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  • August 2008

    • Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

      New York Times  |  Aug 20, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

      (Newser) - It is important to remember that Georgia, not Russia, struck first in the conflict over South Ossetia, writes former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the New York Times . Russian leadership is strong domestically and did not need a victory to rally support—rather, Moscow “was dragged into the fray by the recklessness of the Georgian president.” More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • war  • Mikhail Saakashvili  • attack  • invasion  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    • Banker Predicted Georgian Invasion 2 Days Early

      Reuters  |  Aug 14, 08 6:19 PM CDT

      Banker Predicted Georgian Invasion 2 Days Early

      (Newser) - An investment banker in Kiev predicted the Georgian conflict two days before it occurred, Reuters reports. "So whaddaya think?,” Geoff Smith wrote on Aug. 5 to a fellow strategist at Renaissance Capital. “I say Saakashvili is going to 'restore the territorial integrity of Georgia' five minutes before the opening ceremony starts in Beijing and dare the Russians to invade while the Games are on." More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • war  • South Ossetia  • investment bank  • Mikhail Saakashvili  • investment bankers

    • Bush Sends Aid, Rice to Georgia

      New York Times  |  Aug 13, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Bush Sends Aid, Rice to Georgia

      (Newser) - President Bush announced that the US would send humanitarian aid into Georgia today as hostilities threatened to overwhelm the fragile peace agreement, the New York Times reports. In announcing that he was dispatching Condoleezza Rice to mediate the dispute, Bush said that the US “stands with the democratically elected government of Georgia and insists that its sovereignty and territorial integrity be respected.” More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • war  • Mikhail Saakashvili  • Russian military  • invasion  • Gori  • tanks

    • Russia Agrees to Withdrawal Plan

      Associated Press  |  Aug 12, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Russia Agrees to Withdrawal Plan

      (AP) - The Russian and French presidents negotiated conditions today for ending fighting in Georgia, endorsing a plan that calls for both Russian and Georgian troops to move back to their initial positions. The plan endorsed by Dmitry Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy calls on Russia and Georgia to end all hostilities and allow free access for humanitarian assistance. More »

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      Russia  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Georgia  • war  • Dmitry Medvedev  • South Ossetia  • Abkhazia

    • War Highlights McCain's Stance on Russia

      New York Times  |  Aug 12, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      War Highlights McCain's Stance on Russia

      (Newser) - The past several days of intense combat in Georgia have underscored John McCain’s longrunning hardline stance against Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the New York Times reports. In an aspect of the candidate's track record that has received relatively little attention, McCain has called for Russia’s expulsion from the Group of 8, and urged President Bush to skip the group’s 2006 meeting in St. Petersburg. More »

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      John McCain  • Russia  • Georgia  • Vladimir Putin  • war  • Group of Eight

    • Bush Warns Russia to Pull Back in Georgia

      Associated Press  |  Aug 11, 08 7:04 PM CDT

      Bush Warns Russia to Pull Back in Georgia

      (AP) - President Bush on Monday demanded that Russia end a "dramatic and brutal escalation" of violence in Georgia, agree to an immediate cease-fire and accept international mediation to end the crisis in the former Soviet republic. "Russia has invaded a sovereign neighboring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people. Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century," the president said. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Russia  • Georgia  • war  • South Ossetia  • ceasefire

    • Georgia's Outgunned Leader Keeps the Faith

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Georgia's Outgunned Leader Keeps the Faith

      (Newser) - After 5 years of risky political brinksmanship with Russia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili now finds himself in the fight of his life, the Wall Street Journal reports. The pro-Western leader says he has no regrets about his tactics, which seem finally to have set off long-simmering tensions between his state and Moscow, and, more personally, between him and Vladimir Putin. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • war  • Mikheil Saakashvili  • former Soviet state  • military coup

    • Russian Onslaught Hikes War Fears

      New York Times  |  Aug 10, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      Russian Onslaught Hikes War Fears

      (Newser) - Fears of a full-scale war continued to mount today as Russian forces kept up attacks even as Georgian troops pulled out of the battlefield at South Ossetia, reports the New York Times . Russia landed ground troops at a second disputed territory, Abkhazia, and broadened its aerial assaults to the airport of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • troop withdrawal  • war  • South Ossetia  • Abkhazia

    • Georgia Conflict Offers a Test for US Candidates

      Politico  |  Aug 9, 08 1:59 PM CDT

      Georgia Conflict Offers a Test for US Candidates

      (Newser) - The conflict between Russia and Georgia provided one of the first real tests of how the presidential candidates would respond to that infamous 3 a.m. phone call about a world crisis, Politico notes. The upshot: Barack Obama echoed the international consensus, George Bush included, by calling for calm and negotiation. John McCain issued a more aggressive response, demanding that Russia withdraw and "reverse its perilous course." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • Russia  • Georgia  • war  • Soviet Union

  • June 2008

    • Worldwide War Tally Triples in New Study

      ABC News  |  Jun 21, 08 6:09 PM CDT

      Worldwide War Tally Triples in New Study

      (Newser) - Wars have killed three times more people over the past 50 years than once thought, a new study says. Researchers in Boston, using a new method to estimate fatalities, say that 5.4 million people died due to war between 1955 and 2002. "It's important that there's an awareness of how many people actually die," researcher Ziad Obermeyer told ABC News. More »

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      war  • death

    • My Veterans Are Anxious to Fight, Mugabe Says

      BBC  |  Jun 13, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      My Veterans Are Anxious to Fight, Mugabe Says

      (Newser) - Veterans of Zimbabwe’s war of independence are eager to fight in support of the ruling party, says President Robert Mugabe. “They came to my office after the election and asked me, ‘Can we take up arms?’” Mugabe told the state-run newspaper. “They said this country was won by the barrel of the gun and should we let it go at the stroke of a pen?” More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • war  • violence

    • Bush Rues Gun-Slinger Image

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 11, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Bush Rues Gun-Slinger Image

      (Newser) - Looking back on his years in office, President Bush admitted yesterday he regrets using phrases like "bring 'em on,” and “dead or alive,” which “indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace." In "retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric," he tells the Times of London. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • Afghanistan  • war  • rhetoric  • multinationalism

  • March 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • British PM Gives Troops Surprise Visit

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 9, 07 3:35 PM CST

      British PM Gives Troops Surprise Visit

      (Newser) - UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown surprised his troops with a visit in Iraq today and declared that Britain will cede control of Basra within two weeks, the Times of London reports. He told 300 soldiers that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki had advised the quick pull-out "so Iraq can take far more responsibility for its security"—but UK ministers link the move to Iraqis who have kidnapped British citizens and threatened to kill at least one. More »

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      Iraq  • Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • Nouri al-Maliki  • war  • Basra

  • November 2007

    • Uncle Sam Wants You (But He'll Talk to Mom First)

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 30, 07 10:01 PM CST

      Uncle Sam Wants You (But He'll Talk to Mom First)

      (Newser) - Army recruiters will soon promise recruits hefty bonuses to buy a home or start a business in a bid to sway their parents that enlisting is a good investment, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We know most 18-year-old kids don't think about mortgages yet," says a Pentagon official. "We're going after the influencers." More »

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      US Army  • war  • Army recruiting

    • Iran Prez: Go Ahead Make My Day

      Reuters  |  Nov 18, 07 2:38 PM CST

      Iran Prez: Go Ahead Make My Day

      (Newser) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday warned that his nation is fully prepared to respond if attacked, but downplayed the possibility of a war with the US. "We have made all preparations, and if there is any suspicion, then we are ready," he said during a visit to Bahrain. Ahmadinejad earlier characterized the US military as "shabby." More »

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      Iran  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • war  • Washington  • nuclear proliferation

    • Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death

      NPR  |  Nov 4, 07 7:31 AM CST

      Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death

      (Newser) - Photographer Ashley Gilbertson tried to be as emotionally removed as possible while working in Iraq, but once he let soldiers protect him as he ran to get a close-up. There was a shot, Gilbertson felt blood; one of the men protecting him was killed. It's something he has deeply regretted ever since, he told NPR as he discussed his new book about his experiences, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • war  • PTSD  • photography  • photographers

  • October 2007

    • Rapes Shatter Congo Women

      New York Times  |  Oct 7, 07 1:20 PM CDT

      Rapes Shatter Congo Women

      (Newser) - A record number of brutal rapes has devastated the women of war-ravaged Congo. A single province reported 27,000 last year, with some assaults so brutal that victims' reproductive systems will never recover, the New York Times reports. "We don’t know why these rapes are happening, but one thing is clear: they are done to destroy women," said a doctor who sees 10 victims daily. More »

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      rape  • women  • war  • Democratic Republic of Congo

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