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US blasts Russia for sending aircraft into Georgia |
2008-07-15 |
![]() Russia said Friday that four of its planes circled over South Ossetia late Wednesday for about 40 minutes to head off a possible ‘invasion’ by Georgian troops. Georgia threatened to shoot down planes Russian planes if the incursion is repeated. ‘The United States is concerned by the recent escalation in violence in the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and calls upon all sides to return to direct negotiations and resolve their differences peacefully,’ McCormack said. ‘We are deeply troubled by Russias statement that its military aircraft deliberately violated Georgias internationally recognized borders.’ In a statement issued late Monday, McCormack urged all countries, ‘including Russia,’ to ‘support Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.’ |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 ION SPACEWAR > RUSSIA TO "NEUTRALIZE" US MISSLE DEFENCE THREAT, as per review and pre-approved steps vv Russ armed forces. ALso from SPACEWAR > USA: REAL OR NOT IRAN MISSLE TESTS MUST STOP; + WORRIES OVER US FLEET [reactiv US $th Fleet in Caribbean] TO BE DISCUSSED IN BUENOS AIRES. *TOPIX > BLOODY WAR BWTN MEXICO'S GOVT AND DRUG,CRIME BORDER GANGS BEGINS TO AFFECT CIVILIANS. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-15 23:16 |