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| Georgia says Russia appears to be leaving 2 towns |
| 2008-08-13 |
| TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia's deputy defense minister says Russian troops are apparently pulling out of two towns. Bato Kuteliya said Wednesday the troops had left the western town of Zugdidi — near the breakaway province of Abkhazia — and are expected to leave the city of Gori shortly. Gori is near South Ossetia, Georgia's other separatist province. The cease-fire agreed to by the Georgian and Russian presidents calls for both sides to retreat to their original positions. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 Reports, hell. They've been parading in their ski masks and mufti for the international press. Claiming to be "Cossacks". Fucking brigands, is what I calls 'em. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-08-13 20:43 |
| #6 It only appears, apparently. |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2008-08-13 17:33 |
| #5 A portion of the Vostok Spetsnaz battalion is there as well. These are Chechen counterinsurgency troops. Quite vicious guerilla fighters. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-13 17:21 |
| #4 There were reports of Cossack irregulars, too. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-13 17:06 |
| #3 Russia reportedly mobilized irregulars, armed them and financed them to come into Georgia throughy so. Ossetia and Abkhazia. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-13 16:54 |
| #2 John Frum, regarding your comment on Chechens, Cossacks and Ossetians. Are you suggesting that the Russians allowed them within their logistics tail? Or are you suggesting the Georgians somehow allowed them into the combat zone? Or are you saying they are trash within the Russian army? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-13 16:50 |
| #1 Their trash, assorted Chechens, Cossacks and Ossetians that trail the Russian troops, have been looting, burning houses and robbing people at gunpoint. They will have ethnically cleansed the two enclaves and part of the buffer zone of all Georgians soon. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-13 14:52 |