Georgia signs EU-brokered ceasefire agreement to end Russia's intervention.

[Muttocracy]

Source: BBC News

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

[maddezmom]

1. Reuters: Georgia president says signs ceasefire agreement

Georgia president says signs ceasefire agreement 15 Aug 2008 15:20:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
TBILISI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday said he had signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

"Today I signed the ceasefire agreement," he said, speaking outside the presidential palace in Tbilisi, flanked by visting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Saakashvili blamed the West for failing to react strongly enough to previous Russian military moves and for failing to grant his Caucasus country membership of NATO.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LF246320.htm

[Muttocracy]

2. thanks. nt

[maddezmom]

3. and some more: Sarkozy sees way clear for UN resolution on Georgia

PARIS, Aug 15 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday welcomed Georgia's signature of a ceasefire accord ending hostilities with Russia and said the way was clear for a U.N. Security Council resolution to end the crisis. "The President of the Republic considers that the conditions are now in place for the rapid adoption of a resolution by the Security Council and the definition of an international mechanism which will be charged with overseeing the implementation of the agreement on the ground," Sarkozy's office said in a statement.

Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, has the power to veto any resolution.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LF211517.htm

[FreakinDJ]

4. Can't wait until they tell USA "Please don't send troops"

"You'll just mess things up"

[underpants]

14. hmm no mention of the slam on the West in the MSNBC article

see post #8

[WriteDown]

5. So if Russia breaks the ceasefire...

will the EU act?

[Muttocracy]

6. do we know yet if Russia has signed it? nt

[maddezmom]

12. so far just the 2 breakaways, Georgia...it's on it's way to Russia to be signed

according to the latest from CNN.

[daleo]

10. Yes, they will march on Moscow

Like Napolean and Hitler did. That'll show 'em.

[thewiseguy]

7. How many ceasefires has he signed already?

[underpants]

8. Georgia leader signs cease-fire deal with Russia

Source: MSNBC

But emotional Saakashvili says he will 'never, ever surrender' to Moscow

TBILISI, Georgia - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday that he had signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia, but that he would "never, ever surrender" in a showdown with Moscow over two pro-Russia separatist regions.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, standing beside the pro-American Georgian leader, said she had been assured that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign an identical document. "With this signature by Georgia, this must take place and take place now," she said.

An emotional Saakashvili, speaking hours after President Bush accused Russia of "bullying and intimidation" against Georgia, also accused the West of inviting Russian aggression by denying Georgia a door to NATO membership.

The cease-fire signed by the Georgian leader requires Russia to withdraw its combat forces from Georgia but allows Russian peacekeepers to remain in South Ossetia and conduct limited patrols outside the region.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26216434

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There is no quote from any Russian official about the cease-fire in this story.

[MadrasT]

9. Ha

Rice said the time has come "to begin a discussion of the consequences of what Russia has done. This calls into question what role Russia really plans to play in international politics."

Rice to Puti-Put: "This is unacceptable behavior."

Puti-Put: "Fuck off."

[underpants]

13. I think this is Friday afternoon GET THE HEADLINE OUT p.r. stuff

complete with pic of Condi

:-)

See! She actually did something!!!!

We'll see. I wouldn't be surprised of the Russians turned her plane around mid-air.

Oh BTW she doesn't have access to the normal SoS 757-Cheney was using it for a fundraiser-she is flying in a smaller model.

[dipsydoodle]

15. One of these ?

[underpants]

21. A red baron

that is a great name for it

[Ghost Dog]

23. Be afraid, Sarko, be very afraid:

Reuters. On the Côte d'Azur, Aug 14, I think. Reproduced in El País, Aug 15.

[theboss]

11. Limited patrols outside the region?

We caved. We caved massively.

[L. Coyote]

16. Georgia president signs cease-fire with Russia

Source: AP - Yahoo News

MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

TBILISI, Georgia - A reluctant Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia and declared in the presence of the chief U.S. diplomat that the West had behaved in ways that invited the invasion.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she had been assured that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign an identical document. The United States says the pact protects the former Soviet republic's interests despite concessions to Moscow.

"With this signature by Georgia, this must take place and take place now," Rice said. She did not say what, if anything, the United States would do if Russia defies the truce. Near tears at times, Saakashvili said ........

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_eu/us_russia_georgia

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Saakashvili said 'the West had behaved in ways that invited the invasion,' albeit, notice what he is construing as those ways!

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18. Georgia war is a neocon election ploy

Top McCain adviser lobbied for nation of Georgia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20...tchy/3013456_1


McCain accuses Russia of bidding to wipe out Georgia
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/McCain_..._08112008.html


Neocons Call For U.S. To Launch War Against Russia
http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1041-0-3-3--.html


Georgia war is a neocon election ploy
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...EDCD129NI4.DTL

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[L. Coyote]

20. If not before, they sure rewrote the script fast, and yet J McC blew it

by calling it the "first 'probably' serious conflict" since the Cold War!

Damn Alzheimers!! Never mind the genocides, the war on terra, Afghanistan, ..... nothing "probably" serious there.

[maddezmom]

22. Russia wants to see Georgian signature on peace plan-Ifax

Russia wants to see Georgian signature on peace plan-Ifax 15 Aug 2008 19:49:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Russia wants to see the Georgian president's signature on a peace plan before it makes any moves in the conflict between the two countries, Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified Foreign Ministry source as saying Friday.

"Until we see the signature of (Georgian President) Mikhail Saakashvili on the document, we will have nothing to comment on," Interfax quoted the source as saying.

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