Georgia Update

A few things to let our buddy Che know we have not forgotten about Georgia.

24 Aug, 2008 (Multiple)
TBILISI, A powerful blast ripped the air on Sunday near the village of Skra, Gori district, in eastern Georgia. As a result, three tank-cars with oil of a rail train, heading from Tbilisi for western Georgia, caught fire, Tbilisi-based TV companies reported in a live telecast.

According to a preliminary version, the blast took place near the railway on a hill, and then the flames leaped to this section of the railway.

According to preliminary data, there were no casualties as a result of the explosion. The engine driver had time to decouple the rest of the train from the three flaming tank-cars.

The blast and the fire took place two kilometres from the village of Skra, and there is no danger that the fire will spread to dwelling houses. Fire fighters and law enforcers are working at the place of the incident.
-No doubt the engineer’s actions lessoned the impact of this event but I would like for the Russian’s to explain why they are not cleaning up the mess and mines as they leave.

*Skra is located ten kilometres west of Gori and 75 kilometres west of Tbilisi.

Tbilisi – A 35-year-old woman was killed and a man was seriously injured when two landmines exploded near the Georgian city of Gori, media reports said Sunday. Russian armed forces had laid the landmines in the Tsmindatskali area, state television channel Rustavi-2 reported. The woman was in her garden when the mine exploded.
-Anyone with a brain knows mining a garden was not meant to attack a military target. Just another example of Russian war criminals in action. I am afraid as more civilians return more of these Russian “gifts” will be discovered.

In the same area shortly afterwards, a man was injured in a second landmine blast.
-No details as to where this one was located.

The guided missile destroyer USS McFaul, loaded with 72 pallets of humanitarian aid, is the first of five American ships scheduled to arrive in Georgia this week.
-I wanted to end with a positive spin on Georgia. Now that our forces are starting to arrive hopefully a lot of the nonsense will end and the Georgians can start the long process of rebuilding.

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