Georgia, Russia Agree To EU Cease-Fire

France Brokers Deal Between Warring Nations

(CBS/AP)  Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia - five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people.

Both sides accepted the general outlines of a cease-fire plan, but Georgia complained hours after the Russian endorsement that bombs and shells were still falling.

Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili said Russia's aim all along was not to gain control of two disputed provinces but to "destroy" the smaller nation, a former Soviet state and current U.S. ally.

Russia said its military assault was ending because its mission has been accomplished, reports CBS News correspondent Richard Roth. But Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made clear the Kremlin's army isn't pulling out, accusing the Georgian leader of starting the war, even calling him a lunatic.

Medvedev ordered his defense minister at a televised Kremlin meeting: "If there are any emerging hotbeds of resistance or any aggressive actions, you should take steps to destroy them."

Hours later, Saakashvili told reporters that he backed the cease-fire plan negotiated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, which calls for both sides to move back to their positions before fighting erupted.

“The U.S. was pleased to allow France to take the lead in brokering the peace,” said CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk, “because Russia-U.S. relations have soured because of the conflict, at least temporarily, and the U.N. Security Council was stalemated."

Saakashvili said that he accepted the "general principles" of the deal but said he saw no reason to sign it as it was only a "political document."

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, were believed to have died since Georgia launched its crackdown on South Ossetia on Thursday, drawing the punishing response from its much larger northern neighbor.

There appeared to be signs fo Russian forces attacking Georgian targets within hours of Medvedev's televised order, if not after.

There was still real danger in the battle-scarred city of Gori, Roth reports.

Five people were killed in explosions on the main square - even though the fighting was supposed to have stopped. A Dutch journalist was among the victims.

An Associated Press reporter saw 135 Russian military vehicles headed toward the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia.

Georgian officials said Russia was attacking their troops in the gorge, but a commander in Abkhazia said only local forces, not Russian ones, were involved in push the Georgians out of the region.

The commander, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zaitsev, said the Russian-backed separatist forces in Abkhazia had driven Georgian troops out of the gorge, their last stronghold in the region, after days of air and artillery strikes.

Hours before Medvedev's order, Russian jets bombed the crossroads city of Gori, near South Ossetia. The post office and university there were burning, but the city was all but deserted after most remaining residents and Georgian soldiers fled.

Saakashvili, speaking to thousands at a square in the capital of Tbilisi, red and white Georgian flags fluttering in the crowd, said the Russian invasion was not about the two disputed provinces.

"They just don't want freedom, and that's why they want to stamp on Georgia and destroy it," he declared.

He was joined by the leaders of the former Soviet bloc states of Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Polish President Lech Kacyznski warned the crowd that Russia wanted a return to the past.

"Everyone knows the next one could be Ukraine, and then Poland. All of Europe should be here now," he said.

Russia accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province of South Ossetia. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed, but witnesses who fled the area over the weekend said hundreds had died.

The overall death toll was expected to rise because large areas of Georgia were still too dangerous for journalists to enter and see the true scope of the damage.

[oneamerican_]

What? No liberal posters here to defend Vladimir Putin and his Nazi-like invasion of Georgia? No defending the Communist country''s attack on its neighbor?

I am shocked.

[incog-nito]

What? No wingnut using this board (or any board on any subject) to bash the "libs"?

I am shocked.

[marshall_nee]

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:05 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Russia is more of a Fascist country these days, but hey not to worry, Fascism and Communism are ideological twins.

[babooph]

Greeted as liberators in Ossetia,no lies about war,mission accomplished -see how it works when the Com in Chief is not an idiot.Also nice to counter a real attack on your group& go after the ones who really did it.

[nextgenman]

I''m listening to former Ambassador Hal - er - Richard Holbrook blithering Reaganesque crapola over Russia on the BBC.

I didn''t think the dingdong NeoRINOs could possibly screw up any more than they already have with Iraq and Afghanistan....I was wrong...

[mcvet-1]

It is becoming very obvious that France is filling the Void created by the Bush Administration as the leader of the Free World. Sieg Heil McBush

[bozworth4]

Bet our dollars and aid will arrive there faster than any disaster aid ever arrived in the USA! Any takers?

[skyk-2009]

What? No liberal posters here to defend Vladimir Putin and his Nazi-like invasion of Georgia? No defending the Communist country''''s attack on its neighbor?

I am shocked.

