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Attacks by Russia into Georgian controlled provinces escalated this weekend as Russian forces opened a second front while seizing a military base in western Georgia.

Russian armoured personnel carriers rolled into the base in Senaki, a town in western Georgia about 30km inland from the Black Sea.Russian forces have also moved into the town of Zugdidi where they seized government buildings.

Russia also dove into the art of “Cyber war“.

Several Georgian state computer servers have been under external control since shortly before Russia’s armed intervention into the state commenced on Friday, leaving its online presence in dissaray.

While the official website of Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian President, has become available again, the central government site, as well as the homepages for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence , remain down. Some commercial websites have also been hijacked.

The Georgian Government said that the disruption was caused by attacks carried out by Russia as part of the ongoing conflict between the two states over the Georgian province of South Ossetia.

A growing question is, where is everyone else at Georgia’s defense — a country with pro-western views. “Why won’t America and Nato help us? If they won’t help us now, why did we help them in Iraq?”

Bush and most of the world denounced Russia’s actions, with general pleas to stop. Prime Minister Putin (who’s, in reality, still in charge), has denounced the actions of the United States that have transported Georgian troops from Iraq into Georgia as Georgian troops prepare for a last stand of sorts to protect their capitol.

This isn’t the first time this region has been hit by warfare. In Feburary 1921, Georgia was attacked and defeated by teh Red Army installing a puppet government. In 1936, Georgia became the Georgian SSR. On April, 1991, Georgia declared independence from the USSR and a man named Zviad Gamsakhurdia was independent Georgia’s first President.

This included the 1991-1992 South Ossetian War fought between Georgian government and ethnic milita against the South Ossetian secessionists and North Ossetian volunteers — Russian military was involved with Ossetians. However, the war ended after Russia brokered a ceasefire leaving South and North Ossetia divided, patrolled between Russia and Georgia.

Around 1995, rebels and separatists in the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions in Georgia, started conflicting with inter-ethnic violence. From Wiki:

Supported by Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia achieved de facto independence from Georgia. More than 250,000 Georgians were ethnically cleansed from Abkhazia by Abkhaz separatists and North Caucasians volunteers (including Chechens) in 1992-1993. More than 25,000 Georgians were expelled from Tskhinvali as well, and many Ossetian families were forced to abandon their homes in the Borjomi region and move to Russia.

Over the past few days.