ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL --- On Wed, 13/8/08, CLG News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: CLG News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 'This was between the Georgian government and a private Israeli company.' To: "CLG News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, 13 August, 2008, 9:16 AM
News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government 13 Aug 2008 http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Georgian MP lauds IDF military training 12 Aug 2008 Georgian Integration Minister Temur Yakobashvili told The Jerusalem Post Monday he "felt proud as a Jew," thanks to the training Israelis had provided to units in the Georgian military... Yakobasvili's comments confirmed reports to the Post by an Israeli defense official Sunday that a small number of Georgian elite troops had been trained by Galilee Div. commander Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch, who founded the Homat Magen company. "I have to underline that this was not a government-to-government thing," said Yakobashvili. "This was between the Georgian government and a private Israeli company. They have provided highly qualified training." Troops from Atlanta will train in Republic of Georgia 14 Jul 2008 A large contingent of Georgia Army National Guard soldiers flew to the Republic of Georgia on Sunday for joint military exercises at a time when tension is brewing in the region. The soldiers, mostly from the metro area, will be part of "Immediate Response 2008," which will amount to the largest U.S. footprint on the crossroads of Asia and Europe since the Cold War began. The three-week operation also provides practical training for the 48th Infantry Brigade's 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment just months before a pending deployment to Afghanistan. U.S. Military Instructors Command Hirelings in Georgia 11 Aug 2008 Thousands of mercenaries are fighting for Georgia in this burning conflict with South Ossetia. They are commanded by the U.S. military instructors, RIA Novosti reported with reference to a high-ranked officer of Russia’s military intelligence. "From 2,500 to 3,000 mercenaries fight against Russia’s peacekeepers on behalf of Georgia," the unnamed source said. The U.S. military instructors directly command and coordinate actions of mercenaries without being involved in actual fighting, the source specified. According to intelligence data, there are roughly 1,000 military instructors of the United States in Georgia. While Aide Advised McCain, His Firm Lobbied for Georgia 13 Aug 2008 Sen. John McCain's top foreign policy adviser prepped his boss for an April 17 phone call with the president of Georgia and then helped the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prepare a strong statement of support for the fledgling republic. The day of the call, a lobbying firm partly owned by the adviser, Randy Scheunemann, signed a $200,000 contract to continue providing strategic advice to the Georgian government in Washington. BP shuts down Georgia pipelines 12 Aug 2008 Energy giant BP says it has shut two of three pipelines that run through Georgia as a precautionary measure. [!?!] A spokeswoman for the firm said the oil and gas pipelines, which run from the Caspian Sea into Georgia, had not been damaged by the recent fighting. Another key oil pipeline, which runs from Azerbaijan through southern Georgia into Turkey, is already shut. Please forward this update to anyone you think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to the Newsletter list can sign up: http://www.legitgov.org/#subscribe_clg. Please write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] inquiries. CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price, Manager. Copyright © 2008, Citizens For Legitimate Government ® All rights reserved. CLG Founder and Chair is Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