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:05 PM : Aug 12, 2008

I know some folks couldn''t go far in school for so many reasons but there is NO excuse, NONE, for not getting at least a basic Education. This poor soul has called EVERYONE who post here and doesn''t agree with the Neocon''s and the Party a Liberal! It is so sad to know that there are people out there who really do NOT know the meaning of the word ESPECIALLY when we are a LIBERAL NATION, created BY Liberals. It was also LIBERALS, we now call the Greatest Generation, that fought and defeated the Radical Right Wing wacko called Hitler. I hope they find someway to get a basic education before they die or hurt themselves.... VERY sad!! SIEG HEIL McBush

[nextgenman]

Bet our dollars and aid will arrive there faster than any disaster aid ever arrived in the USA! Any takers?

Posted by bozworth4 at 07:32 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Its a shame New Orleans is in Louisiana instead of Georgia.

[marshall_nee]

Posted by MCVet-1 at 07:32 PM : Aug 12, 2008

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sarkozy is in the same Globalist league as Bush is.

[oneamerican_]

There they go... the liberals would rather express their Bush Derangement Syndrome than denounce a Communist dictator regime''s invasion of a neighboring country, where it gleefully murders innocent civilians and threatens all small neighbor countries who are democratic (small d) and who align themselves with the West.

Liberals who post here are looking like they actually work for Putin''s propaganda department.

[skyk-2009]

Russia is more of a Fascist country these days, but hey not to worry, Fascism and Communism are ideological twins.

Posted by Marshall_Nee at 07:14 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Well yes, how else can you explain the Fascist Government of George Bush being the ONLY leader in the West to go to Communist China for the Olympics? Sieg Heil McBush

[nextgenman]

There they go... the liberals would rather express their Bush Derangement Syndrome than denounce a Communist dictator regime''''s invasion of a neighboring country, where it gleefully murders innocent civilians and threatens all small neighbor countries who are democratic (small d) and who align themselves with the West.

Liberals who post here are looking like they actually work for Putin''''s propaganda department.

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:37 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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The problem you face in your argument is that Bush is deranged. But then ALL NeoFairies are deranged.

[marshall_nee]

Its a shame New Orleans is in Louisiana instead of Georgia.

Posted by nextGenMan at 07:36 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Steady on, I wouldn''t wish Fema upon my worst enemies.

[vietnam21]

Look at all the hypocritical Dems. supporting Russia by comparing them to the U.S., bunch off dump As$

[skyk-2009]

There they go... the liberals would rather express their Bush Derangement Syndrome than denounce a Communist dictator regime''''s invasion of a neighboring country, where it gleefully murders innocent civilians and threatens all small neighbor countries who are democratic (small d) and who align themselves with the West.

Liberals who post here are looking like they actually work for Putin''''s propaganda department.

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:37 PM : Aug 12, 2008

You are ONE mixed up, uneducated fascist!! PLEASE take a few night course''s AND buy a dictionary!! You haven''t a clue what a "liberal" is you poor simple minded loser!! NOT A CLUE!! Sieg Heil McBush

[nextgenman]

Look at all the hypocritical Dems. supporting Russia by comparing them to the U.S., bunch off dump As$

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:39 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Which NeoMoron supported Georgia up until they were smashed by Russia? Oh yeah. Impotent NeoShrub Boy. Cry in your own soup whine boy....

[skyk-2009]

Steady on, I wouldn''''t wish Fema upon my worst enemies.

Posted by Marshall_Nee at 07:39 PM : Aug 12, 2008

LOL Strange but it work great until Bush and the Fascist got hold of it... but then so did our Justice Department, Education Department and well... I guess the ENTIRE Government. Maybe that''s why the VAST majority of American''s think the Republican''s and Wacked out Bush were the WORST in our Nations History.

[wothah]

I bet that putin watch one of rev wrights sunday morning preachings

[nextgenman]

Steady on, I wouldn''''''''t wish Fema upon my worst enemies.

Posted by Marshall_Nee at 07:39 PM : Aug 12, 2008

LOL Strange but it work great until Bush and the Fascist got hold of it... but then so did our Justice Department, Education Department and well... I guess the ENTIRE Government. Maybe that''''s why the VAST majority of American''''s think the Republican''''s and Wacked out Bush were the WORST in our Nations History.

Posted by skyk at 07:42 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Bush and the NeoSleaze went out of their way to trash America....

[oneamerican_]

There they go... the liberals would rather express their Bush Derangement Syndrome than denounce a Communist dictator regime''s invasion of a neighboring country, where it gleefully murders innocent civilians and threatens all small neighbor countries who are democratic (small d) and who align themselves with the West.

Liberals who post here are looking like they actually work for Putin''s propaganda department.

...and still the moonbat liberals can only bash America.

Liberals may have some education, but they use little or none of it.

