On Apr 29, 6:23=A0pm, lorad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> For educational purposes:
>
> "Russian involvement in the Caucasus is proving unpopular with the
> Georgian public [AFP]
>
> Russia is ready to use "military means" to protect its residents if
> war breaks out in the Georgian separatist provinces of Abkhazia and
> South Ossetia, a foreign ministry official said.
>
> Valery Kenyaikin was also critical of the US role in helping to
> resolve the conflict, which threatens to destabilise the entire
> strategic South Caucasus region.
>
> Kenyaikin said: "If a military conflict develops, then we will have to
> react, including with military means. We are ready to defend our
> citizens."
>
> Georgia accuses Russia of trying to annex the territory by sup****ting
> separatist forces and encouraging residents to take up Russian
> citizen****p. Most people in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have Russian
> pass****ts.
> Kenyaikin's comments were Moscow's sharpest warning so far to Georgia
> in its standoff with the two breakaway regions.
>
> He said: "We don't plan anything of a military character, but should
> military conflicts break out on one side or another, then the
> initiator of these conflicts should be assured that Russia will take
> all possible measures to defend the interests of its countrymen and
> its citizens."
>
> Kenyaikin also alleged that Georgia was massing military forces along
> the administrative border that separates it from Abkhazia.
>
> The build-up "can only mean preparations for military action ...
> possibly in the near future. This can't be ruled out," he said.
>
> 'No confidence'
>
> Kenyaikin is in charge of relations with former Soviet states, and
> said he has "no confidence" that Wa****ngton is working in any way to
> resolve the standoff.
>
> Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, initiated closer ties with both
> provinces, prompting international condemnation and outrage in
> Tbilisi.
>
> According to Georgy Baramidze, Georgia's deputy prime minister, Russia
> has "crossed the line" and committed "a dangerous and provocative act"
> which could "destabilise the whole region".
>
> Another flare-up occurred on April 20 when an unmanned Georgian spy
> plane was shot down. Georgia blames Russia, which says that Abkhaz
> rebels were responsible.
>
> Georgia's pro-Western government is trying to join Nato, but the
> unresolved conflicts in the two northern provinces are part of the
> reason that the alliance has decided to delay putting the ex-Soviet
> republic on the path to member****p.
>
> Georgia says Russia is artificially stirring up the conflicts to
> weaken its independence, but Moscow accuses the Georgians of being the
> aggressors."
> ...
>
> Perhaps Georgia should just send in its armies to arrest those Abkhas
> traitors and russian spies..
> I think I would. Should take about 6 hours to do the whole thing.. and
> have them in prison before breakfast.
>
Why don't you put your money where your mouth is and fill yourself and
your Fiat with your home-brewed bio-diesel and do the arresting
yourself? If you need help, ask Henry. And while arresting a few
hundred thousand Russian soldiers and supersonic fighter plane pilots,
why don't you arrest all Russians manning the Russian nuclear ICMBs
and all those russian nuclear submarines. Do you have a fi****ng
dingy?
Bring a video camera and ask your heirs to post the video to Youtube.
You'll be done well before breakfast. Well done. And after breakfast,
you will be in France, Congo, Australia and Canada all at the same
time.
>
> Source: Agencies
>
> =A0Related:
> =A0UN to discuss Georgia-Russia row
> (22 Apr 2008)
> =A0Russia 'downs Georgian drone'
> (21 Apr 2008)
> =A0Putin to lift Georgia sanctions
> (18 Apr 2008)
> =A0Russian 'annexation' angers Georgia
> (16 Apr 2008)
> =A0Russia rules out new Cold War
> (04 Apr 2008)
>
> http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B88C1EE1-BFDB-4E20-AABB-329CB0...
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