Apparently, the Russians are supposed to turn off the road to Tbilisi and head towards an abandoned Georgian military base:
A convoy of Russian armored personnel carriers was heading deeper into Georgia Wednesday on a road that leads from Gori to Tbilisi, CNN Correspondent Matthew Chance reported.
Chance, on the road with the Russian column, said it was moving slowly south from Gori.
He said there were hundreds of men in personnel carriers.
CNN has been told by Georgian officials that the convoy would turn off the road to Tbilisi toward an abandoned Georgian military base.
The convoy was located well outside the mandated area for Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia.
Georgia and Russia have accused each other of violating a cease-fire only 24 hours after it was agreed.
An AFP report sounds raises serious doubts about Russia’s intentions:
Separatist fighters and Russian troops looted and set homes ablaze in Georgian territory on Wednesday amid fears over a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of bitter conflict.
Despite a French-brokered truce agreed on Tuesday by the leaders of the two countries, Russia faced mounting criticism in the West.
Russian armoured vehicles patrolled the flashpoint town of Gori and about 60 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other vehicles were seen on the road from Gori to the Georgian capital, 75 kilometers away.
An AFP reporter saw Russian troops shouting: “Tbilisi, Tbilisi”.
Western powers have a mess on their hands as it is. If Russia completely ignores the six-point plan and takes Tbilisi the whole game changes.
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With the fate being experiences by Georgia under the bullying of Tsarist Bolshevik Russian Putin, other countries might have second thought in aligning themselves with the “Mighty USA”. Georgia helped US in Iraq with 2,000 troops (majority of countries allied to US in War on Terror in Iraq merely contributed less than a hundred), but in time crissis, they are alone. Mr Bush can do nothing but rhetoric symphaty. Afraid of losing billions of dollar in investments in Russia? Just wondering.
I totally agree Limahong. You took the words right out of my mouth.
Yes, the reason other nations did not send more troops into Iraq to support us is – the rest of the world including the UN did not support OUR invasion.
With Bush lining his sites now on Iran is it smart to start problems with Russia? The US has ZERO say outside of our borders. The only person Iran will even think of listening to is Russia and China.
The rest of the world already hates us because of Bush’s policy of policing the world. I don’t know if you have traveled outside of the US before………try France, Germany, Poland……nobody likes us. I wonder why?
Could be we do as we wish and then criticize other countries that do the SAME EXACT thing if it does not align with Bush’s goals.
Don’t you know this is all a bunch of political bullshit?! Bush is a fuck up.
I agree with you Joe, Bush needs to be shot for treason to this country on sight!!! He is the most fucked up, stupid, insane oil-ridden DUMMY that has ever lived!
Please the world does not hate us because of Bush, they hate us because we are the ONLY truly free country and as for being hated by other countries yeah they hate us until they need us. So screw them. We should be there helping the Georgians, the Russians are acting like animals. They are looting, killing, and raping. They invaded Georgia and no one is doing a damn thing about it. Pathetic.