‘Israel of the Caucasus’ and just as warlike!!!


	‘Israel of the Caucasus’ and just as warlike!!!
ratcatcher2
11-10-2008 1:42 AM
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georgia, israel, arms, dealing, idf, invasion, weapons
ratcatcher2 says:
The list of Israeli personnel involved in either supplying arms to Georgia or training elite Georgian military units speaks volumes for the extent of Israeli involvement in a country to which it feels close psychological attachment.

Kezerashvili's ties to Israel have been well known since his father told the biggest-selling Tel Aviv daily, Yediot Ahronot, a year ago:[1] "He has a lot of friends to this day in Israel, and he has maintained good relations with them."[/i]

Recently, his pro-Israeli sympathies have been fortified by Saakashvili's typically over-the-top description of his country's role in the face of Russian aggression as the "Israel of the Caucasus"
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11-10-2008 3:13 PM
aklimento
are fighting like I don’t know what’
You betcha!(c)
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  Another Hebrew-speaking Jew, Yakobashvili told Israel's Army radio: "The Israelis ought to be proud of the fact that Georgian soldiers received Israeli education and training and are fighting like
  I don't know what."
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