Showing posts with label planes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planes. Show all posts

Friday, September 21, 2012

What are the authorities of Georgia preparing for?


 

Georgia Masses Troops, Equipment, Planes On Russia’s South Ossetia and Abkhazia Borders

Source: Global Research
http://www.globalresearch.ca/georgia-masses-troops-equipment-planes-on-russias-south-ossetia-and-abkhazia-borders/

Source Origin: Republic News Agency (South Ossetia)
http://cominf.org/en/node/1166494758

On the eve of parliamentary elections, the domestic political struggle in Georgia became extremely heated. And the trends in Georgian society are not in favor of Saakashvili.

There is a possibility that the population of the country, tired of the ill-conceived and adventurist policy of the current regime, will give their votes to “renovationists” in the person of supporters of Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Naturally, Saakashvili will never accept such a new political spectrum.

To raise his rating, he tries to use a proven script to update the Russian military threat. According to him, that will rally around Saakashvili the Georgian nation on the eve of the election.

To that end he is putting up an act with regard to the Caucasus-2012 maneuvers being held by Russia.

Tbilisi, with the help of international organizations, has launched a campaign charging Russia with preparations for an attack on Georgia under the guise of conducting maneuvers.

In Georgia demonstrative preparations for the repulsion of so-called Russian aggression are being carried out. For what are fortifications built, and why are troops and military equipment drawn up at the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia?

According to local residents, Georgian aircraft and unmanned planes began to penetrate into the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

It is possible that Saakashvili for persuasiveness will carry out armed provocations in order to provoke a reflex action by Russian troops.

According to intelligence service sources of South Ossetia, the highest probability of these provocations may take place during the celebration of Independence Day. It will be celebrated in the 20th of September, with an invitation extended to Russian servicemen.

The same source has reported on a significant revitalization of Georgian special services last week. Another interesting fact is the replacement of Georgian policemen at border checkpoints by fighters of special mission units.

The Russian side, in order not to provoke Georgia, is conducting the Caucasus-2012 maneuvers only in its own territory; the 4th and the 7th military bases are not involved in the maneuvers. No additional Russian troops have been introduced in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This was repeatedly stated by the chief of the General Staff of Russia, by his deputy and by the commander of the Southern Military District.

And, by the way, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, in order not to give rise to accusations of Russian preparation for aggression, the Caucasus-2012 maneuvers were initially planned to be conducted on the plains and in firing grounds in the opposite direction from Georgia.

Being aware of the inadequacy of Saakashvili, it would be desirable to believe that the international community will clarify the reliability of the Georgian leader`s propaganda campaign and will put pressure on him in order to prevent further bloodshed.

 

Monday, March 22, 2010

Israeli raid strikes Gaza tunnel






Source: Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/201032273430123550.html


Israeli fighter jets have struck southern part of the Gaza Strip in an overnight raid, targeting what the Israeli military said was an arms smuggling tunnel.
The aircraft attacked a tunnel on the Rafah sector on the border with Egypt, but no one was injured, witnesses said on Monday.

A military spokesman confirmed the raid, saying it had come in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian side.

One rocket was fired into southern Israel late on Sunday from the Gaza Strip, though it landed without causing any injuries or damage, the Israeli army said earlier.
The raid on the Gaza Strip comes in the wake of a visit by Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary-general, to the Hamas-controlled territory.

'Unacceptable suffering'

Ban condemned the Israeli blockade of the territory, which he said had caused "unacceptable suffering".
The blockade has been imposed for about three years and, because it denies Gazans access to many goods, the so-called tunnel economy has thrived as Gazans seek to bring in materials from outside the Strip.

The raid also follows a series of deaths in the West Bank, which is is controlled by Hamas's rival, Fatah.
Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli troops near an army checkpoint close to the town of Nablus on Sunday.

Another two Palestinians died after apparently being shot by Israeli troops during violent protests in the city itself.
Israel has denied its troops used live ammunition, but medical workers say the dead were clearly hit by live ammunition.
An X-ray of one of the boys shows what appears to be a bullet lodged in his head.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Several injured as Israeli planes bomb Gaza Strip





Source: PressTV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120627§ionid=351020202


Several Palestinians have been injured as Israeli aircraft bomb two sites in southern Gaza Strip early Friday, the army and witnesses said.

The Israeli military said it blew up a metal workshop in Khan Yunis in the early hours of Friday, injuring several people.

The condition of the injured was not immediately clear, witnesses said.

Minutes later, a second strike targeted a tunnel in the border town of Rafah, the Israeli military said.

The army claims that the two strikes were in retaliation to a Thursday rocket attack that hit an empty workshop on a kibbutz in southern Israel, but caused no casualties.

The attacks come as US Vice President Joe Biden is wrapping up a 5-day visit to the region.

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