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By: By The Fault » Blog Archive » Do Not Feed the Bears, Do Not Taunt the Bears

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:01:13 +0000

[...] & Articles on European Blogs When Conflicts Thaw: South Ossetia by Doug Merrill of Fistful of Euros. South Ossetia: Alea Jacta Est by Douglas Muir of Fistful of [...]

By: Global Voices in Italiano » Georgia: Ossezia del Sud - Aggiornamenti

Global Voices in Italiano » Georgia: Ossezia del Sud - Aggiornamenti — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:31:06 +0000

[...] Fistful of Euros esamina la situazione dalla Georgia, ma si chiede anche se la Russia rischierà una guerra in Ossezia del Sud. E si domanda anche se [...]

By: It’s the Americans! « The 8th Circle

It’s the Americans! « The 8th Circle — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:03:49 +0000

[...] above this, Weman comments on an earlier post by Doug Merrill. Merrill mentions an American official from the State Department visiting Tbilisi [...]

By: The American angle | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion

The American angle | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:33:27 +0000

[...] take a moment to consider this para from Doug’s (the Doug in Tbilisi, that is) first post. Second, what will the Americans and EU do? A senior State Department figure was here in Tbilisi [...]

By: What should Europe do about Russia and Georgia? « Amused Cynicism

What should Europe do about Russia and Georgia? « Amused Cynicism — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:37:53 +0000

[...] of South Ossetia, Russia has invaded Georgia and bombed it from the air. (See also blog coverage at A Fistful of Euros (also this), Crooked Timber, Randy [...]

By: By The Fault » Blog Archive » The War in Georgia

By The Fault » Blog Archive » The War in Georgia — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:54:23 +0000

[...] & Articles on European Blogs When Conflicts Thaw: South Ossetia by Doug Merrill of Fistful of Euros. South Ossetia: Alea Jacta Est by Douglas Muir of Fistful of [...]

By: Oleksandr

Oleksandr — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:56:41 +0000

Hello,

you might be interested in Georgian and Russian news sources in English and how Eastern European blogs react on the conflict:
http://demchenko.info/war-in-georgia-south-osetia-news-sources-and-new-media-activism/

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:33:13 +0000

I don’t understanf what the Georgians were thinking. Georgia’s entire GNP is half the budget of the city of San Francisco, its economy is heavily dependent on remittances from Georgians in Russia, the US and NATO give it lip service support but won’t let it in, and certainly won’t engage in a fighting war with Russia.

I guess Saakashvili’s goverment is getting desperate with internal political pressures and gambled it could seize control on the ground quicky enough to leave the Russians with only the option of air strikes or a full-fledged invasion. They badly miscalculated the resolve of the thugs in the Kremlin. Putin has no regrets about Chechnya, why would he blink at the idea of smashing the poor Georgian forces?

By: War in Georgia: A roundup | DC News Updates

War in Georgia: A roundup | DC News Updates — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:21:22 +0000

[...] corridor" to allow civilians to evacuate.Around the blogosphere, Daniel Nexon, Robert Farley, Doug Merril, James Joyner, and Nathan Hodge have all been following this closely. Watch this space for [...]

By: Alex Harrowell

Alex Harrowell — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:12:03 +0000

The Russian forces are probably drawn from the 19th Motor Rifle Division in Vladikavkaz. The figure of 150 armoured vehicles would suggest one of its three regiments is so far in use.

Civil.ge is down, but when I last checked the Georgian root was operational, and with a bit of tiddling about with dig I could resolve the name. The server responded to ping and traceroute (via TurkTel) but wasn’t serving pages; just what you’d expect if they were buried under requests.