Archive for the ‘georgia’ Category
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
It's a bit premature but Thom Hartmann today was talking about this on air - along with the LA Times article. DailyKos asks if this is the October Surprise.Read the full story
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
What was a top national security aide to Vice President Dick Cheney doing in Georgia shortly before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's troops engaged in what became a disastrous fight with South Ossetian rebels -- and then Russian troops?Read the full story
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
The U.S. military began flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq on Sunday, military officials said, after the Georgians recalled the soldiers following the outbreak of fighting with Russia in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. The decision was a timely payback for the former Soviet republic that has ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Not that I ever agree with Bill Kristol - but I am glad he highlighted what I saw as one of the most pathetic aspects of Bush's Russia diplomacy failures. Georgia is the Republic with the third highest number of troops in Iraq - after Britain (2,000). So, while they ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
The fighting, which devastated the capital of Tskhinvali, threatened to ignite a wider war between Georgia and Russia, and escalate tensions between Moscow and Washington. Georgia said it was forced to launch the assault because of rebel attacks; the separatists alleged Georgia violated a cease-fire.Read the full story
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
In discussions with RAW STORY, the whistleblower -- who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation -- said that he became suspicious of Diebold's actions in Georgia for two reasons. The first red flag went up when the computer patch was installed in person by Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich, ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
The pledge had no reference to a diety until 1954, when Cold War fever saw its inclusion to separate Americans from "godless Communists." The Supreme Court dismissed a case arguing that the phrase violated the First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of religion because the plaintiff had no standing to argue ...
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Three states are fighting over dwindling water supplies. Imagine a modern industrialized nation like ours unable to provide clean and fresh water to its cities. Read the full story
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Remember those sonic blasters I blogged about here on BoingBoing (and reported on NPR) a while back? Noah Shachtman at Wired reports that the Saakashvili regime in Georgia is using them to crush protestors. Read the full story
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