Saturday, August 9, 2008

Georgia at War

Because of my love for Georgia, I am obviously quite concerned about the situation in South Ossetia... I have been in contact with David but have not been able to contact Nodar, Ziko or Nikusha.  

Russia has bombed civilian targets in the town of Gori, which is about half way between South Ossetia and Tbilisi, as well as civilian targets in Senaki which is David's home village.  David said the Georgian army has taken 10 large trucks from his father's factory in Senaki to use to transport equipment and ammunition.  So far, the fighting has not reached Tbilisi...it would be devastating if it did.  This has been a festering situation for many years which hopefully, now, has gained enough attention from the international community to pressure Russia to remove their presence from Georgian territory...

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