Georgian-South Ossetian conflict

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South Ossetian government: 6 killed in car blast

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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A car exploded outside the Russian military's headquarters in South Ossetia on Friday, killing six people and wounding four, the government of the Moscow-backed separatist region in Georgia said.

The blast came amid persistent tension following Russia's war with Georgia over South Ossetia and its recognition of the breakaway republic as an independent nation.

The South Ossetian government said a car that had been confiscated in an ethnic Georgian village after weapons were found in it exploded near a building where leaders of the Russian peacekeeping force were located.

Russia's Interfax news agency, without identifying a source, reported that the dead were members of the force. But South Ossetia's separatist President Eduard Kokoity president said the dead included military and civilians, ITAR-Tass news reported.

Kokoity accused Georgia's State Security Service of plotting the explosion, which came as European Union monitors are replacing Russian troops in a swath of territory ringing South Ossetia.

Russian forces are to withdraw from the surrounding territory later this month, but Russia plans to keep 3,800 troops in the separatist region itself. U.S., NATO and the European Union say that presence violates a cease-fire agreement in the August war.

Russia's war with pro-Western, U.S.-supported Georgia and its recognition of South Ossetia and another breakaway region as independent states has badly damaged already severely strained relations between Moscow and the West.

Kokoity said the vehicle had been "acquired on Georgian territory" and brought to the peacekeepers' headquarters to be checked, ITAR-tass reported. He said the dead included people who had driven the car to the headquarters in South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali.

Russian peacekeepers could not immediately be reached for comment.

From http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...euG0wD93J2MN00

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Of all the countries in the world...
I guess the pirates jointly pissed off Russia and Somalia.
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Somalia to recognize Abkhazia, S.Ossetia - envoy
16:46 | 01/ 10/ 2008

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Somalia will soon recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the two Georgian breakaway regions recently recognized by Russia, the Somali ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday.

So far only Nicaragua has joined Russia in recognizing the two republics. Moscow said recognition was a necessary step to protect the republics after last month's conflict.

"The government of Somalia will be preparing documents as swiftly as possible on the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Ossetia, as well with Georgia and Abkhazia," Mohamed Handule said.

Recognition of a state is a pre-requisite to the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Russia recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states on August 26 after a brief war with Georgia, which attacked South Ossetia to bring it back under central control on August 8.

Belarus and Venezuela have signaled support for Russia's recognition of the republics, but have not yet followed suit.

Handule also said Somalia, which enjoyed the former Soviet Union's backing in the 1970s when it was proclaimed a socialist state, hopes to launch military and technical cooperation with Russia.

"We want Russia to start military and technical cooperation with our country as soon as possible. Active talks are currently underway between our countries' foreign ministries on Russia's assistance in training Somali border guards, combat units, and security services," he said, adding that he hoped the Russian Defense Ministry would soon engage in talks.

Somalia has been without an effective central government since President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991. The country, which emerged as an independent state comprising a former British protectorate and an Italian colony in 1960, has for years been plagued by territorial and religious disputes. It has struggled to cope with famine and disease that have had a heavy death toll.

Earlier on Wednesday, the diplomat said Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has allowed Russia's military to fight pirates off Somalia's coast and on land.

From http://en.rian.ru/world/20081001/117366498.html

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108 GEORGIANS AND 9 OSSETIANS RECEIVE RIGHT TO LIVE IN ARMENIA

In the aftermath of Georgian-Ossetian conflict 108 Georgians and 9 Ossetians have applied to the Republic of Armenia to get a right to be defended by our country and to live here. Currently they are under the defense of Armenia and they’ll receive a right to live in the country, said Gagik Eganyan, the head of migration department of the Ministry of Urban Development in a press conference today.

“We though the number of people who want to live in Armenia would be higher but, fortunately, the military activities were stopped and many of them stayed in their countries,” said Mr. Eganyan.

According to him in those days many wanted to be transferred under the defense of Armenia but after the military activities were stopped they returned to their countries.

From http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2008/10/01/migracia1/

I wonder if these are ethnic georgians or Armenians from georgia. I think the former since the article doesn't state them as Armenians repatriating.

