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In The News: Rubbing up against the ‘Bear’ - It almost makes one nostalgic for the Cold War, and indeed, the people in charge of advising the US government’s policy on the East seem to be. The US signs a treaty with Poland for missile basing just a few ‘clicks’ from the Russian border. Details.

The Russians are continuing to withdraw from Georgia. The press claims good access if you have correct documentation.

The Russian naval fleet deployed in the Bosphorus by the Black Sea will have a US naval detachment sail by. The Ukraine government… EU affiliated, who is hosting the Russian fleet, tells the Russians don’t sail out to Georgia and if you do don’t come back.

In our overt war in Iraq: 4,144 dead American soldiers, and there have been 411 killed in Afghanistan, where the fighting which started on Afghan independence day is stepping up.

See Inter Press Service News Agency’s reports:

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Fill Power Void in Kabul?
Analysis by Anand Gopal
KABUL - The ambush that killed 10 NATO soldiers outside of Kabul on Tuesday, the worst battlefield loss for western forces since the war began, was the capstone in a week of high-profile insurgent activities in Afghanistan. In Full IPS

and: Security Fears Paralyse Kabul

More from Juan Cole @ Informed Comment:

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Afghanistan in Crisis

All hell seems to be breaking loose in Afghanistan, at a time when most Western observers are focusing on the Georgia crisis. Ten French troops killed by 100 guerrillas. An attack on US troops in Khost, then a bombing there. It is 1982 all over again only it is NATO being targeted now.

AP has video:

San Francisco’s supervisors vote to outlaw the sales of cigarettes from chain pharmacies.

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[August 20 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: How Did THAT Happen? I Don’t Mean To Sound Conspiratorial But When And Why Did The American People Become To Be ‘Too Dumb To Be Governed’?

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In The News: Nato is meeting in Belgium and the discussion revolves around Georgia, which has just been beaten back in it’s invasion of South Ossetia. Details. More from BBCNews

Meanwhile, the Russians appear to be redeploying to establish a buffer zone on the highway between Gori in Georgia, which they no longer seem to occupy, and the Ossetian border.

BP has stopped contracts on Azerbaijan oil delivered through Georgia due to disruption of a main rail line.

In California, the epic ‘battle for the budget’ continues. Governor Schwarzenegger will settle for a temporary sales tax increase but that’s all, and a legislator gets booted from the floor. More.

Afghanistan - There has been a truck bomb attack in Kabul near US forces and 10 French soldiers are killed in the field nearby.

Unfortunate coincidences in timing - The Voice Of America, America’s propaganda outlet to the world, just stopped broadcasting to Georgia, Russia, and the Southern republics near the USSR. (Albeit Radio ‘Free’ Europe and Radio ‘Liberty’ continue to broadcast to those regions)

GM drops their Academy Awards sponsorship:

“The move, which comes amid a sharp downturn in automotive advertising on television, will leave Walt Disney’s ABC without one of its biggest advertisers for Oscar night in February, the paper said.
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It is a great property, but it simply didn’t fit into our plans for 2009,” the Wall Street Journal cited a GM spokeswoman saying.” Source CNBC

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[August 20 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Checklist - Back To School Shopping For The Computer Age… Get A DVD Atlas, And Then Help Your Child Learn About The World Around Them Before They Get To Visit Places Like ‘Afghanistan’, ‘Ossetia’, ‘Azerbaijan’

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In The News: 118 years ago today a revolution by the Afghans overthrew the British occupation and they declared independence. No one has ever managed to control Afghanistan since…

There are now 4143 dead American soldiers in Iraq and 408 in Afghanistan. The civilians who usually go uncounted make the news because one of the civilians was the head of a Sunni militia (’Awakening Council’) who assisted in “The Surge”[tm]

The Russians have told the French and Germans they will pull back to South Ossetia and set up a buffer zone. Georgia claims ethnic cleansing, massacres, and genocide, but there’s been NO confirmation by international media with access, and they appear to HAVE access. But there HAS been a cleansing of weapons within the buffer zone. International monitors have been requested. More.

From UPI (Free registration required):

Energy Resources
Analysis: South Ossetia and the oil factor
By JOHN C.K. DALY, UPI International Correspondent
Published: Aug. 12, 2008 at 2:46 PM

The rising conflict also has shuttered Georgia’s Batumi (200,000 bpd) and Poti (100,000 bpd) Black Sea ports, both supplied by rail. Poti was closed following Russian airstrikes reported on Aug. 8. Adding to the grim picture, the fighting also has closed in exports from Kulevi, Georgia’s third Black Sea oil terminus, opened last year and capable of shipping 200,000 bpd.

The final result of the conflict is to leave the West bereft of BTC’s 1 million bpd exports, which alone represent more than 1 percent of the world’s daily consumption, along with the 590,000 additional bpd shipments from Georgia’s three Black Sea ports and Supsa, shipped by tanker through the Turkish Straits.[In Full with free registration]

Speaking of sovereignty, Hawaiians who had seized the former queen’s palace, Iolani Palace, a few months back have indirectly forced the closure by the Hawaiian government of the historic building to public touring due to fears of a re-taking, for an indefinite period of time.

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[August 18 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: It’s A Good Morning To Unload A Can Of Whoop-Ass On *Everyone* Involved In The Military Occupation Of Other Nations, Including The Ongoing American Occupation Of Hawaii

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The entire responsibility for this fratricidal war, for thousands of children, women and elderly dead people, for the inhabitants of South Ossetia and of Georgia falls exclusively on the current President, on the Parliament and on the Government of Georgia. The irresponsibility and the adventurism of the Saakashvili regime have no limits. The President of Georgia and his team, undoubtedly, are criminals and must be held responsible. –Georgia Peace Committee, Official Statement

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H/t to OpEdNews Ossetia - The Politics of Naming and Blaming

The conflict in South Ossetia may be in standoff mode, but it certainly isn’t over. It has been said repeatedly in reports that the conflict is deep rooted and complex. Isn’t everything?

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In The News: The Russian incursion into Georgia to ’spank’ them for violating South Ossetian territory, launching missile attacks on villages (with US supplied rocket launchers), and killing Russian and Ossetian civilian continues at 45 miles an hour on paved roads to NO resistance. The Georgian military has apparently fallen apart. The Russians have secured Gori, a main transport hub in Georgia. The US says it will not militarily intervene. Sitrep.

In Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf is apparently negotiating to step down which would sidestep an impending impeachment, an impeachment which is due to be filed in the Pakistani parliament next week.

The US Status Of Forces ‘agreement’ with Iraq is still hung up over a hard date for US troop withdrawal. It needs to happen before the parliamentary elections in the fall or it may not happen at all.

One time across the crawl and then Pfft… About 3 months ago the US Navy replaced the fleet admiral of it’s nuclear weapons carrying air wing. He has been fired for ‘lack of confidence’ and NO ONE IS SAYING WHY. Why?

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[August 15 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: What Happened? A US Navy Admiral Responsible For The Navy’s Nuclear Air Wing Has Been Fired For ‘Lack Of Confidence’… That’s All We Know

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