Identifier
Created
Classification
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08STATE86173
2008-08-12 11:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
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UNCLAS STATE 086173
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
8
MILITARY SITUATION ON THE GROUND
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UNCLAS STATE 086173
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
8
MILITARY SITUATION ON THE GROUND
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1. (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports the city is calm,
despite fears of a Russian advance into the capital.
The OSCE mission reports the road to Tskinvali is clear.
The Georgian government confirms reports of fresh
Russian missile strikes in Gori, and notes it no longer
has sufficient emergency services to help the wounded.
(TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon and e-mail)
2. (SBU) Media report Abkhaz separatists launched a
military offensive to force Georgian troops out of the
upper Kodori Gorge. (Interfax)
3. (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi confirms the media center in
Gori was struck by Russian bombs. Media report a Dutch
journalist was killed in the attack and several other
foreign journalists are believed to have been wounded.
Post is working to determine whether AmCits are among
the injured. (Ops/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, AP)
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
--------------
4. (SBU) At a joint press conference with Finnish FM
Stubb in Moscow, Russian FM Lavrov stated a cease-fire
must only be between South Ossetia and Georgia, and
indicated Russian peacekeepers should remain in the
conflict zone. He added Georgian peacekeepers should
not be permitted to return, for fear that they could
cause "another Srebrenica." (CNN)
5. (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports President Saakashvili
called for citizens of Tbilisi to gather in support of
the government and called an emergency cabinet meeting
for 0500 EDT. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon)
6. (SBU) Polish, Ukrainian, and Baltic leaders plan to
meet Saakashvili August 12. French President Sarkozy
and FM Kouchner plan meetings with Russian President
Medvedev and Lavrov in Moscow. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi
telcon)
STATUS OF AMCITS
--------------
7. (SBU) Post is arranging another convoy of AmCits to
Yerevan August 12 and issued a new travel warning
advising Americans to depart Georgia. (TF/Embassy
Tbilisi e-mail)
8. (U) Minimize considered.
RICE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
8
MILITARY SITUATION ON THE GROUND
--------------
1. (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports the city is calm,
despite fears of a Russian advance into the capital.
The OSCE mission reports the road to Tskinvali is clear.
The Georgian government confirms reports of fresh
Russian missile strikes in Gori, and notes it no longer
has sufficient emergency services to help the wounded.
(TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon and e-mail)
2. (SBU) Media report Abkhaz separatists launched a
military offensive to force Georgian troops out of the
upper Kodori Gorge. (Interfax)
3. (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi confirms the media center in
Gori was struck by Russian bombs. Media report a Dutch
journalist was killed in the attack and several other
foreign journalists are believed to have been wounded.
Post is working to determine whether AmCits are among
the injured. (Ops/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, AP)
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
--------------
4. (SBU) At a joint press conference with Finnish FM
Stubb in Moscow, Russian FM Lavrov stated a cease-fire
must only be between South Ossetia and Georgia, and
indicated Russian peacekeepers should remain in the
conflict zone. He added Georgian peacekeepers should
not be permitted to return, for fear that they could
cause "another Srebrenica." (CNN)
5. (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports President Saakashvili
called for citizens of Tbilisi to gather in support of
the government and called an emergency cabinet meeting
for 0500 EDT. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon)
6. (SBU) Polish, Ukrainian, and Baltic leaders plan to
meet Saakashvili August 12. French President Sarkozy
and FM Kouchner plan meetings with Russian President
Medvedev and Lavrov in Moscow. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi
telcon)
STATUS OF AMCITS
--------------
7. (SBU) Post is arranging another convoy of AmCits to
Yerevan August 12 and issued a new travel warning
advising Americans to depart Georgia. (TF/Embassy
Tbilisi e-mail)
8. (U) Minimize considered.
RICE