Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

reply to post by RenegadePsycho


What is sky news saying on tv lately?

reply to post by D.E.M.


It's natural that things slow down, it's 01:52 AM in Georgia at the moment, so I think it's natural to have less new informations.

reply to post by ArMaP


It will pop up around lets say 5-7hours


[edit on 11-8-2008 by Rentor]

Originally posted by Rentor
reply to post by RenegadePsycho

 

What is sky news saying on tv lately?

not much I'm afraid. BBC News 24 is have a guy on now on HARDtalk and he's talking about Georgias PM being branded a war criminal by europe. He's also reporting live from Tbilisi and all is calm there.
I'll post anything from Sky News if anything crops up.

reply to post by RenegadePsycho


Believe me, I understand. The amount of conflicting reports, most of them despite being contradictory, being entirely unsubstantiated thus far, is enough to make everyone's head spin >_<

I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall of two governments' official PR policies, trying to break through to an accurate description of what's happening on the ground. It's incredibly frustrating and sad, because while I'm trying to find out what's happening, I have little doubt that regular people are suffering on both sides.

well i looked through the threads, it looks to me like the russians were in a fire fight with georgians, no one is denying that happened, the russians kicked the crap out of the georgians,

I will say this, the carnage you showed was only a few people, i still have not seen anything to support the massive amounts of casulities that have been reported, I seen a few burned tanks, a couple of blasted buildings, soldiers lying dead that look like they got shot, not shelled, cause shelling usually causes dismemberment. I am not calling you a liar, I am saying I keep looking and have read through the threads , chased links, and what you showed me is about all there is to see. when a town is shelled for hours, people get blown apart, there usually are signs of mass loss of blood in the streets and so forth. The people you showed were dead, i will give you that, but here is my issue, i am desperately trying to find footage of the town that got obliterated and there just isnt anything on google or in these threads that absolutely show evidence of more than small arms fire and a few houses blown up from rpgs or tank rounds.

Originally posted by Rentor

Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said Russian forces also took over police stations in the town of Zugdidi - about 20 miles from the base and also outside Abkhazia.sian military action. Senaki is located about 30 miles east of the Inguri River, which separates Abkhazia from Georgia proper.

www.unian.net...

They already left, old news:

"Russian forces have destroyed Senaki military base and have left it," a spokesman for the Georgian interior ministry, Shota Utiashvili, told AFP. source

[edit on 11-8-2008 by Regenmacher]

Originally posted by AceWombat04
reply to post by RenegadePsycho

 

You hit so many points there I agree with!

Plus when you have Sky News saying "Oh Gori has no troops in" then BBC saying Gori has fallen... it's kind of hard to keep track.

reply to post by Randy Echo


It's a symptom of a much larger problem, one that may be unprecedented in modern times. Usually when a war happens there are numerous international observers and on-the-ground news crews confirming every detail with their own eyes. This time though, for some totally inexplicable reason, everything they report starts with "Russian official today said," or, "A spokesman for the Georgian interior ministry said," etc. It's mind boggling. Where are the reporters?

reply to post by pluckynoonez


Well, that's one thing I forgot to pack in my bug out bag.

The UN is speaking RIGHT NOW on the CNN live feed.

At least Russia won`t do a Fullajah and chem bomb the city

If anyone has Sky News someone please turn it over, this newscaster has just looked like she seen a ghost.

She was about to read something, stumbled on her words, slurred, moved her eyes looking down like she was reading something then looked up, direct at the camera and froze for around 4 seconds... Then read "Well.... noo..now lets go to Pres. Bush... from earlier"

Now shes back shes normal!? I noticed this a few days ago too then a few moments later Breaking News... if anyone has Sky News, turn it on now and watch

oh my god. The UN referenced the League of nations, they all looked stressed, mention of france and EU taking action...

oh m god.

Originally posted by D.E.M.
oh my god. The UN referenced the League of nations, they all looked stressed, mention of france and EU taking action...

oh m god.

WOW!! Looks like France finally grew a pair!!

This whole situation is going to become a huge mess within the next 24 hours.

If I were George Bush, I would walk over to Putin and let him know he had 60 minutes to stand down or I would light the world up.. I would explain to him that I was unstable and not so smart and I would love to watch him turn to dust with me....

Putin is a savage, the SEALS need to find him, and put one in the back of his head.

[edit on 11-8-2008 by GrndLkNatv]

There's alot of talk about mobilization, whether diplomatic or military i have no clue, they keep saying "mobilization". France is spearheading it, they won't reveal the details of the resolution at all.

The two most dug in and nuclear countries in the world tossing back insults
hope your hidin out in one of those DUMB's everybody
cause something is going to happen
it has gone to far to not happen

if they dont pull back we will be at total war
and we all die

pretty damn stupid if you ask me
no matter who started it