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Longitude: 44� 48' East

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8.14.08--page in continuous development--

Conduct of the Russian 58th Army in the Field.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Reports have been filtering into Western media of the conduct of regular soldiers of the Russian 58th Army currently deployed in the Georgian "Operation Clear Field" offensive. There have been reports of looting, there have been reports of commandeering of enemy forces armament; most of the reports cannot be substantiated. However, all of this activity must cease and desist immediately. The 58th Army is not an ill-disciplined, irregular force but one that represents the Russian government and its people in a military campaign. The soldiers who wear the Russian uniform and bear the standard of the 58th Army have a tradition to uphold that has been carried forward since the unit was formed in World War Two. Conduct yourselves like professionals in the field. The looting, whether true or false, must halt immediately; those caught stealing, exploiting, abusing the civilian population need be brought forward and punished. All military hardware captured in the field needs to be staged at a safe location where it can be inventoried and inspected. This is no less than what would be expected from any military unit on a campaign in the field. The Russian military high command needs to issue orders to show the world that the Russian soldier can be trusted to carry out his mission without any repercussions that will reflect on the dignity of the Russian people.

The Russian Advance

Trans-Georgia Oil Pipeline

North Caucasus Military District--Combat Units

4th Air Force and Air Defence Army
20th Guards Motorized-Rifle Division
22nd Spetsnaz Brigade
42nd Motorized-Rifle Division [58th Army]
70th Motorized-Rifle Regiment [42 MRD]
71st Regiment [42nd MRD]
72 Guards Motorized-Rifle Regiment [42nd MRD]
291st Motorized-Rifle Regiment [42nd MRD]
50th SP Artillery Regiment [42nd MRD]
58th Combined Arms Army [N Caucasus MD Staff]
19th Guards Motorized-Rifle Division [58th Army]
126th Motorized-Rifle Brigade
136th Separate Motorized-Rifle Brigade
537th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion [136th Motorized-Rifle Brigade]
205th Separate Motorized-Rifle Brigade
693rd Motorized-Rifle Regiment
67th Separate SAM Brigade
131st Motorized-Rifle Brigade

Operation Clear Field--

(this section in constant update--)

Russian 58th Army--The 58th Army is a field army; first of the Soviet Union's Red Army and subsequently (since 1995) of the Russian Ground Forces. It was first formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, including the 362nd, 364th, 368th, 370th, 380th, and 384th Rifle Divisions and the 77th Cavalry Division and moved to the Archangelsk Military District, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. It was reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942, and in July included the 16th and 27th Guards Rifle Divisions, the 215th and 375th Rifle Divisions, the 35th and 81st Tank Brigades, and other support units.[1] In August it was redesignated the 39th Army.--(source--wikipedia)

current casualty rate--
74 dead, 19 missing and 171 hospitalized with wounds
one Tupolev 22 reconnaissance aircraft
(source--wsj)

Vladikavkaz Spy Network--

Zaza Kherkeladze--(8/14/08) The deputy head of the operational directorate of the Georgian intelligence services ...was arrested by the Russian FSB, had been operating in Russia underground. About a year ago he acquired a Russian passport and bought a caf in Vladikavkaz for 6,000 dollars, allocated by the Georgian intelligence services. The Izvestiya newspaper reports today [13 August] that a meeting took place in this caf between the "underground agent" and agents who recruited him. At the caf he also gathered information from visitors who had had too much to drink or were very talkative, some of them in high places. (redorbit.com)

Aleksandr Khachirov-- Ossetian taxi- driver and often took his clients from Vkladikavkaz to the Rokskiy tunnel to South Ossetia and on to Georgia. He was recruited in 2004. Recently the Georgian intelligence services provided him with a task to film the Rokskiy tunnel, which is the only route linking Vladikavkaz and Tskhinvali. His vehicle contained three hidden video cameras (in the radiator, the rear-view mirror and the rear off- side door).(redorbit.com)

Zurab Otiashvili --supplied taxi driver with surveillance/video equipment

Ramzan Turkoshvili--linked with the illegal armed formations, was exposed and arrested by the FSB while selecting leaders of such formations. He admitted that he had been recruited by the Georgian special services with the immediate participation of one of the terrorist leaders who was in hiding in the Pankisi Gorge, Khangashvili. (redorbit.com)

Debkafile Disclosure--

(8/8/08)--DEBKAfile discloses Israel�s interest in the conflict from its exclusive military sources: Jerusalem owns a strong interest in Caspian oil and gas pipelines reach the Turkish terminal port of Ceyhan, rather than the Russian network. Intense negotiations are afoot between Israel Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Azarbaijan for pipelines to reach Turkey and thence to Israel�s oil terminal at Ashkelon and on to its Red Sea port of Eilat. From there, supertankers can carry the gas and oil to the Far East through the Indian Ocean.

Critical Links--

english.pravda.ru

sptimes.ru

Pravda/English

Tbilisi Hospitals

US Embassy/Tbilisi