[nextgenman]

I bet that putin watch one of rev wrights sunday morning preachings

Posted by wothah at 07:43 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Putin is a James Dobson fan.....

[mcvet-1]

Look at all the hypocritical Dems. supporting Russia by comparing them to the U.S., bunch off dump As$

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:39 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Strange but I didn''t here that... you haven''t been sucking on that Swastika again have you?? ROFLMAO
I do think it would be WONDERFUL if we had the troops to at least make an impression as to our ability to back up the fascist and their boast don''t you?? But I guess Iraq is more important... can you explain WHY?? Sieg Heil McBush!!

[nextgenman]

There they go... the liberals would rather express their Bush Derangement Syndrome than denounce a Communist dictator regime''''s invasion of a neighboring country, where it gleefully murders innocent civilians and threatens all small neighbor countries who are democratic (small d) and who align themselves with the West.

Liberals who post here are looking like they actually work for Putin''''s propaganda department.

...and still the moonbat liberals can only bash America.

Liberals may have some education, but they use little or none of it.

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:43 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Tel it to Bush....what exactly did he do? Oh, yeah, watch basketball in China....I wonder if he had a copy of My Pet Goat with him?

[wothah]

obamamamam tell putin that rev wright is ready to forgive you for not standing up to this low life american loving georgia

[vietnam21]

Dump all the Russian Stock ...

[nextgenman]

Dump all the Russian Stock ...

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:46 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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I thought your God Reagan loved Russia after Mr Gorbachev "teared down that wall"?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[mcvet-1]

I bet that putin watch one of rev wrights sunday morning preachings

Posted by wothah at 07:43 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Oh I don''t know! I think Al Queda has proven beyond a doubt that you do not need ANY help out smarting Bush and the Neocon''s. In fact I''ve seen ROCKS smarter than the entire lot of em''! But never fear, France stepped right up where we ONCE stood and saved the day!! Stupid Fascist... NOVEMBER isn''t getting her soon enough!! Sieg Heil McBush

[oneamerican_]

"Tel it to Bush....what exactly did he do? Oh, yeah, watch basketball in China....I wonder if he had a copy of My Pet Goat with him?"

Posted by nextGenMan at 07:45 PM : Aug 12, 2008


Thanks to you and your pals for proving my point.

Checkmate.

[mcvet-1]

Dump all the Russian Stock ...

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:46 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Yeah? What do you do when THEY decide to turn off the Oil? Hummmm? This always happens to people who rely on the Swastika doesn''t it?? ROFLMAO Sieg Heil McBUSH

[nextgenman]

"Tel it to Bush....what exactly did he do? Oh, yeah, watch basketball in China....I wonder if he had a copy of My Pet Goat with him?"

Posted by nextGenMan at 07:45 PM : Aug 12, 2008


Thanks to you and your pals for proving my point.

Checkmate.

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:48 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Yawn. Again, where was all that American Support? Did wee send any troops? Maybe an f-16 or two?

Truth is, the sissy President had his arse kicked by Putin.

[marshall_nee]

Dump all the Russian Stock ...

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:46 PM : Aug 12, 2008

So that Russia can monetize all it''s dollar denominated assets. Great.

[mcvet-1]

There they go... the liberals would rather express their Bush Derangement Syndrome than denounce a Communist dictator regime''''s invasion of a neighboring country, where it gleefully murders innocent civilians and threatens all small neighbor countries who are democratic (small d) and who align themselves with the West.

Liberals who post here are looking like they actually work for Putin''''s propaganda department.

...and still the moonbat liberals can only bash America.

Liberals may have some education, but they use little or none of it.

Posted by OneAmerican_ at 07:43 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Now now Sparky!! It was YOUR fuhrer who said Puttin was a good guy...said he could see his soul through his eyes didn''t he? Speaking of Education... did you REALLY finish the 6th grade... SIEG HEIL McBUSH

[vietnam21]

I''m just glad that we didn''t do what the dumps Democrats wanted us to do -- completely dismantle our nuclear offensive and defensive capacity and stop any further research on a "star wars"-type nuclear shield for the U.S.

[mcvet-1]

Yawn. Again, where was all that American Support? Did wee send any troops? Maybe an f-16 or two?

Truth is, the sissy President had his arse kicked by Putin.

Posted by nextGenMan at 07:49 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Well now McSlime DID call the President of Georgia... LOL Lot of good that did huh?? LOL Yeah I''d say the Neocon''s got showed up and BIG TIME here!! LOL Sieg Heil McBush

[marshall_nee]

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:52 PM : Aug 12, 2008

You need to take lessons off GOP_Forever for trolling.

