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Musharraf says he's stepping down
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday to avoid impeachment charges, nearly nine years after the key U.S. ally in its campaign against terrorism took power in a coup.
Russia destroys key Georgian bridge
Posted by vishal98 from Feeds.feedburner
Link to Black Sea, all east-west transit routes effectively severed.
IDF vets who trained Georgia troops say war with Russia is no surp
Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot
For the past few days, since fighting broke out in the Caucasus, 24-year-old L. from central Israel has been trying to phone the group of Georgian combat soldiers he had been training in Georgia up to a few months ago.
US begins flying Georgian troops home from Iraq
Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post
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 been a staunch U.S. supporter and agreed to send troops to Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition. Georgia was the third-largest contributor of coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain, and most of its troops were stationed near the Iranian border in southeastern Iraq.
Will Russia get away with it?
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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 are fighting Bush's war in Iraq, they lack 2,000 men at home to defend themselves against dictator Putin. Bush has failed to address Russia's democratic collapse throughout his entire term. It's one of his greatest failures.
More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence
Posted by okami from Yahoo News!
Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme from Shaft" was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes - who died Sunday at age 65 - was responsible.
Russia, Georgia troops battle on border
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
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.
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