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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Russian military helicopters drop incendiary bombs


On 15th of August, at approximately 15:30 local time Russian military helicopters started bombing the bordering territories of the city of Borjomi and settlement of Tsemi using incendiary munitions, weapon prohibited by the international convention. The broad areas of timber land have been set on fire and fifteen sets of fire have broken out in southern parts of Georgia.

With this move the Russian Federation violated international obligations it has undertaken, particularly the Protocol III (on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons) of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Geneva, 10 October 1980). The Paragraph 4 of the Article 2 of the Protocol prohibits making forests or other kinds of plant cover the object of attack by incendiary weapons.

Above mentioned fact once again clearly demonstrates how does Russian Federation disregard international obligations it has been committed to and despite all international norms, along with the occupation of Georgia cynically carries out intentional destruction of the natural resources of the country while extremely endangering civilian population.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia calls upon the International Community to resolutely condemn Russian actions on Georgian soil and urge it to comply with the Agreement on Cease-Fire.
Posted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia at 11:11 AM

http://gruusia.postimees.ee/?id=27375

russian mministry of defense denies incendiaries caused large-scale fires in Borjomi national park. they also denied sending troops to the cities of Hashur and Khakhalgor.

Anatoly Nogovitsyn did, however, admit to taking over Engur hydro power plant that supplies electricity to Georgia and separatist Abhasia, reportedly for it's protection.

Problem is that most of the information we are hearing in the US is propagandized by one side or the other.

Most of what the MSM is putting forth has the typical neo-con anti-Russian bias and "truth".

Still no confirmation showed up on my radar.

But what I can confirm is that Turks spent the weekend bombing Kurds bases in Iraq.

and I have news of a "Fire raging in pine forest in Svilengrad, Bulgaria"

i wasn't posting on kurd bases or bulgarian forests - if that wasn't obvious enough.

i don't like either lying and that is why i posted the interfax link as well - to give you the opportunity to assess the sources and make up your own mind - should you be so inclined and able. and you are welcome to post your own sources for news, online sources preferred.

during a war, news are covered with layers of deception you must peel away to reach the nugget of truth. sometimes, the layers are like those of an onion that make you cry and make you want to stop peeling before you reach the nugget. sometimes, ridding your life from deception isn't all that pleasant. and sometimes, you refuse the onion with all the good it holds because you'd rather not cry than find reality yo don't like.