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Georgia Conflict Primer
truthdig.com - 8/12/2008
Georgia Conflict Primer
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For those who never heard of South Ossetia before fighting between Russians and Georgians erupted there, the BBC’s Paul Reynolds provides some needed background and analysis, including this pearl of wisdom: “Do not punch a bear on the nose unless it is tied down.” BBC: Although the fighting over South Ossetia is not over, and fighting for another Georgian ...

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The Democratic Daily:  Ten Post Round-Up: Georgia On My Mind Edition

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Ten Post Round-Up: Georgia On My Mind Edition
The Democratic Daily — For some reason, I woke up this morning and as I traveled the blogosphere, began having visions of Ray Charles sitting down at his grand piano, playing “Georgia On My Mind” as rockets and bombs went off in the background. I’m sure after perusing today’s Ten Post Round-Up, you may begin having the same visions… Truthdig has a primer on the conflict in Georgia, in case you are interested. Ezra Klein informs us that everyone in the region is blaming US and by “US”, I ...

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South Ossetia
crookedtimber.org 8/9/2008 — It’s not every morning I’m sipping my coffee, click onto BBC news , and the first thing out of my mouth is “oh, f**k!”. Absent any deep analysis, it is just horribly, horribly worrying that Russia has invaded South Ossetia. ...
Background on the Russo-Georgian Conflict — PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
The CSM has the following that is a worthwhile read: Russo-Georgian conflict is not all Russia’s fault . Also, via the BBC: Day-by-day: South Ossetia crisis . As well as (also from the BBC): Q&A: Violence in South Ossetia . '); //-->
Georgia 'calls Ossetia ceasefire' — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]BBC[/b] Georgia 'calls Ossetia ceasefire' Breaking News Georgia has ordered its forces to cease fire, and offered to start talks with Russia over an end to hostilities in South Ossetia, Georgian officials say. Earlier Georgia said its troops had pulled out of the breakaway region ...
Russia in Control of South Ossetia? — PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
Via the BBC: Georgia ‘pulls out of S Ossetia’ Georgia has said its troops have pulled out of the breakaway region of South Ossetia and that Russian forces are in control of its capital, Tskhinvali. But Russia said that while heavy artillery had been seen leaving the territory, Georgian troops were still present in other areas of the region. Georgia’s foreign ministry ...