Geneva Conventions, anyone? I thought it was against them to show prisoners of war in the media?
But then again this is all happening so fast, Georgia's got much bigger problems on their hands to worry about stuff like this.
Another video of Bush's statements:
He says attacks are occurring far outside the zone of conflict, and that Georgia is a sovereign territory and must be respected, as well as "We take this very seriously."
Why soooo seriously? They are not a member of NATO, and probably a good thing at the moment, seeing as NATO would have likely been drawn in. The answer imho: oil.
USA behind this for oil?
I've also been trying to find out what weapon was fired at the plane(s), but so far no luck. From USA Today:
Utiashvili would not say what weapons were fired at the plane. Under an agreement between Georgia and the internationally unrecognized government of Abkhazia, which broke away from central government control in the early 1990s, Georgian defense ministry forces and heavy weaponry cannot be deployed in the Kodori Gorge. Interior Ministry forces are not prohibited.
But it might be an S-200, given an incident which happened years ago:
Experts Believe Russian Plane Shot Down by Missile
Experts investigating the recent crash of a Russian TU-154 airliner in the Black Sea claimed that they had discovered fragments of an S-200 anti-aircraft missile in the plane's wreckage, Interfax reported Tuesday.
The agency quoted an expert on condition of anonymity that " there are serious reasons to believe that there are fragments of an S-200 missile in the plane's wreckage.
But then again, could it have shot down by some US-supplied anti-aircraft system?
Interestingly, globalsecurity.org has very little on the subject.
www.youtube.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 9-8-2008 by TrueAmerican]
[edit on 9-8-2008 by TrueAmerican]
