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ARMED FORCES COMPARED GEORGIA Total personnel: 26,900 Main battle tanks (T-72): 82 Armoured personnel carriers: 139 Combat aircraft (Su-25): Seven Heavy artillery pieces (including Grad rocket launchers): 95 RUSSIA Total personnel: 641,000 Main battle tanks (various): 6,717 Armoured personnel carriers: 6,388 Combat aircraft (various): 1,206 Heavy artillery pieces (various): 7,550

Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War with Russia? blog.wired.com — Since early 2002, the U.S. government has given a healthy amount of military aid to Georgia. First, it was under the rubric of the Georgia Train and Equip Program (ostensibly to counter alleged Al Qaeda influence in the Pankisi Gorge); then, under the SustainmentContinue reading Since early 2002, the U.S. government has given a healthy amount of military aid to Georgia

Mikhail Gorbachev: Said, “Russia had No Choice!”

Putin to take care of South Ossetian refugees from Russiatoday.ru Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has changed his travel plans to see for himself the efforts being made to help the war refugees from South Ossetia. The former president has arrived in the capital of North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz, to hold talks with evacuees and local officials.

Has Georgia Overreached in Ossetia? from TIME!

Russia says Georgian forces expelled from S.Ossetian capital from Russia News Russia’s peacekeeping command said on Saturday the country’s troops have driven Georgian forces from the capital of the separatist republic of South Ossetia. “Tskhinvali has been fully liberated,” a spokesman said. The city has suffered major destruction since the start of Georgia’s ground andContinue reading Tskhinvali has been fully liberated

Bush voices concern over escalating violence in Georgia from RIA Novosti United States President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was deeply concerned by the escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia over the separatist republic of South Ossetia.

Medvedev tells Bush Russia aims to force Georgia to accept peace from RIA Novosti The Russian president told his U.S. counterpart on Saturday that Russia’s ongoing military operation in Georgia’s breakaway republic of South Ossetia is aimed at forcing Georgia to accept peace.

Russian Military Has Freed Tskhinvali from Kommersant The Russian military has freed Tskhinvali and has “begun pressing the Georgian units out of the peacekeeping force’s zone of responsibility,” main commander of the Russian infantry Gen. Vladimir Boldyrev stated on the Vesti television news channel. “But the situation in the conflict zone remains extremely difficult,” heContinue reading Russian military has freed Tskhinvali