Swarms of Russian jets bomb Georgian targets
TBILISI, Georgia – Swarms of Russian jets launched new raids on Georgian territory Monday and Georgia faced the threat of a second front of fighting as Russia demanded that Georgia disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia.
While a senior Russian general insisted that Russia has no plans to press further into Georgian territory — its troops are now in two breakaway provinces — the order to disarm carried the threat that Russian-sponsored fighting would spread.
The new air forays into Georgia – even as Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on signed a cease-fire pledge — appeared to show Russian determination to subdue the small, U.S.-backed country, which has been pressing for NATO membership. Russia fended off a wave of international calls to observe Georgia’s pleas for a truce, saying it must first be assured of Georgia’s retreat from South Ossetia.
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Military Fails to Collect From AIG for Care to Injured Contractors
Intensive care unit ward nurse Cynthia Warwick tends to a patient at the combat support hospital on the U.S military forward operating base at Camp Salerno on Nov. 25, 2008 in Khost, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has failed to bill American Insurance Group and other major insurance carriers for millions of dollars in medical care provided to private contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new federal report [1] (PDF).
The United States has hired hundreds of thousands of civilians to work in the two war zones. When injured on the job, their medical care is supposed to be paid for by private insurance companies, primarily AIG, under policies bought by the contractors.
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Obama Will End Iraq War in Late 2010
The Iraq war will come to an end on Aug. 31, 2010, senior officials said, following President Obama’s decision to end all counter-insurgency missions by that time.
Obama told top leaders in Congress on Thursday that he will transition the mission in Iraq to training, advising and engaging in limited counter-terrorist operations, according to congressional sources.
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What are the real loss of the Russian army in Georgia?
As a result of fighting in the Tskhinvali region of Russia’s 58 army has lost 1,789 soldiers, 105 tanks and 81 fighting vehicles, 45 armored personnel carriers, 10 devices “Grad” and 5 devices “Smerch”.
Such data led agency “MediaNews”.
According to MediaNews information, these figures reflect a loss of only 58 army. Unknown losses remain Pskov and Novorossiyskoy landing divisions, as this data is particularly Russia FSB secret.
And give figures on losses of South Ossetia: “destroyed 8 – percent militias criminal regime of Eduard Kokoity”, said the message. Of the 500 fighters of the South Ossetia fighting squad – tshinvali-riot policemen left alive only five people.
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