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Trouble in the Caucasus

August 8, 2008 - 3:25 am - by Richard Fernandez
SirSefirot
2008-08-09 18:42:14

“South Ossetia said the fighting on Tskhinvali’s southern fringes had ended at about mid-night on Saturday. The separatists’ site www.cominf.org said Georgian forces had lost 12 tanks and a bomber in the fighting.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL949449820080809

You know, if this is true, the Georgians must be beating everything out of the Russians… Ten jets and possibly dozens of tanks versus a mere 12 tanks and 1 bomber? That’s a pretty good ratio. Although to be realistic I think that is a very conservative estimation of the armored casualties…