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Many Georgian government website and newspapers are under denial of service and other forms of cyberattack originating from inside Russia. In response, the Georgian government has decided to take advantage of Google’s Blogger service and the security systems offered by Google. From now on, Georgian government official statements are being made at http://georgiamfa.blogspot.com/

The United States European Command just finished (last Thursday) Operation Immediate Response 2008, a training exercise in Georgia. These troops are in addition to the 127 military trainers that are in country more or less permanently working with the Georgian military. In addition to the trainers, 1,000 soldiers from the Vicenza, Italy-based Southern European Task [...]

Maybe I should just leave this blank as a subtle way of saying what’s really on the table. But if you got to thinking here are some options you could consider: 1) Airlift of Georgian troops from Iraq. (Oops, done that). 2) Provide satellite and electronic intelligence on Russian troops. 3) Provide shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles [...]

What is certain to be considered a major escalation in the fighting, Russian ground forces are reportedly attacking the Georgian city of Gori well outside the disputed South Ossetian region. While technically South Ossetia is recognized by the entire world as part of Georgia, the crossing of that border into Georgia proper is going to [...]

An early leader for the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship is a pair of shooters, one from Russia and one from Georgia, who shared the medal platform today in the Womens’ 10m air pistol. Georgia’s Nino Salukvadze and Russia’s Natalia Paderina, former teammates on the USSR team, collected the bronze and silver today respectively, [...]

Russiatoday is pulling no punches, repeating in a big huge banner across the screen the word ‘GENOCIDE’ as they report on South Ossetia.

Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman have announced they will be removing Georgian forces from South Ossetia. Russia now has nearly 10,000 troops in South Ossetia (which had a pre-battle population of 70,000) and the Russian Black Sea fleet is positioning itself off the Georgian coast for a naval blockade. Meanwhile, strategic thinkers are starting to question [...]

Russia continues to pour troops into South Ossetia and has reportedly stepped up the bombing of Georgia, targeting not just military locations but economic assets such as ports and pipelines. Meanwhile the world has been sending ambassadors and whatnot demanding that Russia pullback, but the Russian government is starting to ask the big question–why? Russia [...]

The ‘war’ in South Ossetia between Russia and Georgia (well, is it a war or not, who really knows or cares at this point) has gotten to the point that reliable information from the ground is difficult to obtain. * Both sides claim to be in control (or occupying) the South Ossetian capital city. Russiatoday [...]

* Russian planes attacked the Georgian city of Gori, bombing military bases and reportedly some civilian buildings. * Russia announced additional forces will be sent to South Ossetia. * The Georgian port of Poti was destroyed. * Georgia claims 10 planes have been shot down, and Russian TV confirms at least two. * 1,500 have [...]

* 150 Russian tanks in the suburbs of the South Ossetian capital * Georgia recalls 1,000 Georgian troops currently in Iraq. * RussiaToday puts death toll at 1,400. * Georgia claims 5 Russian aircraft shot down. * 1000s of Russian / Cossack volunteer forces are heading for Ossetia.

AP is reporting that Russian television is claiming Russian troops are entering South Ossetia. A Russian official denied bombing Georgia, but Russian state television said Russian troops were moving into South Ossetia and showed a convoy of tanks that it said had already crossed the border. The convoy was expected to reach the provincial capital, [...]

For many Americans you can now catch live coverage of the Georgia-South Ossetia crisis on the Kremlin’s Engilsh language service Russia Today. The MHZ Networks offers Russia Today as a free channel to residents in the Washington, DC area, and Russia Today is free to air on many satellites over the US. If you don’t [...]

The Georgian Messenger is the English language daily that is ‘live blogging’ events from South Ossetia. There latest blog post is pretty interesting. Georgia’s Rustavi 2 television station, citiing Russian news reports, just announced that Georgian troops have taken Tskhinvali.