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108 GEORGIANS AND 9 OSSETIANS RECEIVE RIGHT TO LIVE IN ARMENIA

In the aftermath of Georgian-Ossetian conflict 108 Georgians and 9 Ossetians have applied to the Republic of Armenia to get a right to be defended by our country and to live here. Currently they are under the defense of Armenia and they’ll receive a right to live in the country, said Gagik Eganyan, the head of migration department of the Ministry of Urban Development in a press conference today.

“We though the number of people who want to live in Armenia would be higher but, fortunately, the military activities were stopped and many of them stayed in their countries,” said Mr. Eganyan.

According to him in those days many wanted to be transferred under the defense of Armenia but after the military activities were stopped they returned to their countries.

From http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2008/10/01/migracia1/

[KarotheGreat]

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I applaud to this and I'm very proud of what Hayastan is doing, and once standing up for it self.

[ZORAVAR]

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Armenia links issue of Abkhazia, S. Ossetia to N.-Karabakh


MINSK. Sept 19 (Interfax) - Armenia will not recognize the
independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia before Nagorno-Karabakh's
independence receives international recognition as "recognition of the
independence of other states without the recognition of the independence
of Nagorno-Karabakh is nonsense," an Armenian diplomat said on Friday.
Armenia itself has not recognized the independence of Nagorno-
Karabakh, an Armenian-speaking enclave in Azerbaijan, though there have
been "political, legal, moral, ethical, ethnic and other reasons for
this," Oleg Yesayan, Armenian ambassador to Belarus, told a news
conference in Minsk.
"The independence of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh was declared
on October 2, 1991, in full conformity to the then constitution of the
USSR and international law. Then a general referendum was held and
supreme bodies of state authority were elected - a parliament and
government. On January 6, 1992, - more than 16 years ago - the state
independence of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh was proclaimed. Both
then and now Armenia had and has all necessary reasons to recognize the
independence of Nagorno-Karabakh," Yesayan said.
However, there began an international legal process of settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and this is why Armenia has still not
recognized the enclave's independence, he said.
"It is for the same reason that Armenia has not recognized the
independence of Kosovo," the ambassador said.


Source: http://www.interfax.com/3/429577/news.aspx

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South Ossetia's independence day parade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAH-WBXoPCQ

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Georgian police officer shot dead near rebel region

TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian police officer was shot dead and two others were wounded on Sunday near the de facto border with breakaway Abkhazia, the third such incident since the Georgia-Russia war in August.

The Georgian Interior Ministry blamed Abkhaz separatists, who it said had opened fire from within Abkhazia.

The officer was the third to be killed in shootings near Georgia's two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia since Russian forces drove the Georgian army from South Ossetia in a five-day war in August.

A similar incident near the boundary with Abkhazia on Sept 13 prompted Georgia to replace border guards with elite police units.

The self-styled government of Abkhazia denied any involvement in the September 13 killing. There was no immediate reaction to Sunday's accusation.

Russian forces still hold positions along 'security zones' adjacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia. They are due to pull back by October 10, within 10 days of the announced deployment of 200 European Union observers.

Earlier this month, a Georgian police officer was shot dead near a Russian checkpoint at the entrance to the South Ossetia buffer zone. Georgia blamed Russian forces but Moscow denied involvement.

Both Abkhazia and South Ossetia threw off Georgian rule in wars in the early 1990s. Russia recognized them as independent states after last month's war and said it would station around 7,600 soldiers in both regions.

From http://www.reuters.com/article/world...37432620080921

[Illuminator]

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That will never be acceptable to Russia.

[RSNATION]

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It seems as if the fuc*ers in washington are hell bent on a world war.


U.S. planning to deploy 5000 troops in georgia

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. is planning to deploy some 5000 troops in Georgia. For the purpose, Georgia can sign a military-political agreement like the one Russia concluded with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, KavkazCenter reports.

U.S. navy bases will be deployed in the ports of Batumi and Poti while air forces will be deployed near Gori and Marneuli. The details of the agreement will be discussed during Saakashvili’s the impending visit to the United States.


http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=27113

We'll see. These seems more like Georgian posturing and bluster than anything else.