Russia attacks Georgia

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No assurances from Moscow on return of Humvees: Pentagon



Thu Aug 21, 2:05 PM ET



WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has received no assurances from Russia that it will return US military vehicles seized in Georgia, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.

Russian forces seized "a handful" of Humvees, four-wheeled all-purpose military vehicles, in the Black Sea port of Poti, where they were awaiting shipment out of Georgia after an exercise, spokesman Bryan Whitman said.

Whitman said the Humvees were US property and should be returned.

"I don't think we have any assurances at this point that they're prepared to do the right thing and return them," he said.

According to witnesses, five Humvees with the letters USMC -- the initials of the US Marine Corps -- emblazoned on them were taken by Russian forces.

A Russian newspaper said the vehicles contained sophisticated satellite communications gear and they had been flown to Moscow to be examined.

Whitman declined to comment on what equipment was on the vehicles.


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tin

wah!!!

The Georgians are using Bushmasters M-4s...

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A Russian soldier on a military vehicle wearing Georgian equipment, travels on a main road leading to Poti August 21, 2008. Russia intends to keep 500 troops in a security zone surrounding Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday





Russain soldiers argue with Georgians (not seen) near the town of Igoeti, 50 kms from Tbilisi,Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Georgian activists got into a tense argument with Russian soldiers over the military conflict with Georgia as they held a rally in the town outside the strategic city of Gori








Russian military convoy travels on a road leading to Chorotchku, as a commercial painting on a wall shows Georgian and U.S. national flags, in a small town in Senaki district August 20, 2008. NATO's move to curtail regular contacts with Russia over its behaviour in Georgia will rob both sides of a vital channel for security cooperation -- but Moscow is in no mood to pay much heed for now.










Russian tanks drive from Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia towards the Roki tunnel that leads into Russia near the village of Vekhny Ruk August 21, 2008.






A Russian truck carries a Georgian armoured vehicle (Cobra APC) as it moves along a road near Verkhny Zaramag in North Ossetia after crossing the border into Russia from Georgia, August 20, 2008




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tin

aiseyyyy...

rugi sungguh depa musnahnkan.

jual timbang kati pon dah boleh dapat berapa ribu tuh...

Periuk_api1209

bermaharajalela nampaknya askar russia ni...

razhar

ada hati eagle nak balik!!!!

HangPC2

At the outset of the conflict, the Russian military had claimed that the Georgians were targeting the Russian Peacekeepers' barracks with direct tank/artillery fire.




Russian soldiers go on a top of APC as a column of armored vehicles moves toward the town of Alagir, some 40 km outside Vladikavkaz as they leave South Ossetia on August 24, 2008.









Russian servicemen sit on an armoured vehicle while waiting to travel on a road leading to Russia, in South Ossetia, near the border with North Ossetia, August 25, 2008. Georgia and Russia fought a brief war earlier this month after Tbilisi tried to retake the breakaway pro-Russian province of South Ossetia, prompting an overwhelming counter-attack from Moscow.






Russian soldiers go on a top of APC as a column of armored vehicles moves toward the town of Alagir, some 40 km outside Vladikavkaz as they leave South Ossetia on August 24, 2008. The West on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia, with the EU announcing a crisis summit as a US warship arrived at a Georgian port.




Russian soldiers carry water as tanks move towards the town of Alagir some 40 km outside Vladikavkaz as they leave South Ossetia on August 24, 2008. The West on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia, with the EU announcing a crisis summit as a US warship arrived at a Georgian port.








A Georgian soldier inspects the helmet of a Russian peacekeeper soldier left in the Senaki Military Base, a Georgian military base which was occupied by Russian forces and evacuated last Saturday, in western Georgia, August 25, 2008




A Georgian soldier gives thumb up to a US soldier (R) from the 21st Theatre Sustainement Command at the EU Command arriving at a looted Georgian army base outside Gori August 25, 2008. The Georgian police have replaced the Russian troops but there still has not been time to dismantle the cement blocks that marked Moscow's checkpoints.




Russian troops loaded down with loot in the South Ossetia town Tskhinvali on August 25, 2008.




Russian soldiers smile as they sit on APC moving towards the town of Alagir, some 40 km outside Vladikavkaz as they leave South Ossetia on August 24, 2008




An Abkhazian Rebel officer displays an assault rifle, one of the firearms looted by Russian-backed separatists from Georgian barracks in Georgia's last stronghold in Abkhazia and displayed at an undisclosed location in the breakaway province, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. The separatists were bolstering their control over the area after Russian-backed Abkhazian fighters forced Georgians out of their last stronghold in the province earlier this week. The renewed military action in Abkhazia came alongside fighting in another breakaway province in Georgia, South Ossetia, that has pit Russian and U.S.-backed Georgian forces against each other since Aug. 7 and prompted world diplomatic efforts to end the violence

tongkatali

BUkan ke ABKHAZIA tu majoriti penduduknya ISLAM...betul ke ?

