Russians capture American Prisnor??

[JJ_BPK]

I found a thread in MP.net suggesting an American was captured in Ossetia.

В Южной Осетии взят в плен американский наемник
В Южной Осетии захвачена в плен группа грузинских подрывников, среди которых находится гражданин США, афроамериканец. Об этом сообщает "Осетинское радио".

Группа задержана в районе поселка Зар, который находится на "дороге жизни" - Зарской дороге.

Предполагается, что гражданин США - один из инструкторов НАТО. В данный момент он переправлен во Владикавказ для выяснения всех обстоятельств его нахождения на территории Республики Южная Осетия.

Как отмечает "Росбалт", ранее южноосетинский полпред в РФ Дмитрий Медоев уже сообщал, что среди трупов в Цхинвали было обнаружено несколько тел темнокожих людей, воевавших на стороне Грузии.

Link:http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news185341

Translation:

...here is a translation:

A group of Georgian explosives experts were captured in South Ossetia, among them is an American citizen, an African-American. This is reported by "Radio Ossetia".

The group was detained in the area around the village of Zar, which is located on the "road of life" - the Zarskaya road.

It is assumed that the American citizen is one of the NATO instructors. At the moment, he was transferred to Vladikavkaz to resolve the circumstances around his presence on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia.

As mentioned by Rosbalt news service (http://www.rosbalt.ru/), the Plenipotentiary Representitive to the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medoyev already reported that several dark-skinned bodies were found among the corpses in Tskhinvali, having fought on the side of Georgia.

Link: http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2008/0...n-custody.html

Looks like the semi-sleeping giant is back in business..

Crush all that do not obay,, Famous Old Russian Saying or was that Darth Vader??

[SF_BHT]

OK WHere is GUY has he gotten him self in trouble again?

[Guy]

Originally Posted by SF_BHT

OK WHere is GUY has he gotten him self in trouble again?

1. To cold for me to be screwing around in that AO.

2. I'm a SERE graduate and that school sucked! I'm not about to get captured and experience it in real life.

Stay safe.

[SF_BHT]

Just checking to see if you were staying out of Trouble......

Stay Safe and watch out for those shower heads....

[Pete]

Some background reading.


Ooops http://familysecuritymatters.org/pub...pub_detail.asp

Fixed it

[JJ_BPK]

Originally Posted by Pete

Some background reading.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../National/home

Pete
Your link??

"How long is too long to wait for a cancer operation?""

Maybe this??

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rnational/home

"Russian blitz on Georgia continues"

[SF_BHT]

Originally Posted by Pete

Some background reading.


Ooops http://familysecuritymatters.org/pub...pub_detail.asp

Fixed it

Good Post that is one of the better summations to bring people up to speed that I have seen lately. No real bias just the historical and ground Truth facts.

Thanks

[SF18C]

Simply propaganda

[JMI]

Originally Posted by Pete

Some background reading.


http://familysecuritymatters.org/pub...pub_detail.asp

Thanks for the article. I found the following to be interesting:

While this is a conflict between Russia and Georgia, the international overtones are obvious. Despite publicity stunts aimed at making the Russian military appear modern and lethal, the majority of Russia's equipment is slowly deteriorating, and its ranks are filled with inexperienced conscripts. As the Russian leadership consolidates its political power, most of the countries formerly within its orbit have either joined, or aspire to join, NATO. Russia's protests at Kosovo's declaration of independence were ignored, and the Russian opposition to America's ballistic missile defense system has been politely brushed aside - not to mention the diplomatic and economic capital the Russians have expended on supporting Iran's nuclear program. While the current conflict is specifically about South Ossetia, the Kremlin likely feels no pain over the diplomatic fallout of punishing Georgia for its perceived insolence.

The Cold War may be over, but Russia remains a significant monkey on the collective back of the West - as the West's Georgian allies are learning

Seems to me that Russia is a tad upset at being ignored for so long that they want some kind of leverage to get what they want. They support Iran, do not want breakway republics to join NATO, did not want independence for Kosovo, and now they have instigated Georgia into a fight (of course Georgia took the bait.)

I get the feeling Russia does not care what anyone thinks right now since they feel they've been ignored. Interesting that Israel stopped providing drones to Georgia because of the need to have Russia on board regarding Iran. Do we trust Russia to help deal with Iran?

[JJ_BPK]

It gets better:

Georgians migrated to Israel, and are now going home to help..

Israel backs Georgia in Caspian Oil Pipeline Battle with Russia

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1358

Georgian minister tells Israel Radio: Thanks to Israeli training, we're fending off Russian military

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010225.html

War in Georgia: The Israeli connection

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2...0136%2C00.html

So, the captured demo specialist may not be American??