[From nobody Fri Aug 15 13:03:02 2008 Return-Path: <clg_newsletter-return-2424-walterb306=cs.com@lists.legitgov.org> Received: from rly-md10.mx.aol.com (rly-md10.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.148]) by air-md10.mail.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILINMD101-92d48a26219317; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:25:19 -0400 Received: from legitgov.org (legitgov.org [69.5.13.41]) by rly-md10.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD105-92d48a26219317; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:24:58 -0400 Received: (qmail 27814 invoked by uid 47081); 13 Aug 2008 04:16:09 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; h=Mailing-List:Sender:Delivered-To:Received:X-Originating-IP:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; s=default; d=lists.legitgov.org; b=CZ/85zQrH29CUdZponAzP9qI5n67fuud3tffpfINTgsfubtfpAd4YDUZrY2UjaM6PhxQ0iKnm45fOwOdpSfVMVI/yf0jH2v0qlQmRnKro3MFlISsCVC2Ht4Xq+3uePkOcILlnFnEoSuRmJQBPu57wXQiU/gUCouBt7AhzX2n8es=; Mailing-List: contact clg_newsletter-help@lists.legitgov.org; run by ezmlm Sender: <clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org> Delivered-To: mailing list clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org Received: (qmail 15135 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2008 04:16:09 -0000 X-Originating-IP: [69.183.103.199] Message-ID: <008501c8fcfb$4fc63600$c767b745@pc.cs.cmu.edu> From: "CLG News" <clg_news@legitgov.org> To: "CLG News" <clg_news@legitgov.org> Subject: 'This was between the Georgian government and a private Israeli company.' Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:16:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0082_01C8FCD9.C6D093C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-AOL-IP: 69.5.13.41 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C8FCD9.C6D093C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government 13 Aug 2008 http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Georgian MP lauds IDF military training 12 Aug 2008 Georgian Integration Min= ister Temur Yakobashvili told The Jerusalem Post Monday he "felt proud as a=20= Jew," thanks to the training Israelis had provided to units in the Georgian=20= military... Yakobasvili's comments confirmed reports to the Post by an Israe= li defense official Sunday that a small number of Georgian elite troops had=20= been trained by Galilee Div. commander Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch, who founded th= e Homat Magen company. "I have to underline that this was not a government-t= o-government thing," said Yakobashvili. "This was between the Georgian gover= nment and a private Israeli company. They have provided highly qualified tra= ining."=20 Troops from Atlanta will train in Republic of Georgia 14 Jul 2008 A large co= ntingent of Georgia Army National Guard soldiers flew to the Republic of Geo= rgia on Sunday for joint military exercises at a time when tension is brewin= g in the region. The soldiers, mostly from the metro area, will be part of "= Immediate Response 2008," which will amount to the largest U.S. footprint on= the crossroads of Asia and Europe since the Cold War began. The three-week=20= operation also provides practical training for the 48th Infantry Brigade's 1= st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment just months before a pending deploymen= t to Afghanistan.=20 U.S. Military Instructors Command Hirelings in Georgia 11 Aug 2008 Thousands= of mercenaries are fighting for Georgia in this burning conflict with South= Ossetia. They are commanded by the U.S. military instructors, RIA Novosti r= eported with reference to a high-ranked officer of Russia's military intelli= gence. "From 2,500 to 3,000 mercenaries fight against Russia's peacekeepers=20= on behalf of Georgia," the unnamed source said. The U.S. military instructor= s directly command and coordinate actions of mercenaries without being invol= ved in actual fighting, the source specified. According to intelligence data= , there are roughly 1,000 military instructors of the United States in Georg= ia.=20 While Aide Advised McCain, His Firm Lobbied for Georgia 13 Aug 2008 Sen. Joh= n McCain's top foreign policy adviser prepped his boss for an April 17 phone= call with the president of Georgia and then helped the presumptive Republic= an presidential nominee prepare a strong statement of support for the fledgl= ing republic. The day of the call, a lobbying firm partly owned by the advis= er, Randy Scheunemann, signed a $200,000 contract to continue providing stra= tegic advice to the Georgian government in Washington.=20 BP shuts down Georgia pipelines 12 Aug 2008 Energy giant BP says it has shut= two of three pipelines that run through Georgia as a precautionary measure.= [!?!] A spokeswoman for the firm said the oil and gas pipelines, which run=20= from the Caspian Sea into Georgia, had not been damaged by the recent fighti= ng. Another key oil pipeline, which runs from Azerbaijan through southern Ge= orgia into Turkey, is already shut.=20 Please forward this update to anyone you think might be interested. Those wh= o'd like to be added to the Newsletter list can sign up: http://www.legitgov= .org/#subscribe_clg. Please write to: signup@legitgov.org for inquiries. =20 CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price, Manager. Copyright =A9 2008, Citizens For= Legitimate Government =AE All rights reserved. CLG Founder and Chair is Mic= hael Rectenwald, Ph.D. ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C8FCD9.C6D093C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2><FON= T size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FO= NT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3><STRONG>News Updates from Citize= ns For Legitimate=20 Government</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3>13&nbsp;Aug 2008</FONT></D= IV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/"><FONT face=3DVerdan= a size=3D3><STRONG>http://www.legitgov.org/</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3>All items are here:</FONT>= </DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news"><FONT= face=3DVerdana size=3D3><STRONG>http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news<= /STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size= =3D2><FONT size=3D2></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helve= tica, sans-serif" size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-s= erif" size=3D2> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2></FONT></P><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2><FONT f= ace=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Verda= na, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><A href=3D"http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=3D1218446175084= &amp;pagename=3DJPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" target=3Ddisplay><STRONG>Geo= rgian MP lauds IDF military training</STRONG></A> 12=20 Aug 2008 Georgian Integration Minister Temur Yakobashvili told The Jerusalem= =20 Post Monday he "felt proud as a Jew," thanks to the training Israelis had=20 provided to units in the Georgian military... Yakobasvili's comments confirm= ed=20 reports to the Post by an Israeli defense official Sunday that a small numbe= r of=20 Georgian elite troops had been trained by Galilee Div. commander Brig.-Gen.=20= Gal=20 Hirsch, who founded the Homat Magen company. "I have to underline that this=20= was=20 not a government-to-government thing," said Yakobashvili. <STRONG>"This was=20 between the Georgian government and a private Israeli company. They have=20 provided highly qualified training."</STRONG> </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2008/07/1= 3/georgia_national_guard_.html" target=3Ddisplay>Troops from Atlanta will=20= train in Republic of Georgia</A></B> 14=20 Jul 2008 A large contingent of Georgia Army National Guard soldiers flew to=20= the=20 Republic of Georgia on Sunday for joint military exercises at a time when=20 tension is brewing in the region. The soldiers, mostly from the metro area,=20= will=20 be part of "Immediate Response 2008," which will amount to <B>the largest U.= S.=20 footprint on the crossroads of Asia and Europe since the Cold War began</B>.= The=20 three-week operation also provides practical training for the 48th Infantry=20 Brigade's 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment just months before a pendin= g=20 deployment to Afghanistan. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><A href=3D"http://www.kommersant.com/p-13081/mercenaries_G= eorgia_U.S._instructor/" target=3Ddisplay><STRONG>U.S. Military Instructor= s Command Hirelings in=20 Georgia</STRONG></A> 11 Aug 2008 Thousands of mercenaries are fighting for=20 Georgia in this burning conflict with South Ossetia. They are commanded by t= he=20 U.S. military instructors, RIA Novosti reported with reference to a high-ran= ked=20 officer of Russia=92s military intelligence. "From 2,500 to 3,000 mercenarie= s=20 fight against Russia=92s peacekeepers on behalf of Georgia," the unnamed sou= rce=20 said. The U.S. military instructors directly command and coordinate actions=20= of=20 mercenaries without being involved in actual fighting, the source specified.= =20 According to intelligence data, there are roughly 1,000 military instructors= of=20 the United States in Georgia. </P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20= 08/08/12/AR2008081202932.html" target=3Ddisplay>While Aide Advised McCain,= His Firm Lobbied for Georgia</A></B>=20 13 Aug 2008 Sen. John McCain's top foreign policy adviser prepped his boss f= or=20 an April 17 phone call with the president of Georgia and then helped the=20 presumptive Republican presidential nominee prepare a strong statement of=20 support for the fledgling republic. The day of the call, a lobbying firm par= tly=20 owned by the adviser, Randy Scheunemann, signed a $200,000 contract to conti= nue=20 providing strategic advice to the Georgian government in Washington. </FONT>= </P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7556215.stm" target= =3Ddisplay>BP shuts=20 down Georgia pipelines</A></B> 12 Aug 2008 Energy giant BP says it has shut=20= two=20 of three pipelines that run through Georgia as a precautionary measure. [!?!= ] A=20 spokeswoman for the firm said the oil and gas pipelines, which run from the=20 Caspian Sea into Georgia, had not been damaged by the recent fighting. Anoth= er=20 key oil pipeline, which runs from Azerbaijan through southern Georgia into=20 Turkey, is already shut.=20 </FONT></P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></= FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> <P></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT color=3D#ff= 0000><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DVerdana>Please forward this&nbsp;u= pdate to anyone you=20 think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to the Newsletter li= st=20 can sign up: </FONT><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/#subscribe_clg"><FONT= face=3DVerdana>http://www.legitgov.org/#subscribe_clg</FONT></A><FONT f= ace=3DVerdana>.<BR align=3D"left">Please write to: </FONT><A href=3D"mailt= o:signup@legitgov.org"><FONT face=3DVerdana>signup@legitgov.org</FONT></A>= <FONT face=3DVerdana>&nbsp;for=20 inquiries.&nbsp; </FONT></P></DIV> <P></P> <P align=3Dleft></P> <P><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT></P> <P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana>CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price, Mana= ger.=20 Copyright =A9 2008, Citizens For Legitimate Government =AE All rights reserv= ed. CLG=20 Founder and Chair is Michael Rectenwald,=20 Ph.D.</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></BO= DY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C8FCD9.C6D093C0-- ]