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In one of the deadliest attacks in the last six months, a suicide car bomb exploded in a market in Vladikavkaz, which is in North Ossetia (located in the unstable region of the Russian Caucasus Mountains). The explosion killed at least 16 people and injured another hundred on Thursday, September 9th at 07H20 GMT.
According to an AFP report, the dead and wounded were evacuated on trucks, bodies slashed amid pools of blood and a large amount of debris, and several vehicles were reduced to wreckage. The explosion was the equivalent of 30 to 40 kgs. of TNT (about 90 lbs. or so) according to Russian investigative prosecutors.In one of the deadliest attacks in the last six months, a suicide car bomb exploded in... more
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Last August it was played out on the battlefields of South Ossetia – and now it will be played out on screen. Russia is releasing a film adaptation of last summer's dramatic events in the Caucasus.
The events of last August in South Ossetia dominated world news, and now they've made it to the big screen for the first time.
The ‘Olympius Inferno’ movie tells a story of a young scientist searching for a unique butterfly he hopes to film. Instead, he ends up shooting pictures of a very different kind – the first scenes of Georgia’s military action against South Ossetia.Last August it was played out on the battlefields of South Ossetia – and now it... more
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A RUSSIAN troop convoy was attacked today in the volatile Caucasus province of Ingushetia and an opposition website said about 50 soldiers had been killed, although officials confirmed only two dead.A RUSSIAN troop convoy was attacked today in the volatile Caucasus province of... more
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William Engdahl: Russia's response to Georgia's offensive sends shock-waves throughout the region. Part 1 of 2
Russia flexed its military might over the weekend, testing a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. The tests come amid increasingly strained ties between Washington and Moscow, following US ally Georgia’s military offensive in South Ossettia in August. Author and Political Economist William Engdahl says " Russia's response to Georgia's military offensive has sent shockwaves throughout the region."
F William Engdahl is an economist and author and the writer of the best selling book "A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order." Mr Engdhahl has written on issues of energy, politics and economics for more than 30 years, beginning with the first oil shock in the early 1970s. Mr. Engdahl contributes regularly to a number of publications including Asia Times Online, Asia, Inc, Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Foresight magazine; Freitag and ZeitFragen newspapers in Germany and Switzerland respectively. He is based in Germany.
See Part 2 at: http://current.com/items/89412399_europe_fumes_over_wall_street_meltdown
William Engdahl: Russia's response to Georgia's offensive sends shock-waves... more
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Telman Alishaev, a reporter for Islamic TV in Dagestan was fatally shot while sitting in his car. Miloslav Bitokov, who edits a weekly paper in Kabardino-Balkaria, was beaten outside of his home and is now hospitalized. This brings the number of journalists attacked in the Caucasus region of Russia to three.
The first attack involved Magomed Yevloyev, a journalist who was fatally shot in the head in what police called and "accident." The rights official from Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe called it an "assaaination."
There is no obvious connection between the three attacks but for the fact they all occurred on Russia's southern border.Telman Alishaev, a reporter for Islamic TV in Dagestan was fatally shot while sitting... more
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Moscow's recent offensive in the Caucasus region has former Soviet republics worried. They see it as a return to old imperialist policies and fear they could be the next victims of Russian aggression. How much at risk are Ukraine and Moldova?
Russia's invasion of Georgia shocked its neighbors, so much so that many people in the Baltic republics and in Poland are worried that they could be next. As Russia flexes its imperialist muscles, there are growing fears that former Soviet republics could face threats to their very existence.
Ironically, these countries are not just members of the European Union, but are also protected under NATO's mutual defense guarantee. Hence, it comes as no surprise that citizens of Moldova and Ukraine, members of neither the EU nor NATO, see the situation as even more troubling.
During a meeting in the Black Sea port of Sochi on Aug. 26, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin against forcefully attempting to regain control over Transnistria, a region that seceded from Moldova in 1992. After the meeting, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner emphatically warned Russia against intervening in Moldova and Ukraine. But how serious, in fact, is the risk?
(continued at link)Moscow's recent offensive in the Caucasus region has former Soviet republics... more
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Both Russia and Georgia have hurled charges of genocide and ethnic cleansing at each other in the aftermath of the five-day war in the Caucasus. While no substantial evidence of such atrocities has yet emerged, the toll of the fighting and the ensuing lawlessness has exacerbated ethnic animosities; once neighborly Ossets and Georgians are now implacable enemies even as they cope with life as refugees.Both Russia and Georgia have hurled charges of genocide and ethnic cleansing at each... more
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