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Published Date: 24 November 2008
A MOTORCADE carrying Mikheil Saakashvili, the president of Georgia, and Lech Kaczynski, president of Poland, turned back after Russian troops fired shots into the air 30 yards from a checkpoint in the breakaway territory of South Ossetia yesterday.
Nobody was hurt.

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  • Last Updated: 23 November 2008 9:47 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Georgia
 
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Postmark-55,

China, 24/11/2008 00:31:10
They're only shooting into the air, what's the big deal?
2

2dogs in D.C.,

24/11/2008 00:38:42
Gravity.
3

Postmark-55,

China, 24/11/2008 04:25:27
You got me there double dog but they can wear helmets.:)))))))
4

Rowdy Roy,

24/11/2008 04:57:16
What on earth were those 2 idiots doing so close to the border anyway
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Michael Stuart,

Stellenbosch 24/11/2008 07:41:57
This incident seems to be intended to keep the pressure on the Georgian government by an outrageously provocative act. Provocation was a Soviet-era technique used both against non-Soviet states externally and against individuals internally in trials of strength. Externally Soviet aggression would test how far it could go, which was generally very far given the often spineless response of the West. Those who minimise this type of incident have no understanding of or sympathy for the recent history of former Soviet satellite states struggling to free themselves from the Communist legacy of physical and psychological damage. It may well be that the South Ossetians are being used as agents provocateurs in order to provoke another violent Georgian response which could lead to a full Russian invasion and regime change.

 

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