More Russian Attempts to Isolate Georgia

Russian veto ends UN mission to Georgia - Yahoo! News

Russia has brought to an end the nearly 16-year-old U.N. observer mission that monitored a cease-fire between Georgia and its breakaway Abkhazia region.
Russia exercised its veto power in the U.N. Security Council — toppling a Western plan to extend the life of the U.N. mission for another year, or even two more weeks, to work out a compromise. The vote late Monday was 10-1 with four abstentions — China, Vietnam, Libya and Uganda.
The mission's mandate expired at 0400 GMT Tuesday, (midnight Monday in New York), requiring about 130 military observers and more than a dozen police to leave. Both the name — the U.N. Observer Mission in Georgia — and references to Georgia's territorial sovereignty were sticking points.

Article Roundup on McChrystal

Here's Reuters: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090517/tpl-uk-usa-afghanistan-commander-analysi-81f3b62.html
and http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090513/world/international_us_usa_afghanistan_1

WaPo: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051203679.html?wprss=rss_nation

Army Times: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/05/military_mcchrystal_afghanistan_051409w/

NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104065583&ft=1&f=1004
and http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104047339&ft=1&f=1004

AP (via Yahoo): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090511/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bio_box_mcchrystal_1
and http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_gates_afghanistan_1

Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=amjelAOKNU3s

CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/13/politics/washingtonpost/main5011174.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_5011174

ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7557221

LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-general12-2009may12,0,1685603.story?track=rss



By: Brant