Georgian Militarization and Its Diplomatic Backing

Former Georgian Prime Minister and Movement for Fair Georgia Leader Z. Noghaideli plans to visit Moscow again this February. According to Vzglyad Internet outlet, the purpose of the visit is to sign a cooperation agreement with the pro-government United Russia party. Noghaideli said in an interview to Vsya Nedelya it is time “to put an end to the useless confrontation with Russia and to establish normal if not friendly relations with it”. He said this is, among other things, necessary to address Georgia's problems with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.. » read more

Black Sea Crisis Deepens As US-NATO Threat To Iran Grows

Sept. 16, 2009   Tensions are mounting in the Black Sea with the threat of another conflict between U.S. and NATO client state Georgia and Russia as Washington is manifesting plans for possible military strikes against Iran in both word and deed. Referring to Georgia having recently impounded several vessels off the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, reportedly 23 in total this year, the New York Times wrote on September 9 that "Rising tensions between Russia and Georgia over shipping rights to a breakaway Georgian region have opened a potential new theater for conflict between the countries, a little more than a year after they went to war.. » read more

One Year AFter the Georgian Aggression

August 8, 2009 One year ago, the Saakashvili regime - supervised and armed by the United States, the United Kingom and Israel - bombarded South Ossetia. To protect its nationals, Russia intervened, destroyed the Israeli military bases and penetrated Georgian territory. Counfounded by the efficiency of a Russian army believed to be obsolete, Washington detailed Nicolas Sarkozy to negotiate a cease-fire with Dmitry Medvedev. Today, Sergey Lavrov is still convinced that the observance of the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan is the only guarantee of achieving peace in the Transcaucasian region. Sergey Lavrov August 8 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic events in South Ossetia.. » read more

US, NATO, Israeli Military Aid to Georgian Armed Forces

July 30, 2009 S.Ossetian leader says Georgia unlikely to attack in future According to Kokoity, Georgia with the help of the United States, NATO, Ukraine, Israel and other countries, has re-equipped itself with weapons lost or destroyed after the August war. "Georgia's army today is better equipped than in August 2008. Training exercises with NATO forces are regularly held and military specialists from NATO countries and the U.S.. » read more

Moscow 'Red Lines' Georgian Regime

Russian military exercise feared prelude to invasion June 27, 2009   Editor's Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are $99 a year or, for monthly trials, just $9.95 per month for credit card users, and provide instant access for the complete reports. Training session for Georgian troops (U.S.. » read more

Regime Change: Georgia's Rose Revolution Fades to Black

May 25, 2009 May 25, 2009 “Of all manifestations power, restraint impresses men most”  -Thucydides It seems political turmoil is becoming increasingly common in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. More than five years after the 2003 Rose Revolution, it looks like another regime change might put an end to Mikheil Saakashvili's presidency. During the last few weeks, several protests have been organized by many groups demanding that President Saakashvili tenders his resignation effective immediately. Even former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze suggested "the country's embattled president to resign to avoid bloodshed... » read more

Regime Change: Georgia's Rose Revolution Fades to Black

May 25, 2009 “Of all manifestations power, restraint impresses men most”  -Thucydides It seems political turmoil is becoming increasingly common in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. More than five years after the 2003 Rose Revolution, it looks like another regime change might put an end to Mikheil Saakashvili's presidency. During the last few weeks, several protests have been organized by many groups demanding that President Saakashvili tenders his resignation effective immediately. Even former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze suggested "the country's embattled president to resign to avoid bloodshed... » read more

NATO War Games In Georgia: Threat Of New Caucasus War

May 11, 2009 NATO War Games In Georgia: Threat Of New Caucasus War Rick Rozoff On May 6 the Cooperative Longbow 09/Cooperative Lancer 09 US-led NATO Partnership for Peace exercises began in Georgia. More exactly, the first half of the paired exercises, Cooperative Longbow 09, which is a command post operation conducted at Georgian military headquarters in Tbilisi. The second, Cooperative Lancer 09, is a field exercise and was scheduled to include 1,300 servicemen from 19 countries (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Greece, Kazakhstan, Moldavia, Serbia, Spain, Macedonia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, and the US), including 1,089 foreign troops and 214 Georgian servicemen in exercises at the Vaziani base of the Georgian Defence Ministry near the capital. The first started on May 6; the second will run from May 17-June 1. This is the fourth in what have become annual Cooperative Longbow/Cooperative Lancer exercises, the first having been held in the former Soviet Republic of Moldova in 2006, the following year's in Albania and last year's in Armenia.. » read more

OBAMA CONTINUES BUSH POLICY ON WEAPONS TO GEORGIA

May 1, 2009 President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have announced that they intend to keep the promise of former president George W. Bush to send $242 million in military aid to Georgia in the 2010 budget. This comes at the very time that NATO war games are being prepared in Georgia, right on Russia's southern border. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev sounded the alarm about the NATO military operations saying, "“Military exercises can’t be conducted where the war has been recently unleashed. Those who took a decision to conduct them will bear responsibility for their negative consequences.. » read more

Russia’s Ire Fail to Stop NATO Wargame

April 17, 2009 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has announced it will proceed with its scheduled military exercise in Georgia despite Russia’s ire. NATO spokesman Robert Pszczel said on Thursday that the organization’s war game will go forward according to plan as “it was planned to take place in Georgia and that was known for a long time,” adding “Georgia is with the same rights and responsibilities in the ‘Partnership for Peace’ program.”   NATO spokesman Robert Pszczel Pszczel, however, asked for Russia’s involvement in the war-game, noting “Russia could have joined any time, [it] still could. Although the exercises are starting pretty soon on May 6. But it’s open, I stress again, to all partner countries.. » read more

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