[nextgenman]

All these little shrub suckling RINOs and the savior Bush are all bluster "schock and awe" when they come up against a nothing like Iraq but when Russia acts they cringe up like scared girls.

They know that getting balls to the wall with Russia means a serious interruption of their Belgianweiser time and their James Dobson Sermons.

[vietnam21]

Who really thought Russia had changed, anyway? They still have nukes pointed at our cities. Their leader Putin (he still controls everything) was a former Communist KGB agent.

Okay, now Duh Dems. can go back to singing "Kumbaya," "What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love," and "We are the People -- ooah, ooah, ooah!"

[mcvet-1]

I''''m just glad that we didn''''t do what the dumps Democrats wanted us to do -- completely dismantle our nuclear offensive and defensive capacity and stop any further research on a "star wars"-type nuclear shield for the U.S.

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:52 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Uh Huh! The Fascist Republican''s make a lot of noise but when it came down to show time against Russia you turned tail and RAN Sparky! Claiming to be better than the other guy when you got egg on your face doesn''t help... I am sure glad we didn''t have you guttless wonders in power during the Cuban Missle Crisis!

[vietnam21]

BOYCOTT MAIL-ORDER BRIDES from Moscow..

[nextgenman]

Who really thought Russia had changed, anyway? They still have nukes pointed at our cities. Their leader Putin (he still controls everything) was a former Communist KGB agent.

Okay, now Duh Dems. can go back to singing "Kumbaya," "What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love," and "We are the People -- ooah, ooah, ooah!"

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:55 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Yawn with nap. It was you little NeoScreechers saying Reagan won the Cold War.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[nextgenman]

BOYCOTT MAIL-ORDER BRIDES from Moscow..

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:57 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Yawn, blog troll donnie aka SidVicious.

[marshall_nee]

BOYCOTT MAIL-ORDER BRIDES from Moscow..

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:57 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Now thats funnier trolling.

[mcvet-1]

Who really thought Russia had changed, anyway? They still have nukes pointed at our cities. Their leader Putin (he still controls everything) was a former Communist KGB agent.

Okay, now Duh Dems. can go back to singing "Kumbaya," "What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love," and "We are the People -- ooah, ooah, ooah!"

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:55 PM : Aug 12, 2008

LOL Yeah right! LOL I''d suppose next you''ll be telling us all about how you and the fascist Republican''s are going to stand up to that bad old Puttin aren''t you?? ROFLMAO You freaks have a yellow streak down your backs from the tip of your pointed head to the heal of your foot and you want to point at someone else. Invade Iraq is about the ONLY think you losers can do...successfully. Problem is THEY have NO Weapons of Mass Destruction... RUSSIA?? It DOES!! Sieg Heil

[nextgenman]

I''''''''m just glad that we didn''''''''t do what the dumps Democrats wanted us to do -- completely dismantle our nuclear offensive and defensive capacity and stop any further research on a "star wars"-type nuclear shield for the U.S.

Posted by vietnam21 at 07:52 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Uh Huh! The Fascist Republican''''s make a lot of noise but when it came down to show time against Russia you turned tail and RAN Sparky! Claiming to be better than the other guy when you got egg on your face doesn''''t help... I am sure glad we didn''''t have you guttless wonders in power during the Cuban Missle Crisis!

Posted by MCVet-1 at 07:55 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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No kidding. They''re all "shock and awe!'' until it really gets serious then they slink away into the shadows like, well like Republicans.

[nextgenman]

Yeah, now Russia really does have WMD. Think Bush''ll invade?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[vietnam21]

THEY have NO Weapons of Mass Destruction... RUSSIA?? It DOES!! Sieg Heil

Posted by MCVet-1

REALLY ???DO YOU KNOW WHY? HERE...

Ummm...WMD''s, Iraq''s link to al Queda, the end of major U.S. combat missions in Iraq??? Just to name a few!

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq''s weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

[marshall_nee]

Yawn, blog troll donnie aka SidVicious.

Posted by nextGenMan at 07:58 PM : Aug 12, 2008

Aka Cockapoo, Smoker, headpop, Hunorian01 too, lol I love that troll.

[vietnam21]

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

[nextgenman]

Ummm...WMD''''s, Iraq''''s link to al Queda, the end of major U.S. combat missions in Iraq??? Just to name a few!

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq''''s weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

Posted by vietnam21 at 08:01 PM : Aug 12, 2008
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Blog Troll. Every bit of that is false. Know to be false. Bush-admitted False.

Yawn. Blog trolls are so 1995......