Georgian aggression? They may not have been lying . * Voting turnout in the 2008 election may not have been ...
Was Georgia a Neo-Con Conspiracy? A Lesson for Obama
TPMCafe —
... same neo-conservatives who manipulated the US into the Iraq war on false evidence were directly involved in backing Georgia's ill-fated operation on August 7-8, which eyewitness military observers have described as indiscriminate attacks by Georgia on Russian and civilian positions. The observers reports, first made in August and then October to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, were disclosed in the New York Times three days after the presidential election. [NYT, Nov. 7] ...
A Short Honeymoon
Antiwar.com Original —
... , hardly a core U.S. interest, be defended at all costs. With the news that independent military observers are now reasonably sure that ...
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