ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fifa could yet decide to play next month's World Cup qualifier between Georgia and the Republic of Ireland in Tbilisi despite it's ruling earlier this week that the match must be played at a neutral venue.
Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 49 minutes ago
Michael Totten has filed a Report from Tbilisi at City Journal. Senator John McCain may have overstated things a bit when, shortly after the war started, he said, “We are all Georgians now.” But apparently even rank-and-file Russian soldiers view the Georgians and Americans as allies. Likewise, these simple Georgian country women seem to understand who their friends and enemies are. “I am very thankful...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Georgia did not believe Russia would respond to its offensive in South Ossetia and was completely unprepared for the counter-attack, the deputy defence minister has admitted.Batu Kutelia told the Fina...
A Western Heart (Free subscription) | yesterday
Excerpt: Russia's invasion of Georgia has unleashed a refugee crisis all over the country and especially in its capital. Every school here in Tbilisi is jammed with civilians who fled aerial bombardment and shootings by the Russian military--or massacres, looting, and arson by irregular Cossack paramilitary units swarming across the border. Russia has seized and effectively annexed two breakaway Georgian...
Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael Totten reports from Tbilisi that Russia is producing a human disaster in Georgia. Most interesting is the appreciation expressed by the Georgian refugees Totten encounters who express appreciation for for American and Western support. It is not apparent to me that we are doing enough to earn the appreciation, but I hope that we are.
Winds of Change.NET (Free subscription) | yesterday
Russia’s invasion of Georgia has unleashed a refugee crisis all over the country and especially in its capital. Every school here in Tbilisi is jammed with civilians who fled aerial bombardment and shootings by the Russian military—or massacres, looting, and arson by irregular Cossack paramilitary units swarming across the border. Russia has seized and effectively annexed two breakaway Georgian provinces,...
Michael J. Totten (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Note: I'm writing a long piece for this Web site called The Truth About Russia in Georgia. I should have it finished by this weekend. In the meantime, here is a short piece I filed for City Journal.) Russia’s invasion of Georgia has unleashed a refugee crisis all over the country and especially in its capital. Every school here in Tbilisi is jammed with civilians who fled aerial bombardment and shootings...
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Maria Ogryzlo, Freelance Writer, Special to: Biodun Iginla’s Weblog (crossposting with BBC News) 21 Aug 2008 15:42:00 GMT On the surface, all looks well in Tbilisi. This is not the face of a [...]
The Dignified Rant (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Russians won on the battlefield, but at a higher cost that showed deficiencies in the Russian military. But the Russians have lost the war. The Russians are pledged to pull out of Georgia by Friday, but are dithering as they wage a stealth war on Georgia (and they openly plan to remain inside Georgia despite their pledge to pull out): Russian soldiers were setting up camp Wednesday in at least...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Georgians gather waiting for a humanitarian aid to be distributed in Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Some 80,000 refugees are in more than 600 centers in and around Tbilisi, primarily sheltered in schools, hospitals and previously abandoned buildings. (AP Photo /Sergei Grits) From City Journal: Fleeing Russian brutality, Georgians look to the West for support....
The Great Pumpkin (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael J. Totten: Russia’s invasion of Georgia has unleashed a refugee crisis all over the country and especially in its capital. Every school here in Tbilisi is jammed with civilians who fled aerial bombardment and shootings by the Russian military—or massacres, looting, and arson by irregular Cossack paramilitary units swarming across the border. Russia has seized and effectively annexed two breakaway...
Pros and Cons (Free subscription) | yesterday
Interviewed by an AP reporter at the Tbilisi Sheraton, these US military advisors failed to stick to the Washington script that brave democratic Georgians were sneak-attacked by the untrustworthy Russians: The Americans arrived for work Aug. 7 to unexpectedly find training was over for the unit they had been assigned to for three weeks, the 4th [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Georgia did not believe Russia would respond to its offensive in South Ossetia and was completely unprepared for the counter-attack, the deputy defence minister says
J6D Newsblog (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26306440/ Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his troops will complete their pullback by Friday, but few signs of [...]
