No front page or world lead today (that Islamic terrorists in Pakistan).
This page A10 now.
"In fitful pullback, Russia puts forth promises; Troops still fortifying key Georgian sites" by Bela Szandelzsky, Associated Press | August 22, 2008
POTI, Georgia - Russian forces dug trenches and built fortifications in key areas of Georgia yesterday, but also rolled columns of tanks north toward home, picking and choosing how their nation would comply with the terms of a peace accord.
A top Russian general said it could be more than 10 days before the bulk of the troops return to Russia. Although President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia has promised that his forces would pull back as far as separatist Ossetia and a surrounding zone by today, Russian troops appeared to be in no hurry - even settling down in strategic spots. This raised concerns about whether Moscow was aiming for a lengthy occupation of its smaller, pro-Western neighbor.
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Like the west has any standing to bitch about occupations!
Besides, I want the Russians to stay and keep the peace.
And in the juvenile world of "I quit, you are fired"...
BRUSSELS - Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said yesterday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.
Alliance spokeswoman Carmen Romero said NATO had received notification through military channels that Russia's Defense Ministry had made a decision "to halt international military cooperation events between Russia and NATO countries until further instructions."
The United States immediately played down the significance of the Russian decision, saying that NATO had already effectively frozen cooperation to protest Russia's continued military presence in much of Georgia.
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Whatever.
Why is this spitballing tying up space when you could insert an article about Africans starving?
Oh, our policies are what led to the starving, I see.
Yeah, better get back to the bad, old bear!
