Georgian Conflict Photos

The blogger who blogs at THEATRUM BELLI, a french blog, has put together a very good flicker photoset with over 600 photos. Well worth checking out.

There are a few interesting photos of the Abkhazians militia. Checkout the camo.

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Abkhazian paramilitaries are seen at a position near the village of Azhara, in Kodori Gorge, in the Georgian breakaway province of Abkhazia, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Russian troops on Friday allowed some humanitarian supplies into the strategic city of Gori but continued their blockade, raising doubts about Russian intentions in the war-battered country. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was heading for Georgia for talks with the president. (AP Photo/Vladimir Popov)

Its like a Red Dawn in reverse (the paramilitary are the invaders).

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