LONDON (AP) Oil company BP PLC says it has shut down a pipeline that runs through Georgia as a precautionary measure, but says that it is unaware of any Russian bombing of pipelines in the region.
The London-based oil company says it closed the 90,000-barrel-a-day oil pipeline running from Baku on the Caspian Sea to Supsa on Georgia's Black Sea coast earlier Tuesday.
BP spokesman Robert Wine says that the Baku-Supsa line was closed because it runs through the center of Georgia where there is greater risk of conflict.
I'm gonna vote for Johnny Mac... He knows exactly what ta do 'bout the Russkies!
McCain: US must reevaluate relations with Russia
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., share a laugh while speaking to reporters during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. Mary Altaffer
By CHARLES BABINGTON (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
August 13, 2008 10:51 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Russia's invasion of Georgia requires a complete reexamination of U.S. relations with the Moscow government.
McCain has told reporters in Michigan that he was pleased the United States canceled a planned joint military operation with Russia. But he added that the U.S. will now need to review the full range of its relations with Russia.
McCain says there should be heightened security arrangements for Ukraine, the Baltic states and Poland. But he rules out military action against Russia or a return to the Cold War.
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I'm gonna vote for Johnny Mac... He knows exactly what ta do 'bout the Russkies!
McCain: US must reevaluate relations with Russia
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., share a kiss while speaking to reporters during a news conference
McCain says there should be heightened security arrangements for Ukraine, the Baltic states and Poland. But he rules out military action against Russia or a return to the Cold War.
Did McSame happen to mention that his head foreign policy advisor was until this year a registered lobbyist employed by (drum roll, please) the Republic of Georgia?
teh russkies want that pipline because its isn;t in russia