HangPC2

Originally posted by tongkatali at 27-8-2008 09:01 AM
BUkan ke ABKHAZIA tu majoriti penduduknya ISLAM...betul ke ?

Yang aku tahu Cuma Dagestan Dengan Chechnya

specter

Originally posted by tongkatali at 27-8-2008 09:01 AM
BUkan ke ABKHAZIA tu majoriti penduduknya ISLAM...betul ke ?

Er.....tak silap aku, aku penah tgh National Discovery Travel & Living,
Ian Wright penah pi sana, Abkhazia.
Majoriti penduduk dia Kristian Orthodox.

BeachBoys

Russian officials have said sanctions against their country being considered by the European Union would be a grave mistake.VladimirChizhov, the Russian ambassador to the EU, said any sanctions imposedon Russia over the conflict with Georgia would harm the 27-nation blocjust as much as they would hurt Russia, the EU Observer reported Friday.Firstof all, I highly doubt that (sanctions) might ever happen, buthypothetically speaking, this would be to the detriment of the EuropeanUnion as much, if not more, than to Russia, Rus Chizhov said Thursday.

France, which currently holds the EU presidency, has said sanctions are being considered and many other means as well ahead of a Monday EU summit on the Russia-Georgia conflict.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the idea of putative measures against Russia is the result of a sick imagination.
Britain, Sweden, Poland and three Baltic EU members are so far the only countries to openly call for sanctions against Russia.
Ican only express the wish that European leaders will be able to riseabove the emotions of the day and consider seriously and withoutprejudice the perspectives of strategic partnership with theirimportant partner, the Russian Federation, Chizhov said.



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BeachBoys

South Ossetia says it will become part of Russia and host Russian military bases under a new agreement.
heformer province of Georgia will be absorbed into Russia, declaredTrazan Kokoity, deputy speaker of South Ossetia's parliament inTskhivali, only three days after Russia recognized the Georgianbreakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to be independentstates, The Times of London reported Saturday.

Eduard Kokoity,South Ossetia's leader, said during talks with Russian President DmitryMedvedev that it would become part of Russia within several years,the newspaper reported. The declaration will likely produce a backlashin the West, which was told Russia had entered South Ossetia only toprotect it from Georgian aggression, The Times said.

The Russiannews agency Interfax quoted unnamed military sources as saying Russiais planning to construct a pair of military bases in Abkhazia, whilethe province's foreign minister said earlier that an agreement withRussia on military forces would be signed soon. The Times said theRussian foreign ministry confirmed Medvedev had ordered it to prepare mutual assistance agreements with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.



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BeachBoys

An injured Georgian woman shouts in the town of Gori, 80 km (50 miles)from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on anapartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing atleast 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-storybuilding in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province ofSouth Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid againstmilitary targets around the town. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili(GEORGIA)

BeachBoys

Georgian reservists rest at central Gory 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi,August 9, 2008. Russian forces battled Georgian troops in a breakawaypart of Georgia in intensified fighting that sparked alarm in the Westand heated exchanges at the United Nations reminiscent of the ColdWar.REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (GEORGIA)

BeachBoys

A column of Russian armored vehicles, heading towards the breakawayGeorgian province of South Ossetia, are seen in North Ossetia, Russia,Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A surprise military offensive by Georgia, astaunch U.S. ally, to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetiareportedly killed hundreds of people Friday, triggering a ferociouscounterattack from Russia that threatened to plunge the region intofull-scale war. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

BeachBoys

A column of Russian armored vehicles seen in the Ardon Valley, Russia,heading towards the Georgian border and South Ossetia on Saturday, Aug.9, 2008. Georgia, a U.S. ally whose troops have been trained byAmerican soldiers, launched a major offensive overnight Friday toretake control of its breakaway province. Russia sent hundreds of tanksand troops into South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in amajor escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians deadand wounded. (AP

BeachBoys

A Georgian serviceman sits on a tank in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles)from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russiaand its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday whenGeorgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province thatthrew off Georgian rule in the 1990s. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili(GEORGIA)

BeachBoys

A Georgian soldier helps to direct a tank in Gori, some 80 km (50miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict betweenRussia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursdaywhen Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian provincethat threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili(GEORGIA)

BeachBoys

South Ossetia separatist figthers gather together in the town ofDzhava, South Ossetia, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Russia expanded itsbombing blitz Sunday against tiny neighbor Georgia, a U.S. ally,targeting the country's capital for the first time. Heavy Russianshelling also forced Georgian troops to pull out of the capital of thecontested province of South Ossetia. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)