Re: Worlds Armed Forces Pictures III
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Georgian soldiers assist their injured friend near the hospital in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.
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Georgian servicemen are seen in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned Russian military strikes against Georgia on Monday, saying recent bombings had taken fighting well beyond South Ossetia.
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Georgian soldiers rest as people read a list of victims at the hospital in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008.
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A Georgian serviceman reads a list of victims at the hospital in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned Russian military strikes against Georgia on Monday, saying recent bombings had taken fighting well beyond South Ossetia.
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Georgian soldiers rest in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008
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Russian military transport planes lands in Sukhumi airport, South Ossetian Georgian Province on August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.
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Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles under a helicopter's escort near the village of Khurcha as they head towards the border of Georgia in the breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, bottom left, visits Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Georgian soldiers sit atop a tank as it makes its way along a street in Gori, Georgia, near the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Georgia's Defense Ministry said that Russian armor on Monday seized a military base in western Georgia, opening a second front in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Nana Intskerveli, the ministry's spokeswoman, said that Russian armored personnel carriers rolled into the base in Senaki, a town in Western Georgia about 30 kilometers (20 miles) inland from the Black Sea port of Poti
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Georgian soldiers are seen atop a tank as it makes its way along a street, as a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is seen in the background, in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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A Georgian military convoy of trucks with soldiers and cannons is seen at the outskirts of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008
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Georgian tanks roll in the outskirts of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russia warned Monday that its troops in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia will cross into the Georgian-controlled territory if Georgian troops in the area refuse to disarm.
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From left: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Token President Dmitry Medvedev, listen to Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov during a visit to Russia Military Headquarters in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Russian military generals seen at the Russian Defense Ministry Headquarters in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian armored vehicles on Monday moved deep into western Georgia, quickly taking control of several towns and villages in a move that opened a second front in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, officials said.