08-14-2008, 07:53 AM
Humanitarian catastrophe is a situation in South Ossetia called by world experts. Humanitarian catastrophe is a surface formulation behind which one can see no blood, no old men, women and children dying of wounds, thirst and hunger.
People, citizen of Ossetia, Georgia and Russia die, but culprits do not want to admit their guilt trying to shift it on Russia’s shoulders. Besides real war when cities get ruined, common people perish, bombs explode, and tanks move by city roads, there is another war. Information war.
Information given this or that way is also a weapon. Weapon of mass destruction. While Russia calls upon everybody for peace, receives south-ossetian refugees, brings humanitarian help to disaster regions, American journalists put their own accents, keeping silent about statements of Russian leaders. The President of Georgia gives exclusive interviews for American channels.
People perish.
Everything began on 7 August, Thursday evening. After fierce border skirmish President of Georgia, Michael Saakashvili, declared about the beginning of armistice. Despite it Georgian troops remained on their approach to South Ossetia. Soon it became clear, why. Less than an hour before midnight Georgian authorities declared that they denied their own moratorium. Then information agencies began to broadcast news about the beginning of invasion. South-ossetian villages were subjected to concentrated fire. Meanwhile Georgian television stated that there began an operation on restoration of constitutional order. At first South Ossetia was attacked from the east and west – armed forces seized eight villages.
People say: everything that takes place in South Ossetia for the last time is like the real hell. After squally fire Georgian soldiers made the so called mopping-ups. They entered houses and shot straight at children, old men and women. South Ossetia was almost sunk in blood. Those who survived hid in basements. In the city there were no gas, no products. Drinking water is like gold. Tshinvali is absolutely destroyed.
Saakashvili – star of American broadcasting.
After hurried retreat Georgian president gave an interview to American channel CNN and said that the conflict in South Ossetia was initiated by Russian Federation. Saakashvili stated that aggressor was not Georgia, but Russia that illegally invaded in the territory of the independent state.
Before Friday night western Mass Media took mainly a neutral position, but due to CNN they hurried to present a point of view of Saakashvili. And sites of western information agencies published headlines of Russian invasion. There is no question about objectivity of given facts. The Times decided not to answer this question who had really killed hundreds of people of Tshinvali, and BBC relying on words of Saakashvili Russian aviation of city bombardments.
Meantime Russian troops entered Tshinvali, protected peacemakers’ settlements and by Saturday morning pushed aside Georgian troops for safe distance. Georgia answered with a new coil of information war. All day long the national telecompany “Rustavi-2” shows stills accompanying them with messages as if Russian aviation had hit residential areas of Poty and Hory.
Who bombs whom?
Georgia keeps accusing Russia of aggression complaining of bombardment of peaceful cities. However, is it like that? Or does Georgia just try to derive attention from their aggressive actions in south-ossetian district?
Russian servicemen state with confidence that Russian army is not at war with common people.
Anatoly Nogovicin, vice-president of General Staff of RF’s armed forces: “I must say that there is a change of definitions. With the help of reconnaissance party including air reconnaissance party we determine a location of forming Georgian military groupings and forces that are in the second echelons, reserves that will act to some extent in the fight against south-ossetian subdivisions, according to our data. Hits are made only by these positions.
Georgian side calls some near-by settlements and cities and states that Russian aviation attacks them. I state with great responsibility: Russian side did not hit any settlement.”
Though martial law is introduced in Georgia, there is no trace of Tshinvali catastrophe. Cities are not ruined, common people do not perish under soldiers’ bombardment. Georgians themselves are evidence of it. Here are some excerpts from Internet diaries of Georgian users.
“Yesterday besides three thrown bombs in Vaziani, at the outskirts of Tbilici, where Russian base used to be, some aviations or something else bombed in Marneuli, Bolnici, Gori”. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://inna-kulishova.livejournal.com/58170.html">http://inna-kulishova.livejournal.com/58170.html</a><!-- m -->)
Information blockade
But now citizen of the state can learn the information only from the authorities. Recently broadcasting of Russian channels is switched off on the whole territory of Georgia, but broadcasting of radio station “Voice of America” is doubled.
“Relatives from Tbilici have just called me. They were absolutely confident that South Ossetia started this war. I managed to change their mind. They were shocked having learnt about a quantity of the dead and wounded in South Ossetia. They said that Russian channels were switched off and they know only that information which is broadcast on local channels. Yesterday friends from Georgia called. They asked what was going on in fact. According to their words, it is officially broadcast that Tshinvali is totally controlled by Georgian troops, there are rumors in Tbilici that Georgian troops fled from South Ossetia. They do not know what to believe in”. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://liza-valieva.livejournal.com/79970.html">http://liza-valieva.livejournal.com/79970.html</a><!-- m -->)
Besides, one of the results of military actions between Georgia and South Ossetia became “internet-blockade”. On the territory of Georgia there are blocked sites in the domain zone “.ru”. Besides, there are problems with telephone link.
“Yes, we have troubles with link, either because of net overload or because of shortage of towers’ quantity”, - stated Alexander Savinov, press-secretary of RF’s embassy in Georgia.
Internet is an independent source of information, perhaps, disconnection of Russian sites is made in order to form Georgian public opinion without accounting of information that comes from Russia.
One can learn this information not only from Mass Media, but from words of Georgian common people.
“It seems that there is no access to Runet, I can’t get an access to my e-mail and read news. Any news, by any references. RTVi seems to return, but I don’t know in what kind. American telecompany in Russian will remain LJ (Live Journal). Will it last long?” (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://innakulishova.livejournal.com/58967.html">http://innakulishova.livejournal.com/58967.html</a><!-- m -->)
Is America innocent?
Former Foreign Minister of Georgia and one of opposition leaders Salome Zurabishvili stated that the USA must share responsibility for the situation in South Ossetia. American Mass Media judging by broadcastings and newspaper headlines do not hide their loyalty towards Michael Saakashvili. An anchorperson of CNN, Rick Sanches begins a live dialog not from a question to Vitaly Tchurkin, the constant representative of Russia by UNO, but from a statement that he repeats twice interrupting Russian diplomat: “This sounds as if it bothered you. The thing that you are doing now is attacking of Georgians!” “No, we did not lose temper – we just protect common people”, - answered Tchurkin.
Objectivity and candour remain on the background when people speak about national interests of the USA. What they are like, expressively demonstrates constant representative of the USA to UNO performing at the UN Security Council as if he represented Georgia, not the USA. There is no unity in rows of the Security Council. Two extra sittings ended without signing of documents and joint statements. The reason for it, by Vitaly Tchurkin’s words, is an absence of clear political guiding lines.
"There is about 100 thousand Ossetians, may be more. Two thousand dead and 30 thousand refugees - isn't it enough?! How many people should die so as to it should be classified as genocide?!" - claimed Churkin.
The UN Security Council discussed the situation in South Ossetia two weeks ago - it was the very moment, when one had to explain to Georgian diplomatist, why Georgian and American soldiery chose this very month, hot in this region, for combined exercises.
Thousands of americans and six hundred Georgian soldiers manoeuvred in polygon near Tbilisi, the campaign with bold and equivocal title: "Immediate answer - 2008". A week later after the termination of exercises it became clear, to which answer Georgia prepared under guidance of commander - in - chief of National Guards of the USA, William Nespit.
People, citizen of Ossetia, Georgia and Russia die, but culprits do not want to admit their guilt trying to shift it on Russia’s shoulders. Besides real war when cities get ruined, common people perish, bombs explode, and tanks move by city roads, there is another war. Information war.
Information given this or that way is also a weapon. Weapon of mass destruction. While Russia calls upon everybody for peace, receives south-ossetian refugees, brings humanitarian help to disaster regions, American journalists put their own accents, keeping silent about statements of Russian leaders. The President of Georgia gives exclusive interviews for American channels.
People perish.
Everything began on 7 August, Thursday evening. After fierce border skirmish President of Georgia, Michael Saakashvili, declared about the beginning of armistice. Despite it Georgian troops remained on their approach to South Ossetia. Soon it became clear, why. Less than an hour before midnight Georgian authorities declared that they denied their own moratorium. Then information agencies began to broadcast news about the beginning of invasion. South-ossetian villages were subjected to concentrated fire. Meanwhile Georgian television stated that there began an operation on restoration of constitutional order. At first South Ossetia was attacked from the east and west – armed forces seized eight villages.
People say: everything that takes place in South Ossetia for the last time is like the real hell. After squally fire Georgian soldiers made the so called mopping-ups. They entered houses and shot straight at children, old men and women. South Ossetia was almost sunk in blood. Those who survived hid in basements. In the city there were no gas, no products. Drinking water is like gold. Tshinvali is absolutely destroyed.
Saakashvili – star of American broadcasting.
After hurried retreat Georgian president gave an interview to American channel CNN and said that the conflict in South Ossetia was initiated by Russian Federation. Saakashvili stated that aggressor was not Georgia, but Russia that illegally invaded in the territory of the independent state.
Before Friday night western Mass Media took mainly a neutral position, but due to CNN they hurried to present a point of view of Saakashvili. And sites of western information agencies published headlines of Russian invasion. There is no question about objectivity of given facts. The Times decided not to answer this question who had really killed hundreds of people of Tshinvali, and BBC relying on words of Saakashvili Russian aviation of city bombardments.
Meantime Russian troops entered Tshinvali, protected peacemakers’ settlements and by Saturday morning pushed aside Georgian troops for safe distance. Georgia answered with a new coil of information war. All day long the national telecompany “Rustavi-2” shows stills accompanying them with messages as if Russian aviation had hit residential areas of Poty and Hory.
Who bombs whom?
Georgia keeps accusing Russia of aggression complaining of bombardment of peaceful cities. However, is it like that? Or does Georgia just try to derive attention from their aggressive actions in south-ossetian district?
Russian servicemen state with confidence that Russian army is not at war with common people.
Anatoly Nogovicin, vice-president of General Staff of RF’s armed forces: “I must say that there is a change of definitions. With the help of reconnaissance party including air reconnaissance party we determine a location of forming Georgian military groupings and forces that are in the second echelons, reserves that will act to some extent in the fight against south-ossetian subdivisions, according to our data. Hits are made only by these positions.
Georgian side calls some near-by settlements and cities and states that Russian aviation attacks them. I state with great responsibility: Russian side did not hit any settlement.”
Though martial law is introduced in Georgia, there is no trace of Tshinvali catastrophe. Cities are not ruined, common people do not perish under soldiers’ bombardment. Georgians themselves are evidence of it. Here are some excerpts from Internet diaries of Georgian users.
“Yesterday besides three thrown bombs in Vaziani, at the outskirts of Tbilici, where Russian base used to be, some aviations or something else bombed in Marneuli, Bolnici, Gori”. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://inna-kulishova.livejournal.com/58170.html">http://inna-kulishova.livejournal.com/58170.html</a><!-- m -->)
Information blockade
But now citizen of the state can learn the information only from the authorities. Recently broadcasting of Russian channels is switched off on the whole territory of Georgia, but broadcasting of radio station “Voice of America” is doubled.
“Relatives from Tbilici have just called me. They were absolutely confident that South Ossetia started this war. I managed to change their mind. They were shocked having learnt about a quantity of the dead and wounded in South Ossetia. They said that Russian channels were switched off and they know only that information which is broadcast on local channels. Yesterday friends from Georgia called. They asked what was going on in fact. According to their words, it is officially broadcast that Tshinvali is totally controlled by Georgian troops, there are rumors in Tbilici that Georgian troops fled from South Ossetia. They do not know what to believe in”. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://liza-valieva.livejournal.com/79970.html">http://liza-valieva.livejournal.com/79970.html</a><!-- m -->)
Besides, one of the results of military actions between Georgia and South Ossetia became “internet-blockade”. On the territory of Georgia there are blocked sites in the domain zone “.ru”. Besides, there are problems with telephone link.
“Yes, we have troubles with link, either because of net overload or because of shortage of towers’ quantity”, - stated Alexander Savinov, press-secretary of RF’s embassy in Georgia.
Internet is an independent source of information, perhaps, disconnection of Russian sites is made in order to form Georgian public opinion without accounting of information that comes from Russia.
One can learn this information not only from Mass Media, but from words of Georgian common people.
“It seems that there is no access to Runet, I can’t get an access to my e-mail and read news. Any news, by any references. RTVi seems to return, but I don’t know in what kind. American telecompany in Russian will remain LJ (Live Journal). Will it last long?” (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://innakulishova.livejournal.com/58967.html">http://innakulishova.livejournal.com/58967.html</a><!-- m -->)
Is America innocent?
Former Foreign Minister of Georgia and one of opposition leaders Salome Zurabishvili stated that the USA must share responsibility for the situation in South Ossetia. American Mass Media judging by broadcastings and newspaper headlines do not hide their loyalty towards Michael Saakashvili. An anchorperson of CNN, Rick Sanches begins a live dialog not from a question to Vitaly Tchurkin, the constant representative of Russia by UNO, but from a statement that he repeats twice interrupting Russian diplomat: “This sounds as if it bothered you. The thing that you are doing now is attacking of Georgians!” “No, we did not lose temper – we just protect common people”, - answered Tchurkin.
Objectivity and candour remain on the background when people speak about national interests of the USA. What they are like, expressively demonstrates constant representative of the USA to UNO performing at the UN Security Council as if he represented Georgia, not the USA. There is no unity in rows of the Security Council. Two extra sittings ended without signing of documents and joint statements. The reason for it, by Vitaly Tchurkin’s words, is an absence of clear political guiding lines.
"There is about 100 thousand Ossetians, may be more. Two thousand dead and 30 thousand refugees - isn't it enough?! How many people should die so as to it should be classified as genocide?!" - claimed Churkin.
The UN Security Council discussed the situation in South Ossetia two weeks ago - it was the very moment, when one had to explain to Georgian diplomatist, why Georgian and American soldiery chose this very month, hot in this region, for combined exercises.
Thousands of americans and six hundred Georgian soldiers manoeuvred in polygon near Tbilisi, the campaign with bold and equivocal title: "Immediate answer - 2008". A week later after the termination of exercises it became clear, to which answer Georgia prepared under guidance of commander - in - chief of National Guards of the USA, William Nespit.
