Is Georgia Different from Lebanon and Palestine?
                   
palestinechronicle.com
25-Aug-2008
        

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The pro-US President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia ordered the bombardment of the Russian-majority South Ossetia province. This gave the Russians the justification to invade Georgia on August 8, 2008 and occupy South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, just as the abduction of two Israeli soldiers in July 2006 by Hizbullah gave Israel a convenient cover to invade Lebanon. The brief Georgian war... [read full story]                    

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