May, 2008

• 11 May

  Violence flares in Lebanon

  The Lebanese army has said that it is revoking measures taken by the government against Hezbollah, the Shia opposition group, and asked all armed fighters to withdraw from the streets of Beirut.

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• 11 May

  U.S. hints at military alliance with Georgia

  During a briefing in Georgian capital Tbilisi US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza avoided answering the question whether the US intends to sign a military assistance treaty with Georgia.

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• 11 May

  ”When Muslims abandoned Jihad, Allah sent humiliation upon us”

  In the name of Allah, Most Benevolent, Most Compassionate!   Peace and blessings of Allah be on Prophet Muhammad, His family and all who followed Him until the Day of Judgment.

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• 11 May

  Chechen Mujahideen offer to help Georgia in its standoff with Russia

  On April 29, Movladi Udugov, an envoy of the Chechen rebels outside the Caucasus, declared that the North Caucasian insurgency could help Georgia in its standoff with Russia. Relations between Georgia and Russia have significantly deteriorated since the Russian government decided

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• 11 May

  Moscow shows Georgia its new weaponry… the soviet one

  Experts and analysts have actually reaffirmed the statements made by US officials, who before the parade of Russian troops in Moscow were speaking in the same spirit, – that Russia can go ahead and show its old hardware, and Washington does not see any problem with that. “The US does …

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• 11 May

  Kadyrov keeps the heat on the Yamadayevs

  In what appears to be an ongoing campaign by Chechnya’s pro-Moscow administration against the Vostok Battalion of the GRU (Russian military intelligence), investigators with the republic’s law-enforcement bodies are looking into the battalion’s possible involvement in the murder of the Arsamakov brothers (Chechnya Weekly, April 17 and 24; May 1).

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• 11 May

  Chechen Mujahideen step up attacks

  A battle between rebels and security forces took place in Chechnya’s Urus-Martan district on May 6. Kavkazky Uzel on May 7 quoted a Chechen Interior Ministry source as saying of the incident: “Yesterday at around 1400 in a forest tract at the village of Komsomolskoe in Urus-Martan district servicemen from …

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• 11 May

  Zakayev’s official meets Kadyrov’s official

  Kavkazan Haamash edition reported referring to the pro-Russian puppet website Grozny-Inform that surgeon Hasan Baiev, who now lives in the US, has come to visit the occupied Chechnya the other day.

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• 11 May

  Moscow will keep shooting down Georgian airplanes from now on

  The United States has accused Russia of aggravating the tensions with Georgia. The White House has made a statement that Russia’s actions in the situation around Abkhazia are provocative.

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• 11 May

  Will the puppet untie from its puppeteer?

  Dmitry Medvedev may face the necessity to fulfill his promises regarding the leadership of law and civil freedoms. The Washington Post writes that “to begin, Mr. Medvedev could be asked for action on the 14 unsolved murders of journalists during Mr. Putin’s tenure — such as that of Anna Politkovskaya”